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Question:Is Nichiren Buddhism really Buddhism? Nichiren said that earthly desires are enlightenment. He told chanters to embrace their desires rather than to extinguish them. Because of this,…

Question:When people say that chanting Daimoku "works," what do they mean?

Question:What's your biggest regret related to your Buddhist practice?

Question:If the Lotus Sutra is so great, why is it also so tedious and pointless?

Question:Did you know that Nichiren was a cult leader? You're in a cult. Why are you promoting a cult?

Wade:"Consciousness" can mean several different things, such as awareness, alertness, or the state of being awake. In Nichiren Buddhism, there's a concept called the Nine Consciousnesses, informally…

Question:I don't like having to identify as a Nichiren Buddhist. Nichiren is problematic for lots of people because he was a militant nationalist. He wanted his brand of Buddhism to become the state…

Question:Which is correct -- Nam or Namu? Be honest.

Question:I have problems! My Buddhist friends tell me that my problems are manifestations of my karma. If I want to solve my problems, I need to change my karma. They say I should chant…

Carmelight:Can we talk more about karma? General understanding of karma relies on the just-world fallacy or just-world hypothesis, which is a cognitive bias -- a belief -- that the world is fair and…

QUESTION:A famous scene in theVimalakirti Sutrashows a goddess transforming Shariputra, one of the Buddha's male disciples, into female. This is maybe the first recorded incident of a male…

QUESTION: No one has been able to tell me what Nichiren Buddhists believe. You say things like, "We believe everyone can attain enlightenment." If I ask five different Nichiren Buddhists what this…