Archive for the 'SGI Nichiren Buddhism' Category
• March 8, 2013 •
Comments Off on Thank Goodness! Set Your Clocks Forward — Daylight Savings Time Begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, March 10
Posted in Class, Cultural History, Facebook, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: Clock, Facebook, Fall, Long Days, Spring, Summer, Sunshine, The Seasons, The Sun, United States, Vacation, Warm Weather, Winter, Wisconsin
• March 7, 2013 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes
Posted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich
• August 5, 2012 •
Comments Off on Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: We’ve Got a Shooting in an Oak Creek Sikh Temple
Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Immigration, India, Love, Mass Shootings, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sikhs, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Amritsar, Chief of Police, Children, CNN, Drama, Guns, Gurdwara, Hate Crime, India, Indian Americans, Mass Shootings, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Murder, Muslim, Nichiren Buddhism, Oak Creek Wisconsin, Religions, Sikh, Sikhism, Sikhs, Temple Shootings, Terrorism, Turbans, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, World Peace Gongyo
• July 23, 2012 •
Comments Off on Tina Turner “Speakeasy” Interview on Canadian TV
Posted in Black People, Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Arts, Black Women, Blacks, Buddhists, Canadian TV, Music, Nichiren Buddhism, Pop, SGI Buddhism, Television, Tina Turner, YouTube
• March 16, 2012 •
Comments Off on Herbie Hancock Talks About How One Could Make Peace Happen
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Cultural History, Education, Herbie Hancock, Love, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Buddhism, Cosby Show, Herbie, Herbie Hancock, Love, Madison WI, New York, New York City, Nichiren Buddhism, Peace, Religion and Spirituality, SGI-USA, Tico Wells, UNESCO, United States, Wisconsin, World Peace, YouTube
• February 18, 2012 •
Comments Off on I’m Going to Watch the Funeral Like You Will Be, and Doing the Laundry, Too
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Whitney Houston, Women
Tags: ABC, African Americans, Associated Press, Baptist, Black Women, Blacks, CNN, Dionne Warwick, Funeral, Funeral Service, Gohonzon, Kevin Costner, LiveStream, Love, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Jersey, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhist, SGI, United States, Whitney, Whitney Houston
• November 24, 2011 •
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Posted in Class, Holidays, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: Achievement, All My Friends, All My Relations, Being Alive, Dreams, Giving Thanks, Gratitude, Hard Times, Holiday, Holiday Season, Love for Life, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Television, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner
• November 21, 2011 •
Comments Off on How Buddhism Changed This Young Black Brother’s Life
Posted in Arts, Black People, Books, Class, Comedy, Consumerism, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Gang Violence, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Economy, Women
Tags: African Americans, AR, Blacks, Buddhism, California, Chino XL, Common Sense, Daimoku, Donnie Darko, Gohonzon, Immortal Technique, Inner Development, iTunes, Killah Priest, Lord Brilliant, Peace, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI Buddhism, SGI-USA, The Lower Four Worlds, United States, Young Men's Division, Youth Division
• August 28, 2011 •
Comments Off on A Little Sunday Music: Herbie Hancock, ‘Chameleon,’ from “Headhunters,” 1973
Posted in African American History, Africans, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Herbie Hancock, Love, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Chameleon", "Headhunters", African Americans, African Instruments, Arp Odyssey, Bass, Bass Line, Bennie Maupin, Blacks, Certified Gold, Curtis Mayfield, Drums, Funk, Gold Album, Herbie Hancock, James Brown, Jazz Album, Jazz Fusion, Masks, Miles Davis, Nichiren Buddhist, Religious Conversion, Sly and The Family Stone, Sly Stone, Soul, The Headhunters, The Seventies, United States
• June 1, 2011 •
Comments Off on Bernice King to Begin a New Ministry; Denies That Her Decision to Leave New Birth Had Anything to Do With Eddie Long’s Sex Scandal
Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Women
Tags: Arrogance, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bernice King, Bishop Eddie Long, Church, Cult, Eddie Long, Enlightenment, Gay Bait, Homophobia, Humility, Leaderless, Leadership, Lithonia GA, Martin Luther King Jr., Megachurch, Ministry, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Nichiren, Praise 102.5, Religious Power, Resignation, Reverend Joseph Lowery, Rudderless, Settlement, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, The Lotus Sutra
• May 11, 2011 •
Comments Off on Cut Steeler Rashard Mendenhall, An Athlete Thinking Aloud, Some Slack
Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, International Terrorism, Journalism and Ethics, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Rashard Mendenhall, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: 9-11, Anger, Animality, Buddhism, Celebrity, Charlie Sheen, Communication, Curt Flood, Football, Football Player, Hell, Hunger, Jack and Jill Politics, Jingoism, Nationalism, Osama bin Laden, Patriotism, Pittsburgh Steelers, Players' Strike, Rashard Mendenhall, Slavery, Social Justice, Social Networking, Sports, The Four Evil Paths, The World Trade Center, Tweets, Twitter, United States, War on Terror, White House, World Trade Center
• March 17, 2011 •
Comments Off on New Page for SGI Buddhist Members and Friends Regarding The Japan Crisis
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Japan, Natural Disasters, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Who I Am
Tags: Asia, Buddhism, Daisaku Ikeda, Earthquake, Japan, Nuclear Power Plants, Radiation, SGI, Soka Gakkai, Tsunami
• March 16, 2011 •
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Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Homelessness, Japan, Joblessness, Love, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Who I Am, World History, World War II
Tags: "The African American Experience in Japan", "The Japan Times", 50 Cent, Aid, Ainu, Akafia, Alexandra Wallace, Assistance, Black Tokyo, Bush II, City, Country, Daimoku, Dear Life Japan, Dobashi's, Earthquake, Eric L. Robinson, Expatriates, Foreigners, Fulbright Fellow, Gai-jin, Gaijin, Gongyo, Gunjin, Homogeneity, Jackson Street, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Jero, Jerome White, Jerome White Jr., Kokujin, Living in Japan, Meltdown, Miyagi Prefecture, New Orleans, Nichi Bei Bussan, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Weapons, Okinawans, Outsiders, Payback, Pearl Harbor, Pioneers, Purity, Rastafarianism, Reggie Life, Sendai, SGI Buddhism, Takara in Tokyo, Takara Swoopes Bullock, The Katrina Diaspora, Tofu Factory, Tremors, Tsunami, UCLA, Working in Japan, 東北地方太平洋沖地震
• March 8, 2011 •
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Posted in African American History, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Holidays, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Throw Me Something Mister", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Brass Band, Carnival, Coconuts, Courts, Floats, French Quarter, Half-Fast Marching Band, John Goodman, King of Carnival, Krewe of Rex, Krewe of Zulu, Krewes, Marching Bands, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras 2011, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Membership, New Orleans, Pete Fountain, Pre-Lenten Celebration, Rex Parade, Second Line, Second Line Marchers, SGI-USA Band, St. Charles Avenue, United States, Zulu Parade, Zulu Social Aid & Pleasure Club
• January 2, 2011 •
Comments Off on The Power of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
Posted in Class, Health, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World
Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Practice, Chanting, Daimoku, Daisaku Ikeda, Devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect, Gautama Buddha, Josei Toda, Lineages, Lotus, Mahayana Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Religion and Spirituality, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai International, The Mystic Law, The Three Founding Presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, World War II
• December 19, 2010 •
Comments Off on DADT is Dead…Or Is It?
Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: AmericaBlog, DADT, Daily Kos, Daniel Choi, Democrats, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gay Veterans, Homophobia, Infantry, Joe Sudbay, John Aravosis, John McCain, Justice, Leonard Matlovich, LGBT, Lt. Dan Choi, Moral Imperative, Pacifism, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Samurai, Saving Face, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, SLDN, United States armed forces, White House
• September 6, 2010 •
Comments Off on Buddhist Altars I Have Made
Posted in American History, Art, Class, Cultural History, Django Reinhardt, Love, Music, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: Architecture, Berklee College of Music, Building Arts, Butsudan, Cabinetry, Creativity, Difference, Django Reinhardt, Japanese Buddhism, Joel Bitton, Mahayana Buddhism, Medford MA, Morning Sun, Nakayama Butsudans, SGI, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Shrine, Woodworking
• April 11, 2010 •
Comments Off on The Ten Worlds
Posted in Education, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality
Tags: "Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment, "Let's Make a Deal", Buddhahood, Chanting, Common Sense, Cosmology, Daimoku, Happiness, Heaven, Hell, Human Beings, Humiliation, Hunger, Mahayana Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichien Daishonin, Nichiren Buddhists, Self-Control, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI, Soka Gakkai International, Stability, The Daishonin, The Ten Worlds, Wisdom
• March 9, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, United Kingdom
Tags: Britain, Common Sense, Musician, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Buddhists, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, SGI-UK, Young Men's Division, Youth Division
• February 20, 2010 •
Comments Off on Tiger: Okay, Now Can We Let Him Alone?
Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Domestic Violence, Gossip, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), Race, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: 18 Holes of Golf, Amy Bishop, Amy Bishop Anderson, Charles Barkley, Children, David Letterman, Eldrick Tont Woods, Eldrick Woods, Elin Nordegren, Elin Nordegren Woods, Elin Woods, Entitled, Entitlement, Family, Father, Golf, Greece, Growing Up, Haiti, Harvard, Husband, Iceland, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Karma, Mahayana Buddhism, Marriage, Michael Jordan, Nichiren Buddhism, O.J. Simpson, Oscar Grant, Rebuilding, Sampler, Sean Bell, Southeast Asia, Stalkerazzi, Tabloid Press, Tabloids, Thailand, Thanksgiving, Theravada, Theravada Buddhism, Tiger Woods, University of Alabama Huntsville
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