Step by step description of Buddhist funeral services following a strict scholarship of Buddhist teachings from the original oral traditions to the modern day transliterations. Quotes from the oral teaching and 13th century AD monk, Nichiren Shonin, on the nature of life and death, as well as thoughtful insights into the core of Buddhist thought on the nature of the life process. Includes a full prayer book for funeral ceremonies to hand out to all attendees for participation. Serves as a wonderful guide to the ceremony and a study primer for those interested in Buddhism who may not...

A straightforward discussion of the fundamentals of life, birth, the universe, and how it all works. At a sub-atomic level, all things manifest from tendencies and conditions.

Second Edition --- Buddhism has become a global practice. True Buddhism is a clear and concise guide of the essential teachings direct from the Buddha. Buddhism is not a "religion" as we think of religion in the West. Even so, there are so many branches and sects of "Buddhism" that people, especially in the West, but also in much of the East are completely misled or misinformed as to the essential and true teachings of the Buddha.

Second Edition - completely revised. 8.5 x 11 - 272 pages - A Comprehensive compendium of scholarly texts on the Buddha's true teachings, free of regional and cultural embelishments. Fundamentals, Practice, Conventions (i.e. set up a proper altar, proper posture, etc...)

152 pages with over 100 images in full color. The creation of these new digital combine artworks represents another chapter in an ongoing creative effort. Ultimately, in all these works there exists the artist, Frank Dixon, questioning, ridiculing, loving, tortured and celebrating the madness and the sublime in Man, telling his story

A clarified and corrected Western translation of sacred Asian texts written by Nichiren Shonin to his followers and contemporaries. All Western idiomatic translations have been replaced with much more accurate words reflecting the true conceptual knowledge of the Buddha's teachings and scholarship of Eastern thought.

At the Threefold Lotus Kwoon Press, our only mission is to correctly transmit the Buddha's precious and clear teachings as he intended, for the enlightenment (awakening) of all people regardless of status, capacity, or age. A scholarly effort to remove Western translators' misguided attempts to use "familiar" terms from Western religions to explain Asian concepts. This introduced mysticism and contradictory language to defial what is otherwise a perfect teaching.

THe continued corrections and clarification of Western translation of the writings of Nichiren Shonin of the true lineage of scholarship of the Buddha's precious teachings.

The final collection of Nichiren Shonin's writings as edited, clarified, and corrected to reflect the straightforward teachings of Buddhism without mysticism or misinformation. It is the sole mission of the Threefold Lotus Kwoon to remove Western and Eastern regional idiomatic translations that muddy the pure and perfect teachings. The intent of the Buddha from his first teaching and throughout his life culminating with the ultimate practice teachings of the Lotus Sutra are free of any mysticism or esoteric terms. Buddhism is totally based on observable phenomena and is a practice suited for...

A revised translation of the writings of Nichiren Shonin. Great care and scholarship was used to remove the centuries of Westernised idioms infused into the original asiatic languages. These idioms create mysticism where it does not belong or exist, creating great misunderstandings and contradictions where there are none. The Buddha's precious teachings were always based on observable phenomena and actions. The paradigms of Buddhist practice are Practice, Study, and developing a strong mind of determination and conviction. There is no faith required. "Faith" is a Western idiom of belief...