Japanese Buddhist priest of the Kamakura period, who developed the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism, a branch school of Mahayana Buddhism.
“My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?”
Calibration of this mistranslation.
inverted morality
Going strong to negativity, weak to the good.
Soka Gakkai
Founded in 1930 in Tokyo, it's a relatively modern offshoot of Nichiren Buddhism.
Preston Smiles
Priority request: Self-proclaimed “Spiritual” Teacher and Business Coach. I’m finding these two titles rarely, if ever, mix and calibrate above 200.
Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows
Priority request. "Some of the biggest problems facing the world—war, hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation—are essentially system failures. They cannot be solved by fixing one piece in isolation from the others" -- amazon.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Based on a true story, 1890s outlaws (played by Paul Newman and Robert Redford) rob trains and banks in the American West. With the relentless pursuit of lawmen, the pair head to Bolivia, where they proceed to rob banks. The movie portrays them sympathetically. TvF has the movie at 270 (awareness).
Los Angeles
America's second largest city.
ban on religion
Request: Political ban of religion, for example in communism.
Bodhisattva Prayer
Priority request: Apparently the Dalai Lama recites a slightly personalized version every day, but this is the standard one written by Shantideva.
Media Vita / John Sheppard, by The Tallis Scholars
Video embedded.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey
At the end of 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton invited Covey, along with other authors, to Camp David to counsel him on how to integrate the book's ideas into his presidency. In August 2011, Time listed 7 Habits as one of "The 25 Most Influential Business Management Books" -- wikipedia.
statement: nothing goes unnoticed
Request: Meaning in the grand scheme of things.
The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield
Request: Hugely popular book on how to overcome the barriers to creativity and success.
quote by Alan Watts
"Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence." Priority request.