Namyo Amida Butsu

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="05d785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Isshinryu Karate Do, Stamford Dojo</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamford Dojo"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photos"><U><B><IMG SRC="03b0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Buddha"><U><B><IMG SRC="0300e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="1ba48483.gif"> <div> Our Dojo respects  all religions and philosophies but does practice Zen Buddhism.  This Japanese scroll is a "mantra" or "prayer-chant" used in Zen Buddhist Meditation.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-1420/17thkarmapa-01.ram" autostart="true" hidden="true">  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="1ba48483.gif"> <div> <B>Namyo Amida Butsu</B><A HREF="#buddhism" TITLE="Namyo Amida Butsu"><U><B><IMG SRC="3c627310.gif" border=0 width="39" height="49" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b639db50.gif" border=0 width="157" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="buddhism"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1. Life is suffering...Life on earth is not easy. </div> <bR> <div> 2. Suffering is caused by attachments and ignorance...</div> <bR> <div> 3. Suffering can be ended...</div> <bR> <div> 4. The way to end suffering is by following the ... ...Noble Eight fold Path:</div> <bR> <div> The Eight fold Paths are subdivided into 3 categories</div> <bR> <div> A) Sila (Morality) - </div> <bR> <div> 1. Right Speech (Yes Sensei)</div> <div> 2. Right Action (Don't stand out)</div> <div> 3. Right Livelihood (Don't take over a dojo unless you expect to </div> <div> pay for it)</div> <bR> <div> B) Samadhi (Mentality) (A fool is a fool)</div> <bR> <div> 4. Right Effort (Try, we know it is hard, but try)</div> <div> 5. Right Mindfulness (Don't even try it. I mean to stand out!)</div> <div> 6. Right Concentration </div> <bR> <div> Panna (Wisdom) (Very hard for a nail)</div> <bR> <div> 7. Right Understanding (Protruding nail get hammered down)</div> <div> 8. Right Thoughts (Try being the hammer in your next life)</div> <bR> <div> Heather Zeigler</div> <div>      Godan, Isshinkai Karate Do</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>