Sgi Student Buddhist Association at Midwestern

08/28/2012

Good luck to all you students this semester! Keep dialoguing, keep standing up for justice, and remeber, dream big; change the world! You can do anything you put your heart to!

06/10/2012

"All right, let's get to work again!"—this is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect the things they have to do, who just while away their time, eating, sleeping, playing, watching television—such individuals will never experience true happiness, satisfaction or joy.

05/24/2012

Only within the open space created by dialogue, whether conducted with our neighbors, with history, with nature or the cosmos, can human wholeness be sustained. We are not born human in any but a biological sense; we can only learn to know ourselves and others and thus be trained in the ways of being human. We do this by immersion in the ocean of language and dialogue fed by the springs of cultural tradition.

04/30/2012

Tonight at 7 in CSC Caddo, come join us for our last get together! Take a break from studying and grab some pizza with a side of compassion and wisdom =D

04/29/2012

When deluded, one is called an ordinary being, but when enlightened, one is called a Buddha. This is similar to a tarnished mirror that will shine like a jewel when polished. A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality. Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. -Nichiren

04/25/2012

End of the year get together!
Monday, April 30th
7:00 in CSC Caddo
Pizzaaaaaaa!

04/17/2012

The goal is not to eliminate desires; it is what one desires that is important. Earthly desires are enlightenment. The desire for supreme enlightenment, the search for enlightenment, is enlightenment. Satisfaction with one's accomplishments might seem like humility, but to underestimate life's potential is actually great arrogance.

04/15/2012

Made a slide show video from the New Clear Future Week pictures

From April 9th-April13th, SGI Student organizations at universities across Texas held "New Clear Future Week" consisting of nuclear abolition awareness activ...

04/14/2012

04/07/2012

The Buddhist teaching of the inseparability of evil and good means that everything can be made one or the other in an instant, according to what we harbor in our hearts. Everything begins with the self. A change in one's outlook or intention triggers a change in the self and radiates outward to effect society-wide revolutions. This idea is what we in the SGI refer to as "human revolution."

04/02/2012

Reminder:
Meeting tonight at 7 in CSC Caddo to finalize Our New Clear Future Week!

03/30/2012

Molly Brown was on board the Titanic when it tragically sunk in 1912. Although she knew the ship was taking on water, she shouted to a panic-stricken fellow passenger: "There's no danger. It simply can't go down, because I'm on it and I'm unsinkable." Her bantering words, which rang out with the determination never to be defeated and never to give in to despair are said to have given courage to her fellow passengers. Those who stand up at a crucial moment demonstrate genuine greatness.