Rebecca Spangler:
CLASS OF 1970
St. John the Baptist Elementary SchoolClass of 1970
Ypsilanti, MI
Rebecca's Story
Rebecca's schools include St. John the Baptist Elementary School.
Music Rebecca likes includes Ravi Shankar, The All-American Rejects, 257th Army Band. Books Rebecca likes include Dodinsky's Garden of Thoughts, Be Here Now, Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Movies Rebecca likes include The Shawshank Redemption, Contraband, The Three Musketeers. TV shows Rebecca likes include Cash Cab, Grey's Anatomy, Two and a Half Men.
One of Rebecca's favorite quotes is:""Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is a religion of 'establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land.' 'Establishing the correct teaching' means establishing the Buddhist principles of compassion and respect for life in the hearts and minds of each protagonist of social cha...Expand for more
nge--in other words, each individual in society.
"There can be no individual happiness unless society is peaceful and prosperous, which is why Nichiren Daishonin declares: 'If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not?' (WND-1, 24).
"'Tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land' means social stability, or on a broader scale, world peace and prosperity.
"Religion does not exist for its own sake. Only when religion results in 'the peace of the land,' or social peace and prosperity, can it be said to exist for the sake of the people and its basic purpose-- relieving the sufferings of all humankind.".
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