The Ten Aspects 1. Appearance: attributes of things discernible from the outside, such as color, form, shape, and behavior. We have an appearance of a new life form and entity surrounding hair. We will explain later how this phenomena arrived into existence. 2. Nature: the inherent disposition or quality of a thing or being that cannot be discerned from the outside. T'ient'ai characterizes it as unchanging and irreplaceable. The nature of fire, for instance, is unchanging and cannot be replaced by that of water. He also refers to the "true nature," which he regards as the ultimate truth, or Buddha nature. Hair has a karma that affects African/Americans immensely and we will later examine the nature of this phenomena.
5. Influence : potential power of good hair cause great influences that affects the life of millions of Black people whereas many are slaves to “Good Hair.
8. Latent effect: the effect produced in life when an internal cause is activated through its relationship with various conditions. The phenomena of “Good Hair” is a clear cut case of a Latent effect of causes and effects that happen thousands of years ago are effecting us today. 9. Manifest effect: the tangible, perceivable result that emerges in time as an expression of a latent effect and therefore of an internal cause, again through its relationship with various conditions. We clearly see the Manifest effect of having straight hair or "Good hair" that it has upon Black people today. 10. Consistency from beginning to end: the unifying factor among the ten factors. It indicates that all of the other nine factors from the beginning (appearance) to the end (manifest effect) are consistently and harmoniously interrelated. All nine factors thus consistently and harmoniously express the same condition of existence at any given moment. The phenomena of “Good Hair is consistent from beginning to end.
The aspect or manifestation of how African/Americans or Black people view hair is simply an explanation or phenomena called life or Myoho (mystic law) renge or (cause & effect) kyo (teachings or sutra). The phase Nam Myoho Renge Kyo encompasses the entirety of all phenomena and life.
Beyonce Knowles the world famous singer who wears Weave or has the "Good Hair."
This is a picture of Solange or Beyonce's little sister who decided to no longer be a slave to "Good Hair" discarded her weave. She said that she was spending as much as 50,000 a year to maintain the "good hair" look.
Solange declared her freedom on the Oprah Winfrey show by cutting her hair and insisted that she would no longer be a slave to "Good Hair" watch the video
Nichiren Buddhism explains that all phenomena exist in 3000 realms or moments of life. This theory is called Ichinen Sanzen. All phenomena has Ten Aspects 10 x 10 worlds=100 x 10 = 1000 and each world exist in each world x 3 realms= 3000. Instead of giving a complicated theory we use "Good Hair" to teach Nichiren Buddhism to make it interesting and understandable.
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