Sunday

Protective Functions

 http://nichirenwords.blogspot.com/2016/02/protective-functions.htmlDear Friend,

Desiring to live moment-to-moment chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” the Gohonzon of the true reality emerges in our daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “When we ordinary mortals, persons of incorrigible disbelief who are constantly
drowned in delusion and suffering, desire to take faith in the Lotus Sutra, this is a sign that the Buddha nature within us is beginning to manifest itself. Therefore the Great Teacher Miao-lo says: “If there is no perfuming by the true reality within us, then how can enlightenment come about? Hence one should understand that the power that brings about enlightenment is this true reality. That is why the perfuming carried out by the inner true reality manifests itself as a form of ‘outside protection.’”” [On the Protection of the Nation] WND II: 181 (p.138) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org

In each instant chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” protective functions appear in the environment as a mirror of our inner faith and practice.

Truly yours,

Tho Tsu 2/21/2016 

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