Our inner realm of happiness chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” opens in external conditions of our present environment.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: “When the
bodhisattvas seat themselves on the lotus, this is the lotus of the cause. But the lotus of the Buddha that one bows before in reverence is the lotus of the effect. Or, according to Treatise on the Lotus Sutra, the land surrounding one is the lotus. That is, the bodhisattvas, by practicing the Law of the lotus, are as a result able to obtain the land of the lotus. Thus we should understand that the objective realm and the subjective being who depends upon it, the cause [that is the bodhisattva] and the effect [that is the Buddha], are all the Law of the renge, or lotus.” [The Entity of the Mystic Law] WND I: 47 (p. 425) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Our individual peace and security is assured chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” as our environment is the lotus and our praising Buddha nature in our self and others reveals the Buddha’s culture of happiness.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 03/02/2018
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