The message of the Lotus Sutra reveals the dignity of the ordinary person’s possession of the Buddha nature. Devotion to chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” opens great benefits in our present form.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Moreover, though we do not carry out the six pāramitās, we are the same as bodhisattvas who have carried out all six pāramitās to perfection. Hence the Immeasurable Meanings Sutra says, “Although they have not yet been able to practice the six pāramitās, the six pāramitās will of themselves appear before them.” We, who do not observe a single one of the precepts, are to be regarded as upholders of the precepts, as we see in the following passage in the Lotus Sutra, which says: “This is what is meant by valor, this is what is meant by diligence. This is what is called observing the precepts and practicing dhūta.”” [The Sacred Teachings of the Buddha’s Lifetime] WND II: 177 (p. 59) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Bodhisattvas practicing provisional sutras do not reach the state of Buddha nature, but continue in the cycle of birth and death for innumerable kalpas, yet we are able in our present form to open and reveal the mind of Buddha nature while chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.”
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 10/18/2016
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