Unlimited expression close to our heart of true desire is waiting, is perfectly attainable chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” revealing our Buddha nature in the activities of daily life
Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Point
Three, on the passage “All four sides emitted a fragrance of tamālapatra and sandalwood that pervaded the whole world.”
Words and Phrases, volume eight, says, “The words ‘All four sides emitted a fragrance’ mean that the wind of the way represented by the four noble truths wafts a fragrance of the four virtues or pāramitās, namely, happiness, true self, purity, and eternity.” The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings says: The words “four sides” stand for birth, aging, sickness, and death. We use the aspects of birth, aging, sickness, and death to adorn the towers that are our bodies. And when, while in these four states of birth, aging, sickness, and death, we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we cause them to waft forth the fragrance of the four virtues.
Nam stands for the pāramitā of happiness, myōhō for the pāramitā of true self, renge for the pāramitā of purity, and kyō for the pāramitā of eternity.” [The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings]Chapter Eleven: The Emergence of the Treasure Tower (p.90) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Our body and mind just as is chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” opens and reveals happiness, true self, purity and eternity in the functions of life each moment.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 10/28/2016
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