When chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” the realm of our life is the realm of the Wonderful Law.
Nichiren Daishonin teaches: "This is what the “Supernatural Powers” chapter
means when it says, “Therefore a person of wisdom, / . . . after I have passed into extinction / should accept and uphold this sutra. / Such a person assuredly and without doubt / will attain the Buddha way.” The meaning of this passage is perfectly obvious. Hence we traditionally refer to this passage as the statement of the Buddha in which he transfers his merit to the upholders of the sutra. For this reason, the attitude of mind of one who accepts and upholds this sutra is that of the nyo (“as”) of the phrase “practice it [the Lotus Sutra] as the sutra instructs.” If one uses this attitude of mind to reverentially accept and uphold the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, at once the illnesses of ignorance and earthly desires will all depart, and one will emerge clothed in the shining flesh of perfect enlightenment and the ultimate reward." [The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings] (Chapter Twenty-eight: Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Accept and uphold, that is chant “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” moment-to-moment and gain the merit of Shakyamuni Buddha in this life.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 10/23/2016
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