The meditation that opens the Buddha nature within our own mind is chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” moment-to-moment in all aspects of daily life.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Chanting the daimoku, or title, of the Lotus Sutra is
the same as carrying out meditation. Ignorant persons may find this difficult to believe. But the second volume of Great Concentration and Insight by T’ien-t’ai has a passage “regarding recitation and silence” in which the word “recitation” refers to recitation of the Lotus Sutra and “silence” to the practice of meditation or contemplation. And again, in the first volume of his Meaning of the Four Teachings, T’ien-t’ai states: “Not only [are such practices as recitation] not a needless waste of effort, they are essential in enabling one to grasp the principle involved.”” [The Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life] WND II: 180 (p. 86) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Contemplating our mind of true self chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.” chatter of fear and worry is silenced with the lion’s roar in our courageous heart of faith.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 12/29/2016
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