Clearly observing conditions in our mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” becomes a matter of happiness transcending delusion and despair.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: “The essence of the sutras preached before the Lotus
Sutra is that all phenomena arise from the mind. To illustrate, they say that the mind is like the great earth, while the grasses and trees are like all phenomena. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It teaches that the mind itself is the great earth, and that the great earth itself is the grasses and trees. The meaning of the earlier sutras is that clarity of mind is like the moon, and that purity of mind is like a flower. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It is the teaching that the moon itself is mind, and the flower itself is mind. You should realize from this that polished rice is not polished rice; it is life itself.” [The Gift of Rice]WND I: 170 (p. 1126) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
The true aspect of life is revealed in detail each moment chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” seeing ourselves honestly and purposefully as we are.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 04/13/2017
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