In the sea of suffering we struggle to create happiness between strategies of mind and desires of heart though happiness is elusive, but while chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” mind and heart unite in this single moment as happiness emerges of itself.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: ““The seventh
is called the perfection of one instant of thought* because, when the six sense organs and their objects interact and one instant of thought arises, it is endowed with all the three thousand realms. [Hence one instant of thought is called lotus.]”
*“One instant of thought” (Jpn ichinen) is also translated as “a single moment of life.” What arises from the interaction of the six sense organs and their objects is thought or mind, which is the object of observation in T’ien-t’ai’s practice. When he uses this term to apply to the mind and the body together, “a single moment of life” is used in this translation.* [On the Eighteen Perfections] WND II: 331 (p. 901) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
Illusions are pervasive and there is no clarity in the mind of suffering yet Buddha nature seen chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” is always present—in each instant of thought enjoying peace and security, now.
Truly yours,
Tho Tsu 11/28/2017
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