Teaches Us

Dear Friend,

Single-mindedly chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” immeasurable joy permeates the substance of reality in daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Miao-lo comments on this passage as follows: “You should understand that one’s life

Beauty

Dear Friend,

Where ever we are or go chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” we praise Buddha nature in everything.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “T’ien-t’ai has stated, “The various waters enter the sea.” That is, the Buddha, we

Heart Aflame

Dear Friend,

Purity in heart and mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” reflects deepest happiness in our life and environment.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “We wake from dreams of delusion and the round moon of original enlightenment is seen

Present Form

Dear Friend,

The changes we experience chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” reveal Buddha nature in our thoughts, feelings and behavior.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the

Everything We Do

Dear Friend,

Our hearts of gold chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” make beauty shine where we are each moment.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “When in one’s heart one takes faith in Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the heart

As They Are

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Our devotion chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” is awakening mind of nirvana in each moment.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “But the essence of the present sutra, the Lotus, is that, while remaining right here in

Power to Live

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Our strong determination chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in every moment reveals our power to live correctly and enjoy the benefits of our humanity.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “To accept is easy; to continue is difficult. But

Substance

Dear Friend,

Benefits adorn our life chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” moment-to-moment responding with joy.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “They say that when roots are deep, the leaves will not

Good Fortune

Dear Friend,

Embracing the Wonderful Law in body and mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” our highest potential of happiness is revealed in daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “The eighth volume of the Lotus Sutra says, “Their

Life and Environment

Dear Friend

Life at each moment chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” is strong as mind and heart are a single function of happiness.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “The self made up of the Ten Worlds is the

Together

Dear Friend,

The power of faith chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” reaches full potential in our vows to benefit living beings everywhere.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Since I have realized that only the Lotus Sutra

Life State

Dear Friend,

Our original life state of happiness emerges chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in each moment of daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “And these five characters, Myoho-renge-kyo, are

Utmost Principle

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We may apply the Buddha wisdom chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” to every moment and aspect of daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Heaven,

Reflect Peace

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It is through our voice chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” that our Buddha nature reaches all living beings.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “The

Wisdom Manifests

Dear Friends,

Wisdom manifests in the mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in the moment-to-moment activities of daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Each of these moments of life is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, a moment of life in which

Good Fortune

Dear Friend,

The life of happiness we reveal chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” is ultimate good fortune carried forward from this moment on.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: "Gold can be

Gain Entrance

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In heart and mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” we gain entrance in this moment to the full potential of happiness.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Regarding the

Original Self

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My present self chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” reveals Buddha nature in life and environment.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Thus we see that these treasure towers are nothing other than the five characters Myoho-

Past Irrelevant

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Opening within our life chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” the substance of happiness is formed in our daily activities.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant

Environmental Benefits

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The life of each individual chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” reveals environmental benefits for all.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Therefore, when you chant myōhō and recite

Without Fear

Dear Friend,

What is the joy of interfusing each moment with chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,” is a life lived without fear.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “To “cut off all fundamental delusions” means to open one’s eyes that have from instant to instant been in the sleep of

Inner Joy

Dear Friend,

Constant observing in mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” the full potential of self reveals in each moment.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Since the Lotus Sutra defines our body as the Dharma body of a Thus Come One, our mind as the reward body of a Thus

Thought And Feeling

Dear Friend

We honor the Buddha nature of heart and mind chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in each stirring of thought and feeling.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “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

Self Emerging

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Original enlightened mind opens chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in the moment-to-moment activities of daily life.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Although living beings are made up of the ten factors of original enlightenment, even a single instant of ignorance can cloud their minds, as though in

Enduring Happiness

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The perception of daily life chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” and how we feel about it is enduring happiness.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “But now if one will only cast aside such thinking, correct one’s outlook, and return to a state of enlightenment,

Peace And Security

Dear Friend,

Our Buddha nature is revealed chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” in the peace and security we experience.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Now the place where Nichiren and his followerschant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

Tuesday Morning

Dear Friend,

Penetrating the measure of each moment chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo,” we display the substance of happiness.

 Nichiren Daishonin writes: “But when we come to the present sutra, the Lotus, we awaken to the realization that the two phases of life and death are

Quickly Attain

Dear Friend,

Quickly attain desired results chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” just as the Lotus Sutra instructs.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “In his Outstanding Principles of the Lotus Sutra, the Great Teacher Dengyō states: “The dragon king’s daughter, an instructor of others, did not need to

Nature And Behavior

Dear Friend,

Immediate needs of daily life are opened chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” with persistent desire, like a burning fire, each moment of life is illuminated.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “Since this is so, then the essentialnature of our lives is Myoho-renge-kyo. And once we have come to understand that Myoho-renge-kyo is not the

Effect Of Joy

 Dear Friend,

Expressing the effect of joy chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” merges the Buddha nature within the interval of each moment.

Nichiren Daishonin teaches: “Speaking of the chapter as a whole, the idea of gradually overcoming illusions is not the ultimate meaning of the “Life Span” chapter. You should understand that the ultimate meaning of this chapter is that ordinary

Substance Of Happiness

Dear Friend,

A mind cluttered and dysfunctional immediately opens chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” revealing the substance of happiness in the present moment.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “But those who follow the teachings of Nichiren honestly discard the mistaken doctrines of the

Heart And Mind

                                                
Dear Friend,

Even though the mind is steeped in media saturation, chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” moment-to-moment clearly illuminates the sounds that open the heart and unite with the mind of happiness.

Nichiren Daishonin writes: “The true perfect teaching practice is

Interaction and Escape

Dear Friend,

The delusion that we are only transient phenomena with an assigned value is our fundamental ignorance of the Buddha nature. Chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” opens the Buddha nature that has always existed within us.  In each moment, we must realize the eternal aspect of Buddhahood chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” as we reveal the immeasurable good fortune of this single moment of life. 

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