Living
Beings are heavily weighted by poisons fed to mind and body. Through
greed, anger and foolishness we create suffering. Chanting “Nam Myoho
Renge Kyo” opens the innate Buddha nature revealing the Dharma body,
Reward body and Manifest body.
Consistently
chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” perceiving the unity of the Buddha
nature in our life the irrepressible desire to see it in others emerges,
too.
Nichiren Daishonin writes: “[The “reason” for which they
appear consists
The
provisional mind of birth and death cannot see the delusion while being
in it, but chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” opens the moment with a view
of the broader reality within us.
Realizing
full potential chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” exists in the struggle of
this very moment, not in distressed memories or fear of the unknown
future.
The heart and mind of Shakyamuni Buddha is revealed in our
life chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” as the benefits of the Wonderful Law
manifest in every detail of daily life.
In
an age dominated by Information chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” secures
heart and mind from incomplete doctrines of temporary existence in the
nine worlds of birth and death.
Each
moment of precious daily life chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” is itself
the gateway of Buddha nature shining through the nine worlds of
temporary existence.
Every cause chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” comes to be true self of Buddha nature.
Nichiren
Daishonin teaches: “Point Four, on the passage “Medicine King, you
should know that after the Thus Come One has entered extinction, if
there are those who can copy, uphold, read, and recite this sutra, offer
alms to it and expound it for others, then the Thus Come One will cover
them with his robe. . . . You should know that such persons lodge in
the same place as the Thus Come One, and the Thus Come One pats them on
the head with his hand.” The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings
says: The votaries of the Lotus Sutra, men and women alike, are all Thus
Come Ones. [For they exemplify the principles that] earthly desires are
enlightenment, and the sufferings of birth and death are nirvana. Now
Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, are persons
who “lodge in the same place as the Thus Come One.” Therefore, Fu
Ta-shih says in his commentary, “Morning after morning we rise up with
the Buddha, evening after evening we lie down with the Buddha. Moment by
moment we attain the way, moment by moment we reveal our true
identity.”” [The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings] Chapter Ten: The Teacher of the Law (p.83) http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
With
faith, study and practice chanting “Nam Myoho Renge Kyo” we dwell with
the Buddha each moment transforming ordinary suffering of daily life
into complete satisfaction.
