Chanting Growers Group (2013-∞)

[SoCal Hippy]

"No matter what tragic events occur or how bleak things become, we can definitely create a better world and future.

"Nichiren Daishonin writes: ‘There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds' (WND – 1, 4).

“The endeavour to make society and the future brighter, more joyful and brim with hope, begins in our own hearts and minds.”

Daisaku Ikeda

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[SoCal Hippy]

“Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law?”

(Happiness in This World
- WND, Vol. 1, page 681)

 

[SoCal Hippy]

“The Daishonin describes the object of devotion, or Gohonzon, as the ‘banner of propagation of the Lotus Sutra’ (WND-1, 831). Originally, a banner was something used in battle to identify the troops who were fighting. The Daishonin, however, uses it here to mean the banner of the spiritual struggle of kosen-rufu, of the ‘propagation of the Lotus Sutra,’ in the never ending battle between the Buddha and devilish functions.”

"The fundamental purpose of kosen-rufu is for each person to win in life and attain a state of genuine happiness and fulfilment. The Gohonzon is the banner of our effort to achieve that great ideal.”

Daisaku Ikeda

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Right on!

 

[Babbabud]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Weird]

Such is the nature of the sacred teachings set forth by the Thus Come One, namely, that they overcome delusions step by step, beginning with doctrines that are shallow and moving forward to those that are profound.
But the Thus Come One did not preach for the sake of one person alone. If he had not expounded the great way in order to dispel delusion, it would be difficult for anyone to escape from the realm of birth and death.

---> https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-2/Content/182

 

[Weird]

Point One, regarding Bodhisattva Never Disparaging

The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings says: The word “Constantly” in the name [Constantly] Never Disparaging refers to the bodhisattva Never Disparaging who is constantly present in the three existences of past, present, and future. The name “Never p.151Disparaging” refers to the three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature1 that is present in the minds of all living beings. The Buddha nature is the Dharma nature. And the Dharma nature is Myoho-renge-kyo.

---> https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/ott/PART-2/20

 

[Weird]

THE kalpa of decrease1 has its origin in the human heart. As the poisons of greed, anger, and foolishness gradually intensify, the life span of human beings gradually decreases and their stature diminishes.
Before the introduction of Buddhism in the lands of China and Japan, the non-Buddhist scriptures of the Three Sovereigns, the Five Emperors, and the Three Sages were used to bring order to the hearts of the people and govern the world. When the hearts of the people gradually diminished in good and grew adept at evil, it became impossible to restrain profoundly evil offenses because the wisdom of the non-Buddhist scriptures was shallow. Since the world was ungovernable with the non-Buddhist scriptures, the Buddhist scriptures were gradually introduced, and when they were used in governing, the world became tranquil. This was solely because the wisdom of Buddhism can fully elucidate the hearts of the people.

---> https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/169

 

[HenDokuYaku]

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

 

[Weird]

The Lotus Sutra represents the true reason why the Buddha made his appearance in the world. It embodies the basic teaching by which all living beings are able to attain the Buddha way. And that teaching is found nowhere but in these four characters that express the idea of the true aspect of all phenomena.

--- https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-2/Content/254

 

[Cvh]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Weird]

The Lotus Sutra, on the other hand, is known as a sutra that was preached in accordance with the Buddha’s own mind. Because the Buddha’s mind is an excellent mind, persons who read this sutra, even though they may not understand its meaning, will gain inestimable benefit.
Mugwort that grows in the midst of hemp, or a snake inside a tube [will as a matter of course become straight], and those who associate with people of good character will consequently become upright in heart, deed, and word. The Lotus Sutra exerts a similar influence. The Buddha will look upon one who simply puts faith in this sutra as a good person.

---> https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/171

 

[Babbabud]

Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Cvh]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[SoCal Hippy]

"When great evil occurs, great good follows."

(Great Evil and Great Good - WND, Vol. 1, page 1119)

 

[SoCal Hippy]

“It is to be expected that all sorts of difficulties and hardships will arise in the process of striving for kosen-rufu. Genuine faith enables us to confront anything that happens without fear or doubt, to deeply perceive the true nature of every painful event with the eyes of faith and to overcome every hurdle.”

Daisaku Ikeda

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[SoCal Hippy]

"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."

(On Prayer - WND, Vol. 1, page 345)

 

[BushyOldGrower]

Happy Day! Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

 

[Babbabud]

Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Weird]

The Buddha became enlightened to the Lotus Sutra, and as a result of the filial devotion that he showed to the mothers and fathers of the six paths and the four forms of birth, his person was endowed with blessings.
p.513And these blessings enjoyed by the Buddha can be transferred by him to people who put their faith in the Lotus Sutra. It is like the food eaten by a loving mother, which turns into milk for the nourishment of her baby. For the Buddha has said, “Now this threefold world is all my domain, and the living beings in it are all my children.”20

--- https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/62