Chanting Growers Group (2013-∞)

[easyDaimoku]

Hello Everyone!

I'm glad I use Google to find the thread because otherwise I wouldn't know where to look for it on the updated forum. Greetings from the land of hard work, compassion and hope. I've been reading about Shijo Kingo as I try to protect myself against the lords I work for and deeply consider my job as my service to the Lotus Sutra. I introduced another beautiful friend to the practice recently and she just got a job offer after diligently praying to advance in that direction.

Work has been very difficult and so has graduate school. Although I'm also trying to develop a business, my focus is more on chanting everyday and making sure I do gongyo. Gongyo in the morning is a triumphant victory. I hope you are all chanting everyday and studying the Goshos.

Much love to the Babbas, SoCal, weird, Sg/Gordy, ptd, Chris and everyone else! Nam myoho renge kyo!!!

Bowing in obeisance to all Chanting Growers,
Easy

 

[easyDaimoku]

Would love to get an update from our brother T
Nam myoho renge kyo

I second this motion and also request updates from all our other Chanting growers!

 

[Babbabud]

LTNS buddy
Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, June 7, 2014:

Thus, as we have seen, even those who lack understanding, so long as they chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, can avoid the evil paths. This is like lotus flowers, which turn as the sun does, though the lotus has no mind to direct it, or like the plantain that grows with the rumbling of thunder, though this plant has no ears to hear it. Now we are like the lotus or the plantain, and the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra is like the sun or the thunder.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 142
The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
Recipient unknown; written on January 6, 1266

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, June 8, 2014:

Be resolved to summon forth the great power of faith, and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the prayer that your faith will be steadfast and correct at the moment of death. Never seek any other way to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death, and manifest it in your life.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 218
The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo on February 11, 1272

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, June 9, 2014:

I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 444
On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins
Written to Shijo Kingo in 1273

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, June 10, 2014:

When it comes to studying the teachings of Buddhism, one must first learn to understand the time.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 538
The Selection of the Time
Written to Yui in 1275

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, June 11, 2014:

The mystic principle that is the essential nature of phenomena possesses two aspects, the defiled aspect and the pure aspect. If the defiled aspect is operative, this is called delusion. If the pure aspect is operative, this is called enlightenment. Enlightenment constitutes the realm of Buddhahood. Delusion constitutes the realms of ordinary mortals.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 417
The Entity of the Mystic Law
Written to Sairen-bo Nichijo; date unknown

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, June 12, 2014:

I say this for your sake. I know your faith has always been admirable, but now you must strengthen it more than ever. Only then will the ten demon daughters lend you even greater protection.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614
The Supremacy of the Law
Written to Oto and her mother, Nichimyo, on August 4, 1275

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, June 13, 2014:

When an evil ruler in consort with priests of erroneous teachings tries to destroy the correct teaching and do away with a man of wisdom, those with the heart of a lion king are sure to attain Buddhahood. Like Nichiren, for example. I say this not out of arrogance but because I am deeply committed to the correct teaching.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 302
Letter to Sado
Written to Toki Jonin on March 20, 1272

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, June 14, 2014:

The Buddha dwells within our hearts. For example, flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1137
New Years Gosho
Written to the wife of Omosu on January 5, year unknown

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, June 15, 2014:

Furthermore, human beings have two heavenly gods who always accompany them, just as a shadow follows the body. One is named Same Birth and the other Same Name. Perched on one's left and right shoulders, they protect one [by reporting all of one's deeds to heaven]. Therefore, heaven never punishes those who have committed no error, let alone people of merit. That is why the Great Teacher Miao-lo stated, "The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods." So long as one maintains firm faith, one is certain to receive the great protection of the gods.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 614
The Supremacy of the Law
Written to Oto and her mother, Nichimyo, on August 4, 1275

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, June 16, 2014:

Even though I cannot see you, I am certain that your heart is here. If you find that you miss me, always look at the sun that rises [in the morning] and the moon that rises in the evening. I will be reflected in the sun and the moon. And in our next life, let us meet in the pure land of Eagle Peak. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 596
Letter to the Lay Nun of Ko
Written to the lay nun of Ko on June 16, 1275

 

[meltybubble]

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, June 17, 2014:

The nation may be devasted by the superior strength of the Mongols, but the slander of the correct teaching will cease almost entirely. Defeat would be like a moxa cautery, which cures disease, or like acupuncture, which relieves pain. Both are painful at the moment, but bring happiness later.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 618
Many in Body, One in Mind
Written to the lay priest Takahashi on August 6, year unknown

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, June 18, 2014:

The teachings such as those of the non-Buddhist writings and those of the Hinayana and provisional Mahayana Buddhist scriptures all partially explain the phenomena inherent in one's life. They do not explain them as the Lotus Sutra does. Thus, among the sutras, there are both superior and inferior, and among people also, sages and worthies may be distinguished.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 629
The Mongol Envoys
Written to the lay priest Nishiyama in 1275

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, June 19, 2014:

It is an undeniable fact that fire can at once reduce even a thousand-year-old field of pampas grass to ashes, and that the merit one has formed over a hundred years can be destroyed with a single word.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 636
The Three Obstacles and Four Devils
Written to Ikegami Hyoe no Sakan Munenaga on November 20, 1

 

[TrichyTrichy]

Hi Hydro Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

Thomas~ chanting for your return.

<3 4 sister

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Friday, June 20, 2014:

In your position as a woman, you have made offerings to the Lotus Sutra in this defiled latter age. Therefore, King Brahma will look after you with his divine eye, Shakra will press his palms together and pay obeisance to you, the earthly deities will delight in reverently holding up your feet, and Shakyamuni Buddha will extend his hand from Eagle Peak to pat your head.

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 981
Reply to the Wife of Matsuno
Written to the wife of Matsuno Rokuro Saemon-no-jo on June 20, 1279

 

[Weird]

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, June 21, 2014:

I, Nichiren, have personally suffered each of the nine great ordeals. . . . These are hardships that T'ien-t'ai and Dengyo never met. Truly you should know that, adding Nichiren to the other three, there is now a fourth votary of the Lotus Sutra who has appeared in the Latter Day of the Law. How glad I am to fulfill the words of the prophecy from the sutra: "How much more will this be so after his passing?

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 448
The Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Persecution
Written to all priest disciples and lay followers on January 14, 1274