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The End

Literal Translation

  • Go: worthy of honor
  • Honzon: object of fundamental respect

What is written on the Gohonzon?

The Gohonzon

  • center: Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren
  • all the 10 worlds

Literal Translation

  • Nam - from Sanskrit, to devote oneself
  • Myoho - the Mystic Law
  • Renge - Lotus Flower
  • Kyo - sutra, or teaching

"I devote myself to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect"

  • scroll in the middle of the altar
  • enshrined in "butsudan"

Significance

Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

  • doesn't have inherent power
  • object to focus on, reflects our own lives, acts as mirror
  • only onsistent object of devotion

Ceremony in the Air

  • chanted at the beginning of the meeting
  • important part of daily practice
  • practice is based on Lotus Sutra
  • ceremony in the air took place from chapter 11 to chapter 22
  • chanting is our way of joining the "ceremony in the air" personally,

tapping into wisdom of the Lotus Sutra

Basics of Buddhism

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