Tag: Daimoku (Nam-myoho-renge-kyo)

• Nichiren’s Identity and the Role of His Disciples

  

  Date: August 31, 2025 Subject: Analysis of Nichiren’s Treatise “The True Aspect of All Phenomena” and its Implications for the Identity and Role of His Disciples Key Sources: Excerpts from “Nichiren’s Identity and Disciples’ Role: The Votary and the Vow: An Analysis of Nichiren’s Treatise on the True Aspect of All Phenomena” I. Executive Summary…

  William Altig

  September 2, 2025

  Nichiren

  Bodhisattvas of the Earth, Boundless Practices, Ceremony in the Air, chanting, Daimoku (Nam-myoho-renge-kyo), exile, Firmly Established Practices, Gohonzon, Hōnen, Ichinosawa, inherent potential for enlightenment, Kiyosumidera, kosen-rufu, Latter Day of the Law, Law of Causality, Law of Myoho-renge-kyo, Lotus Sūtra, Nichiren, Nichiren Shoshu, Nichiren Shu, propagation, Pure Land teachings, Pure Practices, Sado Island, Sairen-Bō, Shakubuku, shikidoku (reading the sutra with one’s body), shohō jissō (true aspect of all phenomena), Shohō Jissō-Shō (The True Aspect of All Phenomena), social engagement, Soka Gakkai International (SGI), Spiritual Transformation, Superior Practices Bodhisattva, Teacher of the Dharma chapter, Tendai, True Buddha, Votary, Śākyamuni Buddha

• The Lotus Sūtra and Assured Buddhahood

  

  Executive Summary This briefing document provides a comprehensive analysis of the Lotus Sūtra, particularly focusing on Chapter Two, “Expedient Means,” as a foundational text for understanding inherent purpose and cultivating perseverance. The Lotus Sūtra challenges conventional Buddhist thought by asserting the universal potential for Buddhahood, emphasizing that innate wisdom and compassionate purpose are eternal realities,…

  William Altig

  August 28, 2025

  Chapter 2, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  Attainment of Buddhahood in one’s present form, Bodhisattva, Buddhahood, Chapter Two, Compassion and Perseverance, compassion., Daimoku (Nam-myoho-renge-kyo), expedient means, Ichinen Sanzen of Ji, Ichinen Sanzen of Ri, Inherent Buddha, Juki, Lotus Sutra, Nichiren, One Great Reason, One Vehicle (Ekayana), Parable of the Burning House, Persecution prophecies, Profound and Wonderful Teachings, Provisional Teachings, Real Dharma, Shakyamuni, Skillful Means (Upaya), Strategy of the Lotus Sūtra, T’ien-t’ai, Ten Factors of Life, Ten Worlds, Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life (Ichinen Sanzen), three vehicles, True Aspect of All Phenomena, Universal Enlightenment, Voluntarily assuming appropriate karma, votary of the Lotus Sutra, wisdom, Śāriputra