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Regarding the significance of the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching, 26th High Priest Nichikan Shonin states: The Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching, inscribed in the second year of Kō’an (1279), is the supreme entity of the Law of Nichiren Daishonin’...

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Just to clarify to avoid confusion, The main hall (Hondo) of the Head Temple is not the Hoando, it is just a general storage house for the Dai Gohonzon mandala, and is a temporary building. Thank you for clarifying! Yes, just as Nichiren Daishonin willed in the Sandaihihō-shō and the Minobu sojo , ...

Wow those are some gorgeous photos- many thanks! I wonder though, who gets the job shovelling the walks ;) I miss going on Tozan. So beautiful and such a great experience! I actually don't know who is responsible for shovelling ... maybe one of the student priests. I know their training is very har...

Wow those are some gorgeous photos- many thanks! I wonder though, who gets the job shovelling the walks ;) I miss going on Tozan. So beautiful and such a great experience! I actually don't know who is responsible for shovelling ... maybe one of the student priests. I know their training is very har...

Provisional teachings ( gonkyo ) refer to the teachings and sutras preached for 42 years prior to the Lotus Sutra -- both Hinayana and Mahayana. These provisional teachings did not reveal the doctrine of ichinen sanzen , thus it was not taught that all people throughout the nine worlds could attain ...

so what is it John? is it already there or does it manifest , as you claim, when you hear the words Namu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo for the first time ? Hi Minobu! Good to see you back here! Theoretically, we possess the inherent Buddha-nature/potential. But, unless we receive the seed of Buddhahood, we hav...

Welcome! The ultimate goal of practicing Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is the attainment of enlightenment in our present form ( sokushin jobutsu ). Nichiren Daishonin revealed his own enlightenment in the form of the Gohonzon. Through our practice of chanting Daimoku to the Gohonzon, we can fuse wit...

http://www.nstmyogyoji.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-dfbca4f641d402587d50252ec7bb40ab.jpg Nichiren Daishonin states in “Document Entrusting the Law that Nichiren Propagated throughout His Life” ( “Nichiren ichigo guho fuzokusho” ), When the sovereign accepts this Law, erect the High Sanctu...

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Shotenzenjin wrote: ↑Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:19 pm Nice! Thank you posting this John

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2AHl4jC9Uc New Hokkeko believers briefly describe their first tozan experience. Tozan is where Nichiren Shoshu believers go to the Head Temple Taisekiji, and can directly chant to the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching. Nichiren Shoshu memb...

The Japanese Buddhist term sandai hihō means “Three Great Secret Laws,” and refers to a doctrine first expounded by our founder Nichiren Daishonin to serve as the foundation of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism. The Three Great Secret Laws are the True Object of Worship of the Essential Teaching ( honmon no ...

narhwal90 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:06 pm huh, there it is.. zaigohan.. italics in the Mandala book liked like 'b' .... hah! This is a great thread- thanks for starting it

The Workshop book discusses Nikko's signature of Nichiren, terming it "zaigoban", as a representation of Nichiren. Apparently a few other schools did as well. Other abbots of some other schools would simply add his name to their gohonzons- apparently Nikko did too in some cases. Posthumously, Nikko...

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The Ozagawari Gohonzon is index in the Mandala Workshop books, pages 84 and 87 of the 3rd book. I may be somewhat confused in the indexing, but they indicate it was inscribed for Nichimoku in 1290, following a pattern developed from earlier gohonzons in 1278. The format generally copies one of Nich...

Regarding the practice of chanting Daimoku, Nichiren Daishonin teaches in “Orally Transmitted Teachings” ( “Ongi kuden” ), Now when Nichiren and his disciples chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, they dispel the darkness of birth and death and cause the fire of nirvana's wisdom to burn before their eyes. When...