illarraza wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 8:27 pm
Hi Minobu, I read your comment again a couple of times. Every being, sentient or insentient, contains the Ten Worlds. Please don't ask me how plants and rock contain the Ten Worlds because I would have to heavily quote Nichiren. Leaving that aside for moment, lets assume that this is true. Then Gohonzon, as in human beings, goes through various worlds from moment to moment but has one or several worlds to which it habitually returns far more often than other worlds. The Gohonzon habitually and overridingly returns to the World of Buddhahood (just like the Buddha). That is why we benefit chanting to that object, thanks to its powers of the Buddha and the Law. Of course it also contains the 9 samsaric worlds also but its predominate world is the World of Buddhahood.
As per the enlightenment of plants , I think it is due to the fact that Buddha nature can be seen in everything if one is enlightened.
Or the aspects of Buddha nature is in everything.
Or when one is enlightened they can see the Buddha nature in all things ...
I think this is due to the Buddha purifying the Saha world and making it the Saha world the Buddha's land...
the Buddha imbues??? the Saha World with buddha nature...
you see it is all sort of foggy due to me not being enlightened.
we are pointed to what could be the concept...but we don't know for we are unenlightened ...
same when one talks about Buddhahood being a world unto itself in the ichinen sanzen theory...
saying the gohonzon goes through
Then Gohonzon, as in human beings, goes through various worlds from moment to moment but has one or several worlds to which it habitually returns far more often than other worlds. The Gohonzon habitually and overridingly returns to the World of Buddhahood (just like the Buddha).
this is a personal view...your view....
you are giving Gohonzon a humanlike form unto itself...Not unlike how Abrahamic religions give their God Creator human attributes...
Can one view Gohonzon as some sort of human form...
what about the two mandalas the Womb world and the Diamond world depicted on gohonzon...
i think i dunnoo...you are declaring that it is like some thing other than what it is....
we have two Vedic gods inscribed on gohonzon by nichiren,which are showing us that all the Vedic gods can be addressed ....
it's a tool for the Buddha to be able to lead sentients to Buddhahood.
we don't know what buddha hood is all about...
if you do please let us know....
true ! due to the enlightenment of plants the Buddha is able to reside in gohonzon...This is because the paper and wood are basically from the same essence of world as you or me...Buddha can appear in any organic substance and do "IT"S" thing....
I'm sort of playing off your words Mark...
just saying stuff....