Minobu wrote:in another thread Q quoted Nichiren Daishonin .
Here is a snippet of that:
there is no need for believers to attempt at once to practice the meditation on the three thousand realms in a single moment of life, though if there are persons who wish to do so, they should learn how to practice this type of meditation and carry it out.
For the record, this is from On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra which can be found in its entirety, here:
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-2/Content/186
Nichiren Shu also has a translation of this gosho which as far as I know is not available online.
This is one of the 10 gosho identified by Nikko Shonin to be essential, ie. 10 Major Gosho.
This gosho was written before the Tatsunokuchi Persecution, before the Sado Exile. There is an argument that gosho written before Tatsunokuchi/Sado should be viewed in a manner similar to the Shakumon (Trace Gate) teachings of the Lotus Sutra, and those after Tatsunokuchi to be viewed as the Hommon (Original Gate) teachings of the Lotus Sutra.
I don't have the time to go into this distinction. But note, Nikko identified this as one of Nichiren's most important writings laying out Nichiren's teachings.
odd how Shoshu and gakki frowned on meditation...Gakki making it like it was useless ...have they changed their stance....do they teach this meditation like they do Gongyo.
No. As far as I know, they still frown on this.
However, if you recite the Hoben chapter and repeat the 10 factors three times, you are doing a form of the three fold contemplation; ichinen sanzen is an expanded form of the three-fold contemplation. That said, the ichinen sanzen meditation is not necessarily anything like meditation as you might imagine it... at preliminary levels it might be so, but the full blown practice is... "inconceivable". If you "fuse" with the gohonzon, you are already doing it, in Nichiren's view...
Can anyone direct me to this practice .
You might consider reading, "Kanjin no Honzon sho".
Also, Zhiyi's manual on Ichinen Sanzen meditation has been translated and will be published on October 31, 2017, by U. Hawaii press. MohoZhikuan/Makashikan/Great Cessation and Insight.