From the Lotus Sutra, Chapter 20, Shakyamuni's own words:
"I deeply respect you. I would not dare treat you with contempt. Why? Because you will all practice the bodhisattva way and will then be able to attain Buddhahood."
He said this to every person he met.
They beat him, threw stones at him, and drove him away.
He kept saying it from a distance.
Shakyamuni tells this story at a specific point in the Lotus Sutra and then reveals who this monk actually was.
That disclosure changes everything about what opposition to your practice means.
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Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.
Ichinen sanzen means three thousand worlds in a single moment of life.
Not somewhere in the distance. Not in a future state. In this moment, the one you are in right now, with whatever is happening in it.
Nichiren Daishonin identified this as the doctrinal foundation of why chanting Namu Myoho Renge Kyo works. The Kanjin-no Honzon-shō states it plainly: Śākyamuni's causal practices and resulting virtues are all contained within the five characters Myōhō Renge Kyō. When you embrace them, he will naturally transfer to us the merit of his causes and effects.
The transfer is natural. It does not wait for you to understand the structure of ichinen sanzen before it takes effect.
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Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.
This week's video examines Chapter 20 of the Lotus Sutra, the monk Shakyamuni described who bowed to every person he met, even as they attacked him with sticks and stones.
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Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.
