Sunday, April 1, 2012

The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, August 23, 2012:

How wondrous it is that, around two hundred years and more into the Latter Day of the Law, I was the first to reveal as the banner of propagation of the Lotus Sutra this great mandala that even those such as Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu, T'ien-t'ai and Miao-lo were unable to express! This mandala is in no way my invention. It is the object of devotion that depicts Shakyamuni Buddha, the World-Honored One, seated in the treasure tower of Many Treasures Buddha, and the Buddhas who were Shakyamuni's emanations as perfectly as a print matches its woodblock.

The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon
Written to Nichinyo on August 23, 1277

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