The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, October 25, 2012:

 

Moreover, I chant the daimoku, which is the heart and core of the entire sutra, and I urge others to do likewise. Although the mugwort growing in a hemp field or wood marked for cutting with an inked line may not be straight to begin with, they will as a matter of course become so. In the same way, one who chants the daimoku as the Lotus Sutra teaches will never have a twisted mind. For one should know that, unless the mind of the Buddha enters into our bodies, we cannot in fact chant the daimoku.

The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra
Written to Myomitsu on March 5, 1276

The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra

In view of all this, your sincerity in sending a gift of five strings of blue-duck coins whenever the opportunity arises truly entitles you to be known as one who propagates the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra in Japan. As first one person, then two persons, then a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand and then all the people throughout the country come to chant the daimoku, before you know it their blessings will accrue to you. 23/12

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra