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My last blog was to give you, who are not religiously biased and open minded, some insites into the Humanistic religion that I embrace and why I am a Nichiren Buddhist now. I quoted you passages from one of my Buddhism sources of inspiration called "The Buddha in daily Life" by Richard Causton. If you'd care to catch up, check the archives for July 29. It was written 15 years ago and as a preface to introducing Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. It was true then and even more so today.

Here is a bit more ---: Strange as it may seem, the world's current predicament was foreseen some 3,000
years ago by the Buddha, Shakyamuni. In contrast to the apocalyptic prophecies of some other religions, however, Shakyamuni also predicted that, out of the confusion of this time, which he termed 'the beginning of the 'Latter Day of the Law', a great teaching would appear, based upon his own highest teaching the "Lotus Sutra". This teaching would enable ordinary people to develop the qualities necessary to combat the enormous problems that they would encounter. AND,  the Latter Day of the Law would be an Age of EVIL of some 10,000 years in existance. It is believed in Japan it started in the year 1052.

The essence of this teaching was later defined as Nam Myoho Renge Kyo by a 13th century priest called Nichiren Daishonin ('Daishonin' meaning 'Great Sage'). I will explain more on this later on.

In Introduction now, the basic practice of the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin consists of chanting the phrase Nam Myoho Renge Kyo to the Gohonzon, a scroll inscribed with many Chinese and two Sanskrit characters. This is supported by the daily practice of morning and evening gongyo, the recitation of two key chapters of the Lotus Sutra, followed by chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 'to your hearts content'.

If you do this, study and teach others the Buddhist view of life to the best of your ability, you will develop a state of life in which your desires are completely fulfilled, which creates the maximum value and good fortune for yourself and your society, and which is powered by unshakeable happiness and confidence, no matter what problems you may be facing.

Nichiren Daishonin, the founder of this Buddhism, states: "A law this easy to embrace and this easy to practice was taught for the sake of all mankind in this evil Latter Day of the Law.

This may sound incredible - not only in the sense of being too good to be true but, literally, unbelievable.
How can chanting a phrase one does not even understand, over and over again to a piece of paper, possibly have such and effect????

O.K., I will answer this last question in my next blog. Please do come back and at least LEARN some-thing new that could affect your life in this (proven to be) evil age. For or against I do welcomed your feed back and comments. Thanks         Cheers.       CJ