Friday, August 9, 2019

Making Things Right

First, I want to apologize.  If I have given anyone the impression that chanting namu myoho renge kyo functions like magic, I apologize.  It doesn't work that way.  It is not a key to making the Law of Attraction work in your life.  And if anyone tells you otherwise, they are dead ass wrong, putting a lot of stock in coincidences, and more than likely don't know where reality begins.  Second, the meaning of nam(u) myoho renge kyo. 
 nam(u) - to devote oneself; salutation; glory to
myo - mystic, wonderful
ho - Dharma (Buddhist term for law)
ren - lotus
ge - flower; blossom
kyo - sutra

If you have started chanting and are interested in Nichiren Buddhism, the first book you ought to read is the Lotus Sutra.  Not Daisaku Ikeda's 6-volume The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra series; but the Lotus Sutra.  Which translation?  Whichever one fits your vernacular preference.  Of course it may mean reading more than one translation; however it will enable you to be able to discuss the Lotus Sutra across numerous audiences.  And do not allow any Buddhist to discourage you from reading the Lotus Sutra under any circumstances. 

Here is a translation of the Lotus Sutra
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus1.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus2.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus3.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus4.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus5.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus6.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus7.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus8.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus9.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus10.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus11.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus12.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus13.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus14.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus15.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus16.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus17.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus18.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus19.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus20.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus21.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus22.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus23.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus24.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus25.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus26.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus27.htm
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/resources/sutras/lotus/sources/lotus28.htm

These chapters were translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society in USA.  If you have any questions, one good sources I am familiar of consists of the Nichiren Shu school of Nichiren Buddhism.

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