Hi! I’ve translated the story about the Jotakuji temple and the seeds. Jotakuji is famed as a ginkgo temple.It’s located about 5.5miles north east from Minobusan. It was originally an ashram for Shingon (esoteric Buddhism)sect.
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There are thousands of fish eggs but few become fish. Hundreds of mango blossoms bloom but few become fruit. It is the same with human beings because most people are turned aside by evil distractions. There is an army of warriors wearing armor but few are able to fight bravely. Many people search for truth but few attain Buddhahood.
– ( 25th DAY – Nichiren’s Words ) –Matsuno Dono Gohenji
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The practice of the Lotus Sutra lies in these 24 characters uttered by Bodhisattva. Jofukyo which says:
I respect you deeply.
I do not despise you, not even a little,
nor look down on you with contempt,
for you …
by Sandra Seki/Myokei Caine-Barrett, Source: Nichiren Shu News, The Buddhist Channel, Sept 14, 2007
Cullen Oaks, Texas (USA) — Rev. Myokei Caine-Barrett, the first Amerian (Afro-Amerian) nun of the Nichiren-shu Order, was installed as the first …
Toki Nyudo-dono Go-henji: Chibyo-sho
INTRODUCTION
Written on the 26th of the 6th month in the first year of the Koan Era (1278) at Minobu, the original manuscript of this letter, known also as “Chibyo-sho” (Treatise on Healing …
Rissho Kanj o Sojo
INTRODUCTION
Written on the 28th day of the second month in the twelfth year of the Bun’ei Era (1275), this letter was in response to Sairen-bo of Kyoto, who sent various gifts …
Misawa Sho
INTRODUCTION
A letter written in the fourth year of the Kenji Period (1278) by Nichiren from Minobu, addressed to Lord Misawa of Suruga Province (Shizuoka Prefecture today). It is a reply in response to a …
Toki-dono Go-henji
INTRODUCTION
This letter was written on the sixth of the seventh month in the tenth year of the Bun’ei Period (1273) at Ichinosawa on Sado Island, the original manuscript of this letter has been preserved …
Offering for The Object of Devotion
The Lotus Sutra is made up of 69,384 characters. Though in our eyes, each individual character may appear to be no more than a character in black ink; in the …
Although the twenty-four characters of Jofukyo Bodhisattva differ in wording from the five characters which I, Nichiren, spread, they are the same in meaning. We both appeared in the world under the same conditions: he …
Read the Sutra with Mind and Body
Spreading the Sutra
If I, Nichiren, had not been born in this country, the twenty-line verse of the thirteenth chapter, “The Encouragement of Keeping This Sutra,” in the fifth fascicle …
Sacrifice One’s Life
Royal Persecution
It has already been more than twenty years since I began speaking for this sutra. My troubles have been increasing day by day, month by month, and year by year. Small troubles …
