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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Komatsubara Persecution
Faith Deepened
On November 11 of this year, 1St year of Bunei, I, Nichiren, and my entourage came across a big thoroughfare known as Komatsubara in Tojo. Around the hour of sunset, several hundred Nembutsu …
True Practitioners of Buddhism
Hardships Understood
Our Lord Sakyamuni Buddha aggressively propagated the Lotus Sutra for eight years during His lifetime; Grand Master T’ien-t’ai did it for some thirty years, and Grand Master Dengyo for more than …
Death Bed
Mt. Sacred Eagle
It is important for laymen like you to chant Namu Myoho Renge Kyo wholeheartedly and make offerings to priests. If you want to follow the sutra, you should teach other people the …
A Real Practitioner of the Lotus Sutra
Rare and Precious
Exactly as the Buddha predicted, there are “three kinds of enemies of the Lotus Sutra” all over Japan. Nevertheless, we do not see any practitioners of the …
Heavenly Protection
An Age of Uncertainty
It has been over 200 years since the beginning of the declining latter age of the dharma. I have not been allowed to meet opponents in a controversial discussion; instead, I …
Without Understanding
The Attracting Power of the Lotus Sutra
Without understanding, you can escape from the evil way just by chanting Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. For example, a lotus flower turns to the sun even though it …
Oneness with the Buddha
Mugwort Grass
I, Nichiren, sincerely practice the most profound Lotus Sutra among all the sutras that have been preached, are now being preached, and will be preached in the future. I also chant …
Tranquility in This Life
Odaimoku in Unison
When all the people under heaven and various schools of Buddhism are all converted to the Lotus Sutra, the only way to Buddhahood, and when only the Lotus Sutra flourishes …
Jeweled Land of Tranquil Light
Mt. Sacred Eagle
How pathetic it is that all the people in Japan today are gladly scorning the sight of my disciples, lay followers and me, Nichiren. The three types of powerful …
Shine Your Dusty Mind
Reflecting Eternal Truth
When you polish a dusty mirror, it will surely shine like a jewel. Your immature and misguided mind is like a dusty mirror. When you polish your dusty mind, it …
