Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Becoming the Treasure Tower by Oneself

In Chapter 10, ‘The Teacher of the Law’, Shakamuni Buddha stated, "A mourning service for my remains is unnecessary. Within the Treasure Tower dwells my entire body and soul." The appearance of the huge Treasure Tower indicates that the Gohonzon of the wonderful Dharma should be enshrined in an altar as Shakamuni Buddha was enshrined in the Treasure Tower
The Treasure Tower rising from earth and not descending from heaven was indicative that the spirit of the Lotus Sutra lies therein. That is, the faith of the Lotus Sutra is the earth. Its teachings are based on reality. Our society has been polluted by greedy people that caused defilement and sufferings in the world. The Treasure Tower floating in the sky represented the people who have not been polluted by greed and have overcome sufferings.
The Treasure Tower suggests that it was the form of faith based on the teachings of the Lotus Sutra. In other words, chanting the Odaimoku, NamuMyohoRengeKyo, which embodies the true body of Buddha's enlightenment and Bodhisattva practices, engages oneself in the faith of the HBS religion. Spreading it to others is sowing the seed of Buddha's enlightenment into the souls of others by doing so, worldly desires possessed by the common people will immediately turn into a Treasure Tower. This represents the people that rose into space through Buddha's magical supernatural power
Nichren Shonin wrote ‘A Treatise Revealing the Spiritual Contemplation and the Object of Worship’ for the first time in the fifth 500-year period after the death of Shakamuni Buddha. (Kanjin Honzon Sho). In it, he displayed a text mandala of the Gohanzon for the first time.
From within the "One Session of the Fine Congreation" (Myoko lchiza), we recite "Homage Formula to the Buddha and Saints" (Namukaon No Mon) to reconfirm and increase our faith in the Gohonzon.

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