How Did HBS Get Their Priesthood?
Q. How did HBS get their priesthood? Did the HBS at some point (in the 1900’s) merge with a sect that already had priests (just like the Kempon Hokke Shu was at one time united with the Nichiren Shu, or … Read More
Q. How did HBS get their priesthood? Did the HBS at some point (in the 1900’s) merge with a sect that already had priests (just like the Kempon Hokke Shu was at one time united with the Nichiren Shu, or … Read More
It seems ice skating is not a very popular sport in Japan, at least in the area where I live. Most people tried it only a few times in their lives if at all and I haven’t met anyone who … Read More
Gohonzon 御本尊—the principal image of worship in Honmon Butsuryū Shū—is a mandala which by means of kanji (Chinese writing characters as used in Japan) depicts Odaimoku 御題目, Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō 南無妙法蓮華経 surrounded by Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and guardian deities of … Read More
Since ancient times, the Lotus Sutra has been called “the king of sutras,” “the finest sutra,” or “the true teachings of Buddha.” It is the most popular Buddhist sutra and it is revered and worshiped widely around the world. Shakyamuni … Read More
Some time ago I received a query from Brazil about pocket Gohonzons, their shapes, and materials they can be made of, as well as qualifications required to draw and engrave a Gohonzon. So, I’ll just put all the answers here. … Read More
Na ocasião da visita do Sumo Pontífice, sinceramente, posso dizer que me emocionei pela calorosa recepção, Gohouko e atividades realizadas por todos os fiéis. Como auxiliar do Sumo Pontífice, já visitei e viajei à várias localidades, mas confesso que nunca … Read More
Nichiren Shonin, at his age of seventeen, set out on a journey of Buddhist study seeking after true Buddhism. And then, he finally found that the teaching preached in Honmon Happon in the Lotus Sutra can save us, ordinary people … Read More
Hatsu literally means “for the first time,” and Mairi and Sankei means “visiting a temple.” Hatsu Mairi (初参り) or Hatsu Sankei (初参詣) means bringing a newborn baby to a HBS temple for the first time and praying for a happy … Read More
I bring fullness and satisfaction to the world, like a rain that spreads its moisture everywhere. Eminent and lowly, superior and inferior, observers of precepts, violators of precepts, those fully endowed with proper demeanor, those not fully endowed, those of … Read More
In the threefold world, there is neither birth nor death, or going away nor coming forth, and there is no existing in this world and later entering extinction. Chapter 16 of The Lotus Sutra, The Life Span of the Buddha … Read More
This threefold world is all my domain, and the living beings in it are all my children. Chapter 3 of the Lotus Sutra, A Parable The Buddha said in the Lotus Sutra that every living being is a part of … Read More
Hurting others we hurt ourselvesThat is the law of the universe RacismInequalityMurder ViolenceCrueltyWar What are we doing?Let’s stop the destruction.The world needs us to unite. We are one – BuddhaWe are one – universeWe are one – life LOVE over … Read More
Yukie Morishita(Member of Myōshōji Temple in Kurashiki, Okayama Pref., Japan) The following are two stories that I would like to share with you. Stories of how I recovered from diseases, thanks to the HBS faith. The first is about a … Read More
Teruko Harada(member of Butsuryūji temple in Kobe, Hyogo Pref., Japan) I inherited HBS faith from my father and have been a follower all my life. Today I would like to tell you the stories of the two most wonderful blessings … Read More
From the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, Nissen Shōnin (Seifū Nagamatsu), the founder of Honmon Butusyū Shū, lived through ever‐changing, and turbulent times. It was also the days of the Cholera pandemic. And since there … Read More
Q. A friend of mine is trying to take the Bar Exam. I am thinking I should pray for him to perform well. What kind of prayer should I make? A. I would recommend inviting your friend to the temple … Read More