Honmon Butsuryū Shū 本門佛立宗 follower’s morning starts with two practices: Okyūji お給仕 (meaning serving or taking care of) of Gokaidan 御戒壇 (HBS family Buddhist altar) and Okankin 御看経 (chanting Odaimoku 御題目). Okyūji consists of the following: 1. Cleaning the Gokaidan … Read More
Buddhist priests of Honmon Butsuryū Shū 本門佛立宗 are called Kyōmu 教務. Kyō 教 in Kyōmu literally means “teaching” and Mu 務 means “attending to one’s work faithfully.” So, Kyōmu are priests who devote themselves to teaching people about the faith … Read More
Q. Do you recommend that I chant directly to a wall? It’s a bit awkward with no Gohonzon at the moment, but I thought I’d ask your advice. A. Before acquiring a Gohonzon (upon your conversion), you can chant Odaimoku … Read More
In HBS, you can try a short-term intensive practice called Hyappon Kigan 百本祈願 (Hundred-fold Prayer Chanting). Hyappon 百本 means “one hundred numbers of incence sticks.” Kigan 祈願 means “a prayer.” Hyappon Kigan is the practice to keep praying (chanting the … Read More
Q. I know chanting Odaimoku is the most important part of the practice. Is there anything else you could suggest, such as an added prayer? (Questioned by a non-HBS-member American man) A. You can make prayers for anything you want … Read More
“I am always at the beginning…” – a quote widely attributed to Buddha. However, as I cannot identify the source I will not claim Buddha actually said that. I like the feeling though. Among other things, it makes you remember … Read More
Once a year, a memorial service for Nichiren Shonin called Kosoe is held at the head temple Yuseiji on Sunday closest to the anniversary of Nichiren Shonin’s death, October 13. On the day before Kosoe, a promotion ceremony of HBS … Read More
Jōichi Ochi(Member of Myōgenji temple, Okayama Pref.) There are 7.7 billion people living on earth right now. How many people do we meet in our lifetime? Looking back, I realize many of the people I met made my life better … 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
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