Gohōmon 御法門 is basically the same as sermons that other Buddhist sects’ monks or priests preach. However, its contents are about the faith in the Odaimoku, i.e. “the path to Buddhahood (to the Eternal Pure Land).” Go 御 in Gohōmon … Read More
In chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra The Life Span of Buddha 如来寿量品第十六, Buddha said: “I have been preaching the Law without rest, teaching and converting countless millions of beings, making them walk the Buddha way.” [Translated from Chinese.] The … Read More
When HBS members meet, we say Arigatō gozaimasu ありがとうございます as a greeting. It sounds strange to other people because usual greetings between Japanese are Ohayō おはよう (in the morning), Konnichiwa こんにちは (in the afternoon), and Konbanwa こんばんは (in the evening). … Read More
Our sect name, Honmon Butsuryu Shu (本門佛立宗), was originally named by Nichiren Shonin and presented to the world by Nissen Shonin. The name can be found clearly in Nichiren Shonin’s treatises: You should know that I, Nichiren established the Hokke … Read More
Yūseiji, the head temple of Honmon Butsuryū Shū, is the oldest temple of all Nichiren Buddhism sects in the Kansai region (south-western half of Japan, including Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe). Originally, it was called Seiryu Zushi (the “green willow shrine”) … Read More
Nichiren Shōnin 日蓮聖人 was born in a fisherman family in Kominato on the Bōsō peninsula, present Chiba prefecture, on February 16th, 1222 (the 16th of the 2nd month of the 4th year of Jōkyū era). It is said that on … Read More
Nichiryu Shonin was born as the son of Hisanori MOMOI, a samurai and Ume no kami (Captain of Umaryo, Right Division of Bureau of Horses) and Tomiko on October 14, 1385 (the fourteenth of the tenth month of the second … Read More
Nissen Shonin (Seifu Nagamatsu) was born into the OOJI, a merchant family in Muro-machi, Takoyakushi-dori, Kyoto city at the end of the EDO period, in 1817 (the fourteenth year of Bunka era). He was naturally talented in art and literature, … Read More