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Good morning (13 March 2011 Sunday Morning Service). Thank you all for coming to the temple today and thank you to all the folks who have joined us online as well. Today we gathered together as a Sangha and celebrated the day praising the Lotus Sutra by reciting passages and chanting the Odaimoku, the sacred title. As it says in the sutra we have partaken of the medicine, which is good in flavor and color…
In Nichiren Shu our main practice is chanting the Sacred Title of the Lotus Sutra, the Odaimoku of Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. In addition we recite portions of Chapter II and Chapter XVI the two most important chapters in the Lotus Sutra. These two chapters are the heart of the sutra. When we chant the Odaimoku it is as if we are reciting the entire Lotus Sutra, which is contained in the title Myoho Renge…
Tonight’s Dharma talk is on Namu, your relationship with Namu, your lived expression of Namu, your manifestation of Namu, the results of Namu; the oneness of subject and object. The book referenced in the video can be purchased from Amazon by clicking on the image link below. For further study of the Lotus Sutra perhaps you may find this book helpful. or the kindle version
Namu is not merely a prefix to Myoho Renge Kyo, the full title to the Lotus Sutra. It is not merely an appending of one word, Namaste, to the other words of the title. Instead, it is a relational marker, which ties us and our invocation of the title to the contents of the Lotus Sutra. As such, it is important, regardless of how we say it, to be mindful of the implication of its…
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