Name of Buddha – Part 6 – January 29, 2019
南無 These are the first two characters on the Omandala Gohonzon, NaMu. This combination of characters has no inherent meaning. It is not intended to have a meaning, rather it stands for a sound or combination of sounds. This is similar to onomatopoeia, words representing sounds. Examples of this are brrrrr, or cuckoo, or sizzle. Namu represent the sound that the Japanese hear in the word Namaste. The Japanese tend to shorten many words to…