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Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 37

Attitude and Intent. Experience the Buddha mind in yourself as well as all those around you to understand attitude and intent.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 36

Dedicate your efforts in the “Law” of the instantiation of Buddha, and do not be intoxicated or dedicate your practice by or for a person. No one can hand you Buddhaness. Only you can awaken your GoHonzon mind to experience Buddha.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 35

Resolve, confidence, attitude, intent, NaMuMyoHoRenGeKyo, these are the essentials for self-enlightenment. To open the Buddha-eye, the GoHonzon mind of awareness of Buddha-ness, all suchnesses, the full flow of the Engine of Life, is our only goal.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 34

The “Opening of the Eyes” is Nichiren’s treatise on the nature of “GoHonzon”; the nature of RenGe as the very foundation and realization of our practice to shift our minds from Samsara to Buddha.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 33

Seek your experience of Buddha. Follow the “Law” not the “person”. Your enlightenment comes through your effort; it can never come through the efforts of others.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 32

Your mind constructs your reality. Therefore, a cluttered mind mis-perceives all life, while a clear mind can experience the true flow of life and our momentum as we experience it.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren onMandala and Gohonzon - part 31

Bad teachers have misled many of us. From this turmoil however, we can redouble our understanding and clarity in our daily efforts to awaken and maintain our Gohonzon-Buddha Mind.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 30

We will never be in a “better place” than we can experience right now, right here. This IS the better place. The ‘difference’ is only in our mind.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 29

The toughest lesson is the realization that Buddha is immediately and has always been accessible to experience in our lives; not as something ‘other’ but as our very ‘self’.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon - part 28

Nichiren describes the Treasure Tower and Life Span chapters as the very “RenGe” of the ‘Opening of the Eyes’ or GoHonzon of our Buddhist practice of awakening.Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzonhttp://threefoldlotus.com/home/ebooks.htm