January 20, 2025
LOTUS JEWELS（Nichiren Shu News NO254）
My mind is replete with delusion of the three poisons while my body is one of an ordinary being. However, since I chant Namu Myoho Renge-kyo, do I not resemble the Buddha’s messenger?
—Nichiren Shonin, A Reply to Lord Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo-dono Gohenji (ST 340)
Despite his accomplishments and the persecutions he endured, Nichiren never considered himself to be capable of anything more than the most humble of his followers. Like him, all of us who chant Namu Myoho Renge-kyo can be confident in our ability to stand beside him as a messenger of the Buddha to lead all beings to Enlightenment.
—Rev. Shinkyo Warner