January 20, 2025
LOTUS JEWELS（Nichiren Shu News NO265)
It is the same with the truth of the Lotus Sutra. As metal can cut trees and grass,and water has the virtue of extinguishing all fires, the Lotus Sutra is equipped with the virtue of enabling all living beings to become Buddhas.
—Nichiren Shonin, Letter to Horen, Horen-sho (ST 175)
It may seem like the Lotus Sutra works mysteriously, or worse that we cannot rely on it to benefit ourselves and all beings. Nichiren shows us that even though we may not know how the Lotus Sutra works, we can still rely on it just as we rely on the everyday things we use in our lives. If we are cold, we put on more clothes or move to somewhere warm. If we are thirsty, we find something to drink. If we need to cut something we use a knife. If we want to see the world as it is and help all beings to become enlightened, we chant Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.
—Rev. Shinkyo Warner