Hurting others we hurt ourselvesThat is the law of the universe RacismInequalityMurder ViolenceCrueltyWar What are we doing?Let’s stop the destruction.The world needs us to unite. We are one – BuddhaWe are one – universeWe are one – life LOVE over hateRESPECT over … Read More
From the last days of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, Nissen Shōnin (Seifū Nagamatsu), the founder of Honmon Butusyū Shū, lived through ever‐changing, and turbulent times. It was also the days of the Cholera pandemic. And since there wasn’t a … Read More
Most people only worry about others’ eyesFollowers also worry about Buddha’s eyes Gokyōka (No. 484)—didactic poem by Nissen Shōnin(the Complete Writings of Nissen Shōnin Vol. 15, p. 122) Since most people in the world don’t understand the world of the … Read More
Don’t thinkyou can improve laterBe a ray of light piercing the darkness Gokyōka (No. 1679)—didactic poem by Nissen Shōnin(the Complete Writings of Nissen Shōnin Vol. 14, p. 155) When you are being vain or lazy or straying in some other … Read More
A merciful heart to save peopleby chanting the Odaiomkuis just proof of a Bodhisattva. [Gokyoka—Instructive poem by Nissen Shonin] The will to save others by both chanting ourselves and having them chant the Odaimoku can make manifest evidence of meritorious … Read More
