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Rev. Taishin Takano,
Chief Priest Myohoji Temple |
West Hollywood, CA 90046-3812 Tel: (323) 656-2888 Fax: (323) 654-2691 |
Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism- Orthodox Teaching of Nichiren Daishonin |
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10:00 AM: Kosen-rufu Gongyo Young Adult Meeting Teen Group Meeting June 14 (Sunday) 10:00 AM: Oko Ceremony Children’s Oko in Kyakuden June 17 (Wednesday) 6:30 PM: Evening Gongyo 7:00 PM: Introductory Meeting June 21 (Sunday) 10:00 AM: Shodaikai Japanese Lecture June 28 (Sunday) 10:00 AM: Monthly Memorial Chinese Lecture Korean Lecture |
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Message from
Rev. Taishin Takano |
The Commemorative General Tozan Celebrating the 750th Anniversary of the Rissho ankoku-ron will be held at the Head Temple throughout this year. I am certain that those who will make this pilgrimage to the Head Temple are looking forward to seeing and praying to the Dai-Gohonzon.
During the lifetime of the Daishonin, tozan was the pilgrimage to visit the Daishonin, the True Buddha. Its original significance was to directly serve the Daishonin and receive his instructions. This was because at that time, Nichiren Daishonin’s appearance itself was the center of worship based upon faith, and the Daishonin was the true master who would lead all living beings to enlightenment. The pilgrimage to the Head Temple, the dwelling place for both the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary and the High Priest, has exactly the same significance as making a tozan pilgrimage during the Daishonin’s time.
On October 12, 1279, the Daishonin inscribed the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary as his own living form. It is the object of worship of faith for all living beings in the Latter Day of the Law. The Dai-Gohonzon has been solemnly protected in seclusion at the Head Temple for more than 700 years, continuing until this day.
The Daishonin transferred the entire entity of his own enlightenment as the True Buddha to Nikko Shonin alone, instructing that he be the successor after his passing. In this succession, Nichimoku Shonin followed Nikko Shonin, Nichido Shonin followed Nichimoku Shonin, and so on, in the order of the Heritage of the true Law up to the present Sixty-eighth High Priest Nichinyo Shonin, who possesses the Daishonin’s enlightenment as the True Buddha.
If we think of the Dai-Gohonzon as the fundamental root, all other Gohonzons are as branches and leaves. In other words, the Gohonzon enshrined in each temple or the Gohonzon that we have received, are all inscribed by each successive High Priest. These are all transcriptions of the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary, and the great power of benefits arising from them is the benefit coming entirely from the Dai-Gohonzon. Truly, the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary is the principle and source of all Gohonzons. Nichiren Daishonin stated:
Should this mountain, where the most august Votary of the Lotus Sutra resides, be regarded any less highly than the pure land of Eagle Peak? Because the Law is ineffably supreme, the person is venerable and because the person is venerable, the place is sacred. The Wondrous Powers (Jinriki; twenty-first) chapter states, “…in a forest, under a tree, in a priest’s quarters…the Buddhas enter parinirvana.” Those who travel to this place to pay their respects will instantly eradicate the negative karma they have accumulated since the remote past and transform their sins of the three categories of action into the three virtues.
(Gosho, p. 1569; GND-1, p. 83)
How fortunate we are! Let us remember to chant to repay our debts of gratitude to the True Buddha, Nichiren Daishonin, when we have an audience with the Dai-Gohonzon.
Rev. Taishin Takano, Chief Priest of Myohoji Temple
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