Experiencing Your Namu and the Myoho Renge Kyo of Your Life

Miao-lé says:

“Since ignorance and defilements are themselves identical with enlightenment, there is no origin of suffering to be eradicated. Since the two extreme views are the Middle Way and false views are the right view, there is no path to be cultivated. Since samsara is identical with Nirvana, there is no cessation to be achieved.”

Further, Miao-lé says,

“A single, unalloyed reality is all there is, – no entities whatever exist outside of it.”

Shutei Hoyo Shiki, page 399

There is the Myoho Renge Kyo and there is us, but it is a mutuality. There really is no way to write it or express it. The best we can do is what Nichiren realized with Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. Remember, Ananda begins his recollection of the Sutra with “Thus have I heard.” He is saying Myoho Renge Kyo is what I heard and what follows is the explanation. When we live Namu, we are not simply manifesting the words of the 28 chapters. We are in fact unifying in body, mind, and spirit our fundamental Dharma reality and revealing the Myoho Renge Kyo. In a way Myoho Renge Kyo is who we are, and everything we live and do is like the explanation of the Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.

For those who doubt their ability to teach others the Lotus Sutra, or who think they are not skillful enough to explain the Lotus Sutra to others, fear not. You are Myoho Renge Kyo. All you need do is let people experience your Namu and the Myoho Renge Kyo of your life. Your words are not nearly as important as your life. Never doubt yourself and don’t underestimate the power of your actions.

“You should know that there are 3,000 worlds in one thought moment within this body and land. So when [the Buddha] attained the Way, this true principle found in all bodies and all thought moments was able to spread throughout the Dharma realm. ” Miao-lé

Shutei Hoyo Shiki, page 400

Important Matters, p 66-67