Medicine-King! I will tell you.
Myōhō Renge Kyō
Is the most excellent sūtra
That I have ever expounded.
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Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 16, 2025
When he keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō,
He will be able to reach a rare stage.
He will be joyfully loved and respected
By all living beings.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 15, 2025
Anyone who copies Myōhō Renge Kyō will be reborn in the Heaven of the Trāyastriṃs̒a Gods immediately after his present life. On that occasion, eighty-four thousand goddesses will come and receive him, making many kinds of music. A crown of the seven treasures will be put on his head, and he will enjoy himself among the ladies in waiting. Needless to say, [more merits will be given to] the person who not only copies Myōhō Renge Kyō but also keeps, reads and recites Myōhō Renge Kyō, memorizes Myōhō Renge Kyō correctly, understands the meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō, and acts according to Myōhō Renge Kyō.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 14, 2025
“You once reproached us Śrāvakas in the presence of the Bodhisattvas because we wished to hear the teachings of the Lesser Vehicle. [At that time we thought that you had taught us only the Lesser Vehicle,] but now we know that you have been teaching us Myōhō Renge Kyō from the outset. Therefore, we say that the great treasures of the King of the Dharma have come to us although we did not seek them, and that we have already obtained all that the sons of the Buddha should obtain.”
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 13, 2025
Suppose a man rejoices at hearing Myōhō Renge Kyō
Or at hearing even a gāthā of Myōhō Renge Kyō
In a congregation,
And expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō to a second person.The second person expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō to a third person.
In this way Myōhō Renge Kyō is heard by a fiftieth person.
Now I will tell you of the merits
Of the fiftieth person.Suppose there was a great almsgiver.
He continued giving alms
To innumerable living beings
For eighty years according to their wishes.Those living beings became old and decrepit.
Their hair became grey; their faces, wrinkled;
And their teeth, fewer and deformed.
Seeing this, he thought:
“I will teach them because they will die before long.
I will cause them to obtain the fruit of enlightenment.” …Hearing this teaching, they attained Arhatship,
And obtained the six supernatural powers,
Including the three major supernatural powers,
And the eight emancipations.The superiority of the merits of the fiftieth person
Who rejoices at hearing even a gāthā of Myōhō Renge Kyō
To the merits of this [great almsgiver]
Cannot be explained by any parable or simile.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 12, 2025
Anyone who not only understands
Myōhō Renge Kyō by faith
But also keeps, reads and recites Myōhō Renge Kyō,
And copies Myōhō Renge Kyō, or causes others to copy Myōhō Renge Kyō,
And strews flowers, incense,
And incense powder to a copy of Myōhō Renge Kyō,
And lights lamps of the perfumed oil
Of sumanas, campaka, and atimuktaka
Around the copy of Myōhō Renge Kyō
And offers the light thus produced to Myōhō Renge Kyō,
Will be able to obtain innumerable merits.
His merits will be as limitless as the sky.Needless to say, so will be the merits of the person
Who keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō, gives alms, observes the precepts,
Practices patience, prefers dhyāna-concentrations,
And does not get angry or speak ill of others.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 11, 2025
Anyone who expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō
Will be able to see me,
To see Many-Treasures Tathāgata,
And to see the Buddhas of my replicas.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 10, 2025
Just as Srota-āpannas, Sakrdāgāmins, Anāgāmins, Arhats, and Pratyekabuddhas are superior to ordinary men, Myōhō Renge Kyō is superior to any of the other sūtras expounded either by Tathāgatas or by Bodhisattvas or by Śrāvakas.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 9, 2025
When they think over the innumerable meanings of Myōhō Renge Kyō,
And endlessly repeat the expounding of those meanings,
They will not forget or mistake the beginnings and ends [of quotations]
Because they keep Myōhō Renge Kyō.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for Aug. 8, 2025
Universal-Sage! When you see the keeper of Myōhō Renge Kyō in the distance, you should rise from your seat, go to him, receive him, and respect him just as you respect me.