“It took the Buddha eight thousand kalpas to complete the expounding of Myōhō Renge Kyō. During that time he did not take a rest. Having completed the expounding of Myōhō Renge Kyō, the Buddha entered a quiet room and practiced dhyāna-concentration for eighty-four thousand kalpas. Seeing him practicing dhyāna-concentration quietly in the room, the sixteen Bodhisattva-sramaneras each sat on a seat of the Dharma, expounded Myōhō Renge Kyō to the four kinds of devotees for eighty-four thousand kalpas, and saved six hundred billion nayutas of living beings, that is, as many living beings as there are sands in the River Ganges. They showed them the Way, taught them, benefited them, caused them to rejoice and to aspire for Anuttara-samyak-saṃbodhi.”
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Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 19, 2025
A Bhikṣu who expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō
With patience
After my extinction,
Will be emancipated
From jealousy, anger, and other illusions,
That is to say, from all obstacles.
He will have no sorrow.
He will not be spoken ill of.
He will not be in fear.
He will not be threatened with swords or sticks,
Or driven out [of his monastery].
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 18, 2025
The expounder of Myōhō Renge Kyō
Will be able to recognize from afar,
While he is staying in the world [of men],
The cryings and shriekings
Of the denizens in hell,
The shoutings of hungry and thirsty spirits
Who are seeking food and drink,
And the voices of asuras
Bellowing to each other
[As they pound] on the seacoasts.
Even when he recognizes all this by hearing,
His organ of hearing will not be destroyed.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 17, 2025
Anyone who keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō in the future
Should be considered
To have been dispatched by me
To the world of men in order to do my work.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 16, 2025
Join your hands together and bow
To the person who keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō
In the evil world after my extinction,
Just as you do to me!
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 15, 2025
“Star-King-Flower! Strew blue lotus flowers and a bowlful of powdered incense to the person who keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō when you see him! After strewing these things [to him], you should think, ‘Before long he will collect grass [for his seat], sit at the place of enlightenment, and defeat the army of Mara. He will blow the conch-shell horn of the Dharma, beat the drum of the great Dharma, and save all living beings from the ocean of old age, disease and death.’
“In this way, those who seek the enlightenment of the Buddha should respect the keeper of Myōhō Renge Kyō whenever they see him.”
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 14, 2025
Anyone who expounds Myōhō Renge Kyō
Even for a moment in this dreadful world,
Should be honored with offerings
By all gods and men.
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 13, 2025
Expound Myōhō Renge Kyō to those
Who receive Myōhō Renge Kyō
And put Myōhō Renge Kyō on their heads,
And who do not seek
Any other sūtra
Or think of the books of heresy!
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 12, 2025
[Universal-Sage Bodhisattva said to the Buddha:]
Anyone who keeps Myōhō Renge Kyō [while it is] propagated in the Jambudvipa, should think, ‘I can keep Myōhō Renge Kyō only by the supernatural powers of Universal-Sage.’
Myōhō Renge Kyō Promise for June 11, 2025
It is not difficult
To put the great earth
On the nail of a toe
And go up to the Heaven of Brahman.It is difficult
To read Myōhō Renge Kyō
Even for a while in the evil world
After my extinction.