Well, Paul..... sorry, I just realized I had this email address.... I respect your comments... but ya had to be there..... and it's too much to explain.......
Hi, Greg! Sorry... I just realized I had this email address..... duh! I don't understand the part about grief and confusion.... I don't know that I will ever...
Hi, Chris! I just realized I had this email and am reading all of the responses I got on acquiring a different Gohonzon. And I really liked your response....
There's no reason to get hung up on anything. Just keep chanting. Don't let anyone give you any grief, that's not really what this is about. Greg On Tue, 16...
On Nichiren's Gohonzon for Practicing Kanjin Oka-no-Miya Kochoji of of Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture houses at least five {5} original Nichiren Mandala...
I have been a member of this group for only a little while. I had a stroke in Aug. 2006 so for me to understand things is a little hard to understand. I don't...
... to ... have a ... messages ... Dear Lorna, The Gohonzon Forum is based on a Sacred Japanese Scroll, called the Gohonzon in Japanese, hence Gohonzon Forum. ...
Life and legends of Nichiren At Minobu 1274-1282. This legend appears to date to sometime between 1274, after Nichiren had retired to Minobu, and 1279. A...
... Gohonzon is a Japanese word meaning "the most venerable." When Nichiren Buddhists talk about the Gohonzon, they usually mean a lotus scroll mandala as...
Some thoughts for criticism: Nichiren had moved to Minobu in 1274. Hakiri Sanenaga built Kuonji for him in 1281, the year before he passed away. It was about...
... Hi Robin, Your writing has been becoming much clearer and your insights intriguing, to say the least. ;-} As a person who enshrined the One Buddha and Four...
Seriously Don, This reply epitomizes the cliche "your mileage may vary". Nichiren's Buddhism as a way to curb sexual misconduct? I must have missed that gosho....
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is a bit more evidence too. Coming soon ... hint: it may explain what Nikko was talking about in Hara Dono...
... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` First Gohonzon at Minobu? II Previously I wrote: "I suspect that "One Buddha and Four Attendents" {Isson Shishi} Statues...
... In the following passage, Nikko is discussing the standing Buddha statue that hNichiren acquired at Izu. From Hara Dono Gohenji: The lay priest got an...
Nice discussions on Gohonzon and Gongyo format. I have asked the following questions before to some individuals and I hope others including Ned and Chris, can...
Hi Success, In a message dated 3/21/2007 3:24:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time, success128@... writes: Nice discussions on Gohonzon and Gongyo format. I have...
I would like to add a point here to what Ernesto has said. I personally do not consider an eye-opening or consecration ceremony *necessary* what so ever. That...
In the end this is a question you will ultimately have to answer for yourself. Like all "magic", there is nothing that exists apart from yourself. To...
Good afternoon, I am new to this group in that I rarely, if ever post. This question about the Gohonzon is an interesting one. Whether or not a gohonzon must...
Gassho you wrote in-part: "However, Nichiren Shoshu does not encourage printing one off the net. In that case we are taught not only is it not a valid Gohonzon...
Interesting reply. SGI, as you know or could guess, is also utterly opposed to "internet Gohonzons". My challenge to both NSS and SGI is, how is one I print ...
Hi all, thanks for great discussion, so refreshing after being told over and over again in the gakkai, "we will not have this discussion"-- thanks greg, mike,...
Good Morning, Each school has its own opinion of internet Gohonzon and the Gohonzon of other schools. Nichiren shoshu does believe in an eye opening ceremony...
I have read various responses to my questions and I want to thank everyone who contributes. Ultimately, the purpose of me asking Gohonzon's consecration issue...
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