... Hi Ernesto The Hon-in-myou Daihonzon was never the possession of current day Taisekiji that was financed and built by the Tokugawa Shogunate. The "Kanjin...
Hi Eddy, The situation regarding the relationship between the one Dai-honzon and the many Dai-mandalas/Treasure Towers reminds me of something Nichiren ...
... Hi Ernesto That is right. The Hon-in-myou Daihonzon was not propagated at all. Propagation was left to Bodhisattva Jogyo. On the Hon-in-myou Daihonzon it...
Hi Eddy, It is my understanding that according to Honmon Shoshu Taiseki-ji was founded by Nichimoku Shonin; is this correct? While according to Nichiren Shoshu...
... Dear Ernesto The 2 lineages were separate from the start. The original Taisekiji was built on land belonging to Nichimoku Shounin's father. It's location...
Hi Eddy, It was precisely that quote from the writings of Nichikan that prompted me to think that they may have had possession of the true Dai-honzon at some ...
Hi Eddy, Can you explain under what circumstances Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Hon-in-myo Dai-honzon onto paper and how that became the basis for the one ...
... Hi Ernesto The paper original (Shihon) was pasted onto the board and carved into the Hon-in-myou Daihonzon. The mandala at Hota Myohonji was traced from...
Interesting. I take it then, that this process destroyed the original paper Honzon. However, you state in the article that is in the Gohonzon Gallery that the...
... Hi Ernesto Nichiren Shoshu claimed Nikko carried away the "wooden" Dai-Gohonzon. However, it was not the wooden Dai-Gohonzon, but the "paper" Honzon...
Hi Eddy, What were the circumstances surrounding the formal enshrinement of the Hon-In-Myo Dai-honzon on October 12, 1999? Ernesto In a message dated 4/16/2009...
So was this "Memorandum Honzon" created after the Hon-in-myo Dai-honzon? In the Mystic Law, Ernesto In a message dated 4/25/2009 10:43:00 P.M. Pacific...
... The Medicine King chapter of the Lotus Sutra reads: "After my passing, in the *midst* of the *latter 500* years, widely propagate and ceaselessly...
What is the procedure for receiving the Law Precept/Daihonzon? Ernesto ... From: eddychai <onrindo@...> To: honmonshoshu@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 14...
... Receiving the Daihonzon is receiving the Precept. Gongyo and propagation is upholding the Precept. People who wish to commit themselves to the Precept of...
Hi Eddy, Thanks for that explanation. That the Daimoku chanted by Bodhisattva Jogyo is what imbues the Dai-honzon with the "Tathagata spirit" makes sense in...
... Receiving the Daihonzon is explained here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/honmonshoshu/message/77 The leader of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth is always...
Hi Eddy, Yes, the annual offering to the Dai-honzon would be somewhere around $20.00 US. That would amount to a decent meal here as well. How would one get an ...
... Do you know why monks go from door to door to receive bits of food that make up their meal for the day ? It is their tradition to create opportunities for...
Hi Eddy, Are there any books that you could recommend for study? Since you mentioned in a past post that the Kanjin Honzon-sho was written by Nichiren...
... Hi Ernesto The one and only Dai-Honzon among many Mandalas: http://honmonshoshu.fujimon.org/reference/Gohonzonshu.htm Lotus Sutra chapter 2 says: ...
Hi Eddy, Some time in the future (within the next five years), I would like to visit Japan again and visit Fujisan Honmon-ji to see and offer Gongyo to the ...
... Dear Ernesto It is October 12th, the anniversary of the Hon-in-myou Daihonzon. Most Nichiren schools regard Oct 12th as the anniversary of Nichiren...
Hello to All: I joined this group recently after finding out about Honmon Shoshu. I did not even know that there was an "Orthodox" School of The Honmon. I...
Hello Daniel, How are you? Anyone with strong desire to learn and practice the Honmon buddhism of the Lotus Sutra, this is the right place. Our head temple,...
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