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Reginald Carpenter  
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 More options Oct 4 2007, 11:38 am
Newsgroups: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren
From: chiefstoneea...@msn.com (Reginald Carpenter)
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 08:38:45 -0700
Local: Thurs, Oct 4 2007 11:38 am
Subject: Re: Gohonzon Study; The Blessing and Curse Phrases
Article continued ............. **  

  "A passage from "Seven Articles on Transmission of the Gohonzon"
declares:  
"When transcribing the Gohonzon, do exactly as I have shown you.  If
[beneath the Daimoku] you do not write, "Nichiren, By His Authority,"
the deities of the heavens and the earth will refuse to recognize [your
transcription].  In the spaces between Jogyo-Muhengyo and Jikoku, and
between Jyogyo-Anryugyo and Bishamon, you are to inscribe `nyaku
noransha zuha shichibun' and `ukuyosha fukuka jugo'.  As for
inscriptions of suitable passages from the Sutra, I will leave that to
your discretion."  
(Nichiren Shoshu Seiten, p. 379)  {11th para.}  

  In keeping with this declaration, `nyaku noransha zuha shichibun' is
inscribed on the right shoulder of the Gohonzon, while `ukuyosha fukuka
jugo' is inscribed on the left.  {12th para.}  

  If those of us who believe in the Daishonin's Buddhism during the
Latter Day of the Law correctly embrace the Dai-Gohonzon of the Honmon
Kaidan, do our best to share the Daishonin's Buddhism with slanderers of
the True Law who cause trouble and disruption, and praise and make
offerings to the True Law, we will be able to reap immense blessings."
**  
End of article.  

**Page 8, Nichiren Shoshu Monthly magazine, June 2002 issue; copyright
2002 NST.  All Rights Reserved.  


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