In Japan, gongyo is also sometimes called o-tsutome (お勤め) or shōjin (精進). All three terms are common Japanese words and none is specific to any particular sect or school.

[Noel]

Origin of the word "Gongyo"

"The word Gongyo originated in ancient China; although nowadays it is more often used in Buddhism, it first appeared in the Taoism classic - Zhuang Zi. Its original meaning is "very hard and frequent walking/practice".

Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi abstracted and modified this word from an earlier classic of Taoism - Laozi's Tao Te Ching, in which it states:“上士闻道，勤而行之。”, which means taking effort and practicing. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the buddhist philosophy developed dramatically in central China, and was influenced by Taoism. Chinese Buddhist philosophers borrowed this word from Taoism classics, and it spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam with Buddhism."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_liturgy



Shōjin (精進)

Devotion

noun
devotion
献身, 信心, 帰依, 真心, 精進, 礼拝
diligence
勤勉, 精励, 勤怠, 精進, 丹念, 勉強
concentration
濃度, 集中, 濃厚, 結集, 専心, 精進
purification
精製, 浄化, 純化, 清め, 精進, 祓い


Otsutome (お勤め)

Work

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=japanese+translator&oq=japanese+translator&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0l5.15682j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

The meaning of Gongyo has come a long way from its original meaning "very hard and frequent walking/practice" to the stage where it is today when we follow its natural progression which is a practice that requires the components of Devotion,Diligence,Concentration,Purification and Work

Chanting Nam[u] Myoho Renge Kyo can be considered as having these key elements for the Latter Day of the Law interpretation of gongyo and when combined with Nichirens Gohonzon it becomes the sacred ceremony that is ritualistically carried out on a daily bases

[Chas.]

The practice of gongyo in front of the Gohonzon was not formalized until around 1500 BCE:

http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/R/45#para-0

Having said that it is very possible that when Nichiren Daishonin said "gongyo" in a Gosho letter (Chu Hokkekyo?) that he literally meant to “exert [oneself in] practice.”:

http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/G/53

That would mean chanting every day and as much as one could (which is sage advice.)

I cannot find the names "Threefold Lotus Sutra", nor "Chu Hokkekyo" in searching the two WND volumes, does it have another name?

-Chas.

[Noel]

"Recitation of the “Expedient Means” and “Life Span” chapters helps bring forth the benefits of the primary practice and is hence called the supporting practice." SGI

Yeah right if the primary practice really needs anything to help bring forth benefits when all is already contained within daimoku

[Alan (Dennis G)]

I'm a bit lost here Noel. As far as I can tell from Ricky's comments and I'm sure to be corrected if I'm wrong, he is diminishing Shakyamuni completely, yet I got the gist that you had elevated Shakyamuni completely in your recent thinking and exchanges with Katie. So I don't quite get where your standing? Of course positions change and you might very well have your own interpretations, just a bit confused.
Not digging at you, just confused.

[Noel]

On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 11:27:06 PM UTC+10, Alan (Dennis G) wrote:
> I'm a bit lost here Noel. As far as I can tell from Ricky's comments and I'm sure to be corrected if I'm wrong, he is diminishing Shakyamuni completely, yet I got the gist that you had elevated Shakyamuni completely in your recent thinking and exchanges with Katie. So I don't quite get where your standing? Of course positions change and you might very well have your own interpretations, just a bit confused.
> Not digging at you, just confused.

It's complicated

[JazzIs TvRicky]

Just rely on faith Noel.

I am not a Shakyamuni Buddha Worshipper nor do I have any connection in my faith with him.

I believe Shakyamuni is no different than anyone of us who opens the way of The Gohonzon of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

Nichiren Teaches

"But your faith alone will determine all these things. A sword is useless in the hands of a coward. The mighty sword of the Lotus Sutra must be wielded by one courageous in faith. Then one will be as strong as a demon armed with an iron staff.

I, Nichiren, have inscribed my life in sumi ink, so believe in the Gohonzon with your whole heart. The Buddha’s will is the Lotus Sutra, but the soul of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

Read carefully and ponder what it says about your FAITH!

It is devious what the Devils Maiden is doing to capture both you and your wife Noel! Now she sends one of her students of Gohonzon Burning to confuse you and make you forget using faith.

Noel break free of these practices of yesterday Today is the Practice of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo exclusively for all to embrace freely and unattached to powerful Cults and dangerous people like Chas Mark and Katie!

[Katie Higgins]

To reiterate :

This is from the chu hokkekyo.
善戒経云。若無菩薩性者。雖復発心勤行精進＜雖復発心懃修精進＞。終不能得阿耨菩提。
It says you cant jobutsu without doing gongyo.


This quote from the chu hokkekyo is in medieval classical chinese. No interpretation needed‼️

Meaning of gongyo in medieval japanese.

勤行 - 学研全訳古語辞典
名詞※「す」が付いて他動詞（サ行変格活用）になる①仏道修行をすること。②決まった時刻に仏前で読経・焼香などをすること。お勤め。◆仏教語。

So- Nichiren's own words , in his own hand - in the context of the meaning of " gongyo " when Nichiren lived - and annotated his copy of the Threefold Lotus Sutra!

If you are striving to follow Nichiren - this completely refutes Ricky's " mind revelation " about gongyo -/

Reciting the Sutra daily is correct practice /

< Katie

[JazzIs TvRicky]

And that just may be why you teach others to Burn the Objects of Worship and Gohonzons of those who disagree with your nonsense and completel ignorance of any life affirming teaching!

[Katie Higgins]

Nichiren's words you are " degrading "
-- just to be clear - lyin ' Ricky 🙃

~Katie

[Chas.]

Readers will note that Mark Rogow and Katie smear along with what the KGB used to call the "useful idiots" Iain and now Noel and Ricky, while I quote the many history books to make my case against the un-indicted war criminals of Nichiren Shu, initiators and co-perpetrators of the Asian Holocaust against the peoples of the Pacific Rim and especially the Chinese people of Nanking.

These war criminals have never been brought to justice.

It is high time that they are hauled into court, because there is no statute of limitations on war crimes.

Justice for the victims of the Rape of Nanking and elsewhere, and prosecution of the war criminals of Nichiren Shu, whose radical militaristic followers and chaplains misled the Japanese people and the royalty into this abomination!

Their distortions of Nichiren Buddhism into Shinto statue worship is the cause, and that distortion continues to be perpetuated by Mark Rogow and Katie Higgins and their "useful idiot", Iain.

Their attacks on the SGI are merely a cover for their perpetual guilt over their complicity in war crimes while the founders of the SGI were cornered by Imperial Way Buddhism and their Shinto Talisman supporting the Pacifc War of Imperial State Zen. Mr. Makiguchi and Mr. Toda were ultimately imprisoned in Tokyo until Mr. Makiguchi's death and Mr. Toda's release at the end of the War, while the forces unleashed by Nichiren Shu (and with the complicity of the Nichiren Shoshu priesthood) ran rampant over China and the Pacific Rim.

here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

and here:

http://www.pacificwar.org.au/JapWarCrimes/Cross-section_JapWarCrimes.html

The Rape of Nanking (1937), also known as the Nanjing Massacre

The Bangka Island Massacre (1942): Slaughter of Australian Army Nurses

The Bataan Death March (1942)

The Sandakan Death March (1945)

Murder and cannibalism on the Kokoda Track (1942)

Conscripting women for sexual slavery in Japanese Army brothels (1937-1945)

Mutilation and murder of Dutch civilians in Borneo

Murder and cannibalism - captured American pilots

-Chas