SGI Vice President Tsuji

The Power ofNam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo

Excerpts from Seikyo Times 07/26/87

PowerPoint Presentation by Daniel J. O’ConnellFremont, CA, 12/10/11Member SGI USA

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Bring Forth Many Immeasurable Benefits

The following presentation includes selected excerpts of guidance by SGI Vice President Tsuji at a meeting attended by International Youth Division Members on July 26, 1987 in Tokyo.

Bring Forth Immeasurable Benefits

Graphic courtesy of SGI

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Power of The Law

• “Nearly 700 years ago, Nichiren Daishonin was trying to convince people of the importance of the law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. He was very sorry that people didn't understand the validity of the law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and be forced to suffer from disease, poverty or from the various kinds of problems that were occurring in their lives.”

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The Power of ND Buddhism

• “Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is actually like the sun which sheds light upon the entire world. It sheds light on every single tree and plant that exists on this earth-cherishing it and treasuring every single living thing which exists on this earth.”

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Switch on the Power

• “Chanting to the Gohonzon, which is the embodiment of the law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, is like turning on the switch to that sunshine. If you turn the switch on, you'll see Nam-myoho-renge-kyo start to work. The way to switch it on is by chanting to the Gohonzon. And when you're not chanting to the Gohonzon, you are switching it off.”

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The Power is Within Us!

• “The fact is that the state of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo exists in every single one of us. There are other kinds of states of life which exist within us as well, for example, the state of hysterics and the state of joy.”

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Highest State of Life

• “When you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon, the state of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo - the highest state of life - is brought up from within you.”

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Attitude While Chanting

• “Nichiren Daishonin said that when you chant to the Gohonzon, you should actually chant as though you are with your boyfriend or girlfriend, because when you feel like you really need the boyfriend or girlfriend, you really seek to be with that person. When you chant to the Gohonzon or when you do Gongyo with that kind of attitude, with that state of emotion, you get a much stronger effect.”

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Let Daimoku Circulate

• “The Daishonin says that when you chant you should try to let the state of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo emerge from the depths of your life, and, as you slowly and very carefully chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, let each of the daimoku that you are chantingcirculate throughout your body, even through your bones and your bone marrow.”

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Target Daimoku

• “When the circulation of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo reaches your stomach, you can, for example, get rid of ulcers and stomach disease. When it reaches your lungs or your chest, you can get rid of those diseases which inhabit your lungs or your heart.”

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Curing Cancer

• “When you are able to circulate Nam-myoho-renge-kyo all the way to your head, you can even cure brain cancer. You can circulate Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to any part of your body that is diseased, and get rid of the disease.”

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“Chant Like You Wash Your Face”

• “Nichiren Daishonin also says that you should try to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in the same manner in which you would wash your face - in other words, when you try to wash it as clean as possible. When you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, it is just like cleansing yourself, cleansing every single part of your body.”

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“Rheumatism Can Be Cured”

• “If you have rheumatism in your hands or feet, and if you are able to bring forth Nam-myoho-renge-kyo from within yourself, let it emerge from the depths of your life and let it circulate to the tip of your hands or feet and your rheumatism can be cured.”

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Making Efforts for Kosen Rufu

• “I just explained one aspect of the practice, which is trying to let Nam-myoho-renge-kyo emerge from within yourself and let every single part of your body absorb the force of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. But, in addition to letting the law of life emerge from within your own life, you must also make efforts to propagate it throughout your environment, or, on a larger scale, throughout the world.”

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Our Bodies are the equivalent to Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

• “In the Gosho it states that we are all children of the Buddha. Also, it says that our bodies themselves are equivalent to Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.”

“For example, our head is equivalent to myo, and our throat to ho. Our chest is equivalent to ren, and our stomachs to ge. Our hands and feet are equivalent to kyo.”

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myo (Head)ho (Throat)

ren (Chest)

ge (Stomach)

kyo (Hands & Feet)

The Tower of Myoho-Renge-Kyo

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Body Becomes the Tower

• “That is why the Gosho says that when you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, your entire body itself becomes a tower of Myoho-Renge-Kyo.”

“The most essential thing for us to understand is that our entire body is actually the environment of the power of Myoho-Renge-Kyo.”

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Overcome Any Problem

• “When chanting daimoku, we are also asking the Gohonzon to enable us to become this tower of Myoho-Renge-Kyo. So, when you are able to make yourself, in reality, this tower of Myoho-Renge-Kyo by circulating Nam-myoho-renge-kyo throughout your body, you will be able to overcome any problem that you have within your body.”

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Cleansing All of Your Body

• “Bearing this passage in mind, when you're chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon, you should try to cleanse your head, your throat, your chest, your stomach, your hands and feet, indeed every single part of your body.”

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Also, Thank Gohonzon

• “Continue to chant and chant to the Gohonzon, trying to cleanse every single part of your body as much as possible. At the same time keep chanting and thanking the Gohonzon for being able to do this.”

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Circulate Nam-myoho-renge-kyo

• “Let Nam-myoho-renge-kyo emerge from the depths of your life and circulate that Nam-myoho-renge-kyo throughout your body. You are trying to cleanse every single part of your body with every single daimoku you chant. Actually, you are trying to polish yourself or cleanse yourself internally.”

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“Mystic Law more supreme than the workings of medicine”

1. Brain Tumor: nine-year-old boy from Yokohama.

2. Breast and Uterine Cancer: WD member from Hachioji.

3. Hunchbacked and Shortened Leg: 71 year old WD member, Japan.

4. Breast Cancer: WD member, SGI-USA

Documented cases cured via SGI VP Tsuji’s Guidance

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Overcome Disease & Misfortune

• “When you are able to get Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to circulate, to reach every single part of your body, you are able to overcome any misdeed you have done or problems you have in your life; not only does it enable you to overcome disease or problems within your life, but when you are able to fill your entire life with Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, it will become a magnet to attract all kinds of good fortune.”

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The Key: Efforts for Kosen-Rufu

• “You must remember, though, that you chant to the Gohonzon to be able to accumulate good fortune and to overcome problems for the purpose of kosen-rufu.”

• “You should chant to the Gohonzon that you would like to become a really fortunate person and so forth, because you would like to devote yourself to the cause of kosen-rufu.”

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About SGI VP Tsuji

• Practicing since the 1940’s, a disciple of President Makiguchi.

• Author of two books dealing with the works of First President Makiguchi, one in 1979 entitled “A Collection of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi’s Sayings” and another in 1994 entitled “An Anthology of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi’s Works.”

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Vice President Tsuji

• He was also Chairperson of the Soka Gakkai Executive Advisors Conference

Other Guidance includes:• True Faith• Zange• We are Buddha Now

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