Happy Anniversary, Daimoku

by: mroaks

Tue Apr 28, 2009 at 11:44:54 AM PDT

This was not the first time the phrase had been spoken as a religious practice, of course. The Chinese used the phrase as a deathbed prayer (in Chinese: Namo Miao Fa Lien Hua Ching). And it wasn't unheard of in India: Namas Sad Dharma Pundarika Sutra.

But Nichiren was the first to proclaim the mantra as a universal prayer or meditation for awakening to Buddha awareness in one's present lifetime. Chant on, baby.