The “ceremony in the sky” is actually a visualization of the entire cosmos. Our experience of Buddhahood is not simply local to our Samsaric identity, but rather the experience of the entire cosmos in each moment as it ‘moves’ through time, instantiating all potential anew in each and every moment.

Nichiren on Mandala and Gohonzon

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