Daimoku Defined. Two simple charts with short descriptives to use as visual aids in recalling the several concepts we invoke as we chant the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra method for self-realization, enlightenment.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 23. Closing the “500 Predictions” the remaining Arhats in the audience finally realize that they had not achieved nirvana at all; as they declare to Shakyamuni that they will now pursue the Bodhisattva path to attain full enlightenment.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 22. Shakyamuni “identifies” Purna as our determined resolve to instantiate our Buddha min in the forefront of our consciousnesses.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 21. Shakyamuni closes chapter 7 with the reminder that Arhat-hood was an incomplete goal taught to give respite to those weary of there practice, and that now is the time he would begin to expound the full Buddha Way to complete and perfect enlightenment.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 20. Shakyamuni uses the fluidity of “time” as a device to demonstrate that Buddhaness has long existed as a potential, previous to his current enlightenment.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 19. The Apparition of the City contains several analogs to our Chanting practice and our exhortations to invoke our Buddha experience.

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Questions and Answers, October 2023. Chanting versus Breathing meditation, Chanting for World Peace, and Free will.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 18. The Apparition of the City begins with a conceptual expansion of perception of “time” and “space”. The “Dharma” of the Buddha is without constraints of “time/space”.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 17. Prediction comes to a close with Shakyamuni conferring predictions of Buddhahood to his remaining followers.

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BDK – Lotus Sutra – part 16. Prediction is a chapter that indicates the rewards of the understanding of the previous chapters leading ultimately to the guarantee of Budhahood.

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