GOSHO STUDY 31 Thus faith is the basic requirement for entering the way of the Buddha. In the fifty-two stages of bodhisattva practice, the first ten stages, dealing with faith, are basic, and the first of these ten stages is that of arousing pure faith. Though lacking in knowledge of Buddhism, a person of faith, even if dull-witted, is to be reckoned as a person of correct views. But even though one has some knowledge of Buddhism, if one is without faith, then one is to be considered a slanderer and an icchantika or person of incorrigible disbelief. The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - WND-1, 141 This letter was written in 1266 for a woman of advanced years. Nothing is known about her other than that she was a new believer in Nichiren Daishonins Buddhism and lived in Amatsu of Awa Province. This letter explains in plain terms the rewards of the simple practice of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo by saying that this phrase and its components contain all the powers of the Buddha and that one who chants it can tap all the benefits of Buddhism and thus revitalize ones life.
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