ABSTRACT
Equally rare is a priest who can explain the meaning of the Lotus Sutra and clearly answer questions concerning it. Nammyoho-renge-kyo is only one phrase, but it contains the essence of the entire sutra. The spirit within one's body may appear in just his face, and the spirit within his face may appear in just his eyes. Included within the word Japan is all that is within the country's sixty-six provinces; all of the people and animals, the rice paddies and other fields, those of high and low status, the nobles and the commoners, the seven kinds of gems and all other treasures. Even though one neither reads nor studies the sutra, chanting the title alone is the source of tremendous good fortune. The sutra teaches that women, evil men, and those in the realms of Animality and Hell – in fact, all the people of the Ten Worlds – can attain Buddhahood.
