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Pack of 4 CDs dedicated to the Lotus Sutra.

Description

These 4 albums are dedicated to the wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, have been designed to practice the profound teachings of one of the most important sutras of Mahayana Buddhism, the fundamental text of Nichiren Daishonin‘s followers of Buddhism: Gongyo, Daimoku and other practices.

Inside the LOTUS PACK you find the following publications:


THE PRACTICE OF GONGYO

The liturgical practice performed by followers Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism is generally carried out twice a day (morning and evening) in front of the altar, which can be that of a temple or one at home (butsudan) – this is in fact a practice that it is carried out both by  laics and by monks.

Performing Gongyo means to chant the Hoben and Juryo chapters of the Lotus Sutra (which are respectively the second and sixteenth chapters). Along with this invocation, the Daimoku, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo is also chanted, considered the main and most important practice.


DHARANI

Dh?ra?? is a Sanskrit term for a type of ritual speech similar to a mantra. The rot of this word means “to hold or maintain”.

The Japanese Buddhist monk K?kai drew a distinction between dh?ra?? and mantra. He claims that mantra is restricted to esoteric Buddhist practice whereas dh?ra?? is found in both esoteric and exoteric ritual.

K?kai classified mantras as a special class of dh?ra??s and argued that every syllable of a dh?ra?? was a manifestation of the true nature of reality – in Buddhist terms, emptiness of self-nature. Thus, K?kai suggests that dh?ra??s are in fact saturated with meaning.