Previous Study of Nichiren's Writings

The April 2002 study material was in the March 2002 issue of Living Buddhism.

The Gift of Rice

From WND, p.1125, 3rd paragraph: "Life is the foremost of all treasures... To WND, p. 1126, 2nd paragraph: "...the seventh volume of Great Concentration and Insight."

Gosho Zenshu, p. 1596, line 4 - p. 1597, line 4.(Daibyakurenge, November 1994)

Points of Study:(Supplementary Materials)
- The sanctity of life expounded in Buddhism
- The meaning of "namu" or "dedicating one's life"
- The spirit of Buddhist offering: "offering in actuality" and "offering in principle"
- The importance of "earnest resolve" in attaining Buddhahood