When I first became aware that some chant daimoku as Namu Myoho Renge Kyo; I found it sort of emotionally upsetting. I thought Namu was only to be used for hiki or prolonged daimoku. To me, Nam Myoho Renge Kyo was the rhythm of the universe. However, I could not help but notice that Nam [...]
Life is complex, not simple. However, people in general like simplistic explanations for complicated phenomena. It makes us feel more secure. We’ll even go to war to defend those explanations. For example, we might say / think, “People should be good, moral, kind, compassionate, and forgiving, because, if we are not; then g-d and / [...]