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    The Gohonzon – a Practitioner’S Guide
    The Gohonzon – a Practitioner’S Guide
    The Gohonzon – a Practitioner’S Guide
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    The Gohonzon – a Practitioner’S Guide

    By Angela R. Chip

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    In this book, readers can find answers to their priceless possessiontheir own Gohonzon.

    If we undertake the task of kosen-rufu (spreading this Buddhism far and wide) in order to achieve world peace, then an understanding of our Gohonzon tends to firm up our faith and stand us in good stead.

    This book aims to illustrate comprehensively what exactly is written on our Gohonzon and what they mean. It is divided in chapters with special critical consideration boxes put in places to elicit discussions and/or reflections at various opportune points. It is a text book of the utmost interactive style. It covers the following:

    All inscriptions by the high priest Nichikan
    All the personages inscribed on it representing the ten worlds
    All statements inscribed on the Gohonzon
    Practical notes on the care and maintenance of the Gohonzon
    Some crucially relevant Buddhist principles and tenets
    In-depth exposition about the object of worship for observing the mind aided by citation of various goshos
    Spiritual independence (a fetterless way to practice Buddhism in real life)
    Some variant forms of Gohonzon for the curious ones

    It is an informative and useful resource for those beginning their SGI form of Nichiren Buddhist practice.

    It is also an important aid and memoir for more experienced practitioners.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateMar 22, 2017
    ISBN9781524662660
    The Gohonzon – a Practitioner’S Guide
    Author

    Angela R. Chip

    The author - Angela R Chip (a pseudonym) is a practising Nichiren Buddhist within the organisation of SGI (UK). She has had a wide and varied life experience. She had been a salesperson, a bank clerk, a nurse and a university lecturer. Angela met Nichiren Buddhism through meeting her partner in 1980. She had always been very supportive of the practice but had not taken up the same faith…. due to one reason or another, until 2010. Since then she had been an avid practitioner and a keen student of Buddhism. Although since 2010 she had submitted a few short articles for publication in a Buddhist magazine, this book is a first serious effort on her part to promote study within and without the organisation. Sharing her knowledge about the subject matter: (The Gohonzon) with people who wishes to know more about it is the author’s only wish. It’s always on her mind that If this book stimulates and propels its readers to search for more answers – that would be a big bonus indeed.

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