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SGI Study Guide introduction toBuddhism Questions and Answers
What iikey iipassage iifrom iiNichiren iiDaishonin's iiletter ii"The iiTrue iiAspect iiof iiAll
iiPhenomena" iistresses iithe iiimportance iiof iifaith, iipractice iiand iistudy? ii- iiAnswers ii-
Nichiren iiDaishonin iiwrites: ii"Exert iiyourself iiin iithe iitwo iiways iiof iipractice iiand iistudy.
iiWithout iipractice iiand iistudy, iithere iican iibe iino iiBuddhism. iiYou iimust iinot iionly
iipersevere iiyourself; iiyou iimust iialso iiteach iiothers. iiBoth iipractice iiand iistudy iiarise
iifrom iifaith"
What iiare iithe iitwo iikey iicomponents iiof iipractice iiin iiNichiren iiBuddhism? ii- iiAnswers ii-
Nichiren iiBuddhist iipractice iiconsists iiof iipractice iifor iioneself iiand iipractice iifor iiothers.
What iiare iithe iibenefits iiof iiconsistently iistudying iiBuddhism? ii- iiAnswers ii-By
iicontinually iistudying iiand iiseeking iithe iicorrect iiBuddhist iiteaching, iiwe iican iiavoid iithe
iipitfall iiof iiforming iishallow iiviews iibased iion iipersonal iiopinion iior iithe iiincorrect
iiinterpretations iiof iiothers. iiTo iibe iimisled iiby iisuch iithings iiwill iiprevent iius iifrom iifully
iibringing iiforth iiour iiBuddha iinature iiand iienjoying iithe iitrue iibenefit iiof iiour iipractice.
What iidoes iinam iiof iiNammyoho-renge-kyo iimean? ii- iiAnswers ii-Nam iicomes iifrom iithe
iiSanskrit iiword iinamas, iiwhich iiwas iitrans- iilated iiin iiChinese iiand iiJapanese iias
iimeaning ii"to iidedicate iione's iilife." ii"Dedication," iiNichiren iisays, iimeans ii"dedication iito
iithe iiprinciple iiof iieternal iiand iiunchanging iitruth"
What iidoes iirenge iiof iiNam-myoho-renge-kyo iimean iiand iiconvey? ii- iiAnswers ii-Renge,
iiliterally ii"lotus iiflower," iialso iihas iia iiprofound iimeaning iiin iiNichiren iiBuddhism.
iiBecause iithe iilotus iiproduces iiboth iiflower iiand iiseeds iiat iithe iisame iitime, iiit iiillustrates
iithe iiprinciple iiof iithe ii"simultaneity iiof iicause iiand iieffect." iiIn iiother iiwords, iiflower iiand
iiseed, iicause iiand iieffect, iiNichiren iisays, iiare iia ii"single iientity"
In iithe iiconcept iiof iithe iiTen iiWorlds, iiwhat iidifferentiates iithe iifour iinoble iiworlds iifrom
iithe iisix iipaths? ii- iiAnswers ii-The iiTen iiWorlds iiare: iithe iiworld iiof iihell; iithe iiworld iiof
iihungry iispirits ii(also iicalled iihunger); iithe iiworld iiof iianimals ii(animality); iithe iiworld iiof
iiasuras ii(anger); iithe iiworld iiof iihuman iibeings ii(humanity iior iitranquillity); iithe iiworld iiof
iiheavenly iibeings ii(heaven iior iirapture); iithe iiworld iiof iivoice- iihearers ii(learning); iithe
iiworld iiof iicause-awakened iiones ii(realization); iithe iiworld iiof iibodhisattvas; iiand iithe
iiworld iiof iiBuddhas ii(Buddhahood).
Among iithese, iihell, iihunger, iianimality, iiasuras, iihumanity iiand iiheaven iiare iiknown
iicollectively iias iithe ii"six iilower iiworlds" iior iithe ii"six iipaths." iiThe iiworlds iiof iivoice-
, hearers, iicause-awakened iiones, iibodhi- iisattvas iiand iiBuddhas iiare iiknown iias iithe
ii"four iinoble iiworlds."
The iiidea iiof iithe iisix iipaths iioriginates iiwith iithe iiancient iiIndian iiworldview iithat
iienvisions iisix iibroad iirealms iiwithin iiwhich iiall iiliving iibeings iitransmigrate iithrough iithe
iirepeated iicycle iiof iideath iiand iirebirth. iiBuddhism iiadopted iithis iiview. iiThe iifour iinoble
iiworlds iiindicate iilevels iior iistates iibeyond iithe iisix iipaths iithat iiare iiachieved iithrough
iiBuddhist iipractice.
Rather iithan iibeing iidistinct iirealms iithat iicertain iibeings iiinhabit, iiwhat iiare iithe iiTen
iiWorlds iiaccording iito iithe iiLotus iiSutra? ii- iiAnswers ii-The iiTen iiWorlds iiare iiconditions
iiof iilife iithat iieveryone iihas iithe iipotential iito iiexperience iiat iiany iitime.
What iiis iithe iiideal iisetting iifor iiattaining iiBuddhahood? ii- iiAnswers ii-A iicondition iiof
iiinexhaustible iiwisdom, iilife iiforce, iicourage iiand iicompassion. iiIn iithat iirespect, iiwe
iicould iisay iibecoming iia iiBuddha iisimply iimeans iibecoming iia iiperson iiwho iiexhibits
iithese iiqualities, iia iiperson iiwho iiis iideeply iihappy iiand iifulfilled.
How iidoes iiNichiren iidescribe iithe iimeaning iiof ii"attain"? ii- iiAnswers ii-Regarding
iiattaining iiBuddhahood, iiNichiren iisays: ii"'Attain' iimeans iito iiopen iior iireveal.
Nichiren iistates, ii"Each iithing—the iicherry, iithe iiplum, iithe iipeach, iithe iidamson—in iiits
iiown iientity, iiwithout iiundergoing iiany
change, iipossesses iithe iieternally iiendowed iithree iibodies" ii( iiThe iiRecord iiof iithe iiOrally
iiTransmitted iiTeachings, iip. ii200). iiWhat iidoes iithis iipassage iisuggest iiregarding iithe
iiattainment iiof iiBuddhahood? ii- iiAnswers ii-As iithis iipassage iisuggests, iiattaining
iiBuddhahood iimeans iigiving iifree iiand iifull iiplay iito iiour iiunique iiinherent iiqualities iiand
iileading iia iidynamic iiand iimost iifulfilling iiway iiof iilife.
What iiare iithe iitwo iikinds iiof iihappiness iithat iisecond iiSoka iiGakkai iipresident iiJosei
iiToda iidescribes, iiand iiwhat iiis iithe iidistinction iibetween iithem? ii- iiAnswers ii-Second
iiSoka iiGakkai iipresident iiJosei iiToda iitaught iithat iithere iiare iitwo iikinds iiof iihappiness:
iirelative iihappiness iiand iiabsolute iihappiness.
Relative iihappiness iispeaks iiof iia iicondition iiin iiwhich iione's iimaterial iidesires iior
iiimmediate iipersonal iiwishes iiare iisatisfied. iiWhile iithere iiis iino iilimit iito iiwhat iiwe iican
iihope iior iiwish iifor, iithere iiis iialways iia iilimit iito iiwhat iiwe iican iihave iimaterially iiand iihow
iilong iiwe iican iihold iion iito iiit.
In iicontrast, iiabsolute iihappiness iimeans iithat iiliving iiitself iiis iihappiness; iibeing iialive iiis
iia iijoy, iino iimatter iiwhere iiwe iiare iior iiwhat iiour iicircumstances. iiIt iidescribes iia iilife
iicondition iiin iiwhich iihappiness iiwells iiforth iifrom iiwithin. iiIt iiis iicalled iiabsolute iibecause
iiit iiis iinot iiinfluenced iiby iiexternal iiconditions. iiAttaining iiBuddhahood iimeans
iideveloping iiabsolute iihappiness.
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