Editing Nichiren Shōshū (section)

===The meaning of ''Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo''===

The sect teaches that ''Nam-myoho-renge-kyo'' is the quintessential core practice of Nichiren's teachings,<ref name="auto"/> is weighted on heavily with great significance in the ''[[Ongi Kuden]]''. ''Nam-myoho-renge-kyo'' is explained in the ''Ongi Kuden'' as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gender equality in Buddhism|last=Masatoshi|first=Ueki|publisher=Peter Lang|year=2001|isbn=0820451339|pages=136, 159–161}}</ref>
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!Shindoku
![[Chinese characters|Chinese]]
![[Sanskrit]]
!English
!Hermeneutic interpretation of Nichiren Shoshu
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|''Nam''
|南<br />無
|[[Namaskar]]
|Devotion
|Dedication of one's life purpose to the propagation of Myoho-renge-kyo and to [[Nichiren Daishonin]] as the Buddha who embodies the truth, the [[Dai Gohonzon]] wooden mandala of the Three Great Secret Laws in terms of both Buddhist theory and religious practice.
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|''Myoho''
|妙<br />法
|Sad[[dharma]]
|The "Mysterious Law"
|Ignorance and enlightenment are a single entity, both hell and heavenly states are also a singular essence.
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|''Renge''
|蓮<br />華
|Puṇḍarīka
|The [[Nelumbo nucifera]] (lotus flower)
|Singularity of both cause and effect (as symbolized by this flower representing the circulations of [[karma]].)
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|''Kyo''
|經
|[[Sutra]]
|Buddhist Sutra or teachings
|All phenomena through [[:ja:三世|three existences of past, present, and future]] as embodied by the Buddha of Compassion, [[Nichiren Daishonin]].
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