The Absolute: Nichiren Buddhism
Worldview
The Absolute
As Nichiren Buddhism mention,’Buddha’ is a term in Sanskrit words, which means the one who is awaken. Buddha has no fixed or essential appearance of how He look like and it become the reason why peoples should not idolize the Buddha and pray on it as what Buddhism in India does. To Nichiren Buddhism followers, they believe that Buddha exists inside everyone, and they seek for god inside their life. In fact, Life is Buddha, Buddha is life. (活即佛，佛即活).
The problem of Humans
The major problem for human is as human cannot avoid and every human must go through Born(生), Old(老), Suffering(病), and Death(死). This also the reason why Shamuniyah leave his luxary life as prince and go for journey to discover the reason and salvation.
As mentioned before, all human have Buddha nature and they can manifest Buddha nature and challenge any difficulties around us by evoking Nam-Myo-Ho-Renge-Kyo (南無妙法莲花经)
Ritual and Symbols
Ritual are actions repeated according to exact required order and it also serve the way of human communicates with God. The prayers will face Gohonzon morning and evening everyday. The Gohonzon actually is the mirror image of the prayer. It is a practises which named as Gong-Kyo (勤行). Gohonzon(御本尊) is the object of devotion in Nichiren Buddhism. Go means “worthy of honour” and honzon means “object of fundamental respect”. The prayers carry out their daily practice to the Gohonzon, a visual representation of the life-state of Buddhahood inherent in all people.
Life after death
Peoples always wondering where will they go after died and that why religion is exists and required to provide an answer. But, different religion will interpret different view and perspectives about the issue. In Nichiren Buddhism, lifes is internal and there is no external or last forever (三世永远). A person’s life comes from the universe and it will go back universe when the person died. Then, the person will be reborn again, but it might not on earth gain, it may goes to other planet or will be reborn in other form.
The Absolute
As Nichiren Buddhism mention,’Buddha’ is a term in Sanskrit words, which means the one who is awaken. Buddha has no fixed or essential appearance of how He look like and it become the reason why peoples should not idolize the Buddha and pray on it as what Buddhism in India does. To Nichiren Buddhism followers, they believe that Buddha exists inside everyone, and they seek for god inside their life. In fact, Life is Buddha, Buddha is life. (活即佛，佛即活).
The problem of Humans
The major problem for human is as human cannot avoid and every human must go through Born(生), Old(老), Suffering(病), and Death(死). This also the reason why Shamuniyah leave his luxary life as prince and go for journey to discover the reason and salvation.
As mentioned before, all human have Buddha nature and they can manifest Buddha nature and challenge any difficulties around us by evoking Nam-Myo-Ho-Renge-Kyo (南無妙法莲花经)
Ritual and Symbols
Ritual are actions repeated according to exact required order and it also serve the way of human communicates with God. The prayers will face Gohonzon morning and evening everyday. The Gohonzon actually is the mirror image of the prayer. It is a practises which named as Gong-Kyo (勤行). Gohonzon(御本尊) is the object of devotion in Nichiren Buddhism. Go means “worthy of honour” and honzon means “object of fundamental respect”. The prayers carry out their daily practice to the Gohonzon, a visual representation of the life-state of Buddhahood inherent in all people.
Life after death
Peoples always wondering where will they go after died and that why religion is exists and required to provide an answer. But, different religion will interpret different view and perspectives about the issue. In Nichiren Buddhism, lifes is internal and there is no external or last forever (三世永远). A person’s life comes from the universe and it will go back universe when the person died. Then, the person will be reborn again, but it might not on earth gain, it may goes to other planet or will be reborn in other form.