"Just what constitutes a deeply meaningful life? What is true happiness?
Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism is a teaching of hope that enables us to forge
a state of unsurpassed and indestructible happiness and to lead a life of
supreme value, while also helping others do the same.
"Everyone has the potential to attain Buddhahood; moreover, they can gain
that lofty state just as they are, and in fact are assured of being able to
do so in this lifetime. The Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin clearly
elucidates this wonderful path to enlightenment.
"The Daishonin’s profound teaching of attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime
was a revolutionary concept that turned prevailing Buddhist thought on its
head. Indeed, it continues to shine today as a principle that can powerfully
transform the age and open a bright future for our modern world in the 21st
century.
"...When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we are both chanting the name of, and
calling forth, the Buddha nature in our own lives and the lives of others.
When our faith wins out over inner doubt and delusion, the power of our
inherent Buddha nature is called forth by the sound of our daimoku and
spontaneously manifests in our lives.
"The key point that set the Daishonin’s Buddhism apart from the other
Buddhist schools of his day was the establishment of this concrete means for
attaining Buddhahood. And from the time he first declared
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo until the moment of his death, the Daishonin ardently
strove to teach this supreme path of enlightenment to people throughout the
land."