Chanting NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO
Buddha’s enlightenment goes beyond space and time and our consciousness, so it’s impossible to grasp it by ourselves without guidance. There are different methods derived from Buddhism pre-Lotus sutra teachings, such as meditation or reciting chanting book etc, which might affect to calm themselves down and find harmony within themselves, but in this ‘Later Days of the Law’ period, it won’t affect to our Buddha Nature. So they cannot change the life fundamentally positive way.
The pre-Lotus sutra teachings are also expounded that one must practice over a period of countless Kalpa in order to attain Buddhahood. However, the Lotus Sutra, which teaches the principle of Ichinen Sanzen(three thousand realms in a single life-moment), is the supreme teaching. It enables all people in each of the ten worlds to attain Buddhahood through the power of the Law without changing their present form.
The primary practice in Nichiren Shoshu is to chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo (Daimoku) as we face the true object of worship (Gohonzon). Nichiren Daishonin established this practice as the cause to directly manifest our inherent potential of Buddha Nature.
Our devotion to the Buddha expressed through our sincere chanting of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo is the means by which we can fuse our lives with the life of the Buddha. While in this state of fusion, the powers of the Buddha and the Law permeate our existence, purifying our minds, extinguishing our evil karma and planting seeds of wisdom, compassion and virtue in our lives.