NICHIREN SHOSHU 日蓮正宗
Myoshoji Temple 妙正寺
加拿大第一座日蓮正宗寺院
GOSHO
are the writings of the Daishonin, our founder. In Nichiren Shoshu, the Gosho writings are upheld as exemplary instructions - a mirror of faith - by which to devote ourselves to faith, practice, and study. We can gain a correct understanding of these writings only by following the directions of our High Priest, who has received the transmission of the essential principles of true Buddhism.
ATTENDING
OKO CEREMONY
on the second Sunday of every month. In the Oko Ceremony, after the Kenzen offering, the recitation of the sutra, and the chanting of Daimoku, the priest presents a sermon, based on the Gosho. The Oko lecture is profoundly significant. Therefore, it is essential for us to attend this sermon together with our families each month without fail and offer our sincerest gratitude to the Three Treasures.
Monthly Gosho Quote
“Letter to Jakunichi-bo” Jun. 2025
(“Jakunichi bo-Gosho”)
The sutra states, “Just as the sunlight or the moonlight dispels the darkness,
this person will practice [Myoho-Renge-Kyo] in the world and eliminate
[the fundamental] darkness of all living beings.” Carefully ponder on the
meaning of these words. “This person will practice [Myoho-Renge-Kyo] in
the world” means that Bodhisattva Jogyo makes his advent in the first
five-hundred years of the Latter Day of the Law, reveals the light of the five
characters of Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and illuminates fundamental
darkness and the darkness of earthly desires. This is exactly why Nichiren
and his followers, as envoys of Bodhisattva Jogyo, have urged all the
people in Japan to accept and embrace the Lotus Sutra. (Gosho, p. 1393)
寂日房御書
經云「如日月光明 能除諸幽冥 斯人行世間 能滅眾生闇」,務深思此
文之心。「斯人行世間」之五字,即上行菩薩出現於末法之始之五百年,
放南無妙法蓮華經五字之光明,照無明煩惱之闇。日蓮等為此上行菩薩
之使,勸日本國一切眾生受持法華經乃此也。 (御書 一三九三頁)
寂日房御書
経に云はく「日月の光明の能く諸の幽冥(ゆうみょう)を除くが如く、斯(
こ)の人世間に行じて能く衆生の闇を滅す」と此の文の心よくよく案じさせ
給へ。「斯人行世間」の五つの文字は、上行菩薩末法の始めの五百年に出現
して、南無妙法蓮華経の五字の光明をさ(指)しいだ(出)して、無明煩悩
の闇をてらすべしと云ふ事なり。日蓮等此の上行菩薩の御使ひとして、日
本国の一切衆生に法華経をう(受)けたも(持)てと勧めしは是なり。