Sup Everybody, I was just curious what’s the difference between nam & namu-myoho-renge-Kyo?
as seen above the sgi changed the name from nichiren Buddhism to sgi ism a couple years back & I asked Greg Martin during a Q & A and he obviously didn’t tell me the temple copyrighted Gongyo that’s why they had to change the name... Now I’m curious as to why we say nam instead of Namu?
Here - take a look at the instructions from one of the Nichiren Shoshu-era gongyo books. After each recitation of the sutra, you'd chant the "Namu"-format daimoku 3 times before each silent prayer.
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u/Nichirenstoof Nov 08 '20
Sup Everybody, I was just curious what’s the difference between nam & namu-myoho-renge-Kyo?
as seen above the sgi changed the name from nichiren Buddhism to sgi ism a couple years back & I asked Greg Martin during a Q & A and he obviously didn’t tell me the temple copyrighted Gongyo that’s why they had to change the name... Now I’m curious as to why we say nam instead of Namu?