After eight months of weekly 90-minute-plus Zoom classes, I’m now certified to have completed RKINA 201: Threefold Lotus Sutra Online Learning Course. Even received a face mask suitable for visiting a Risshō Kōsei Kai Buddhist Center and a lapel pin marking the occasion.

I have more than 200 posts and pages on this website that reference Nikkyō Niwano’s Buddhism for Today. That’s not because I’m a fan of the organization he founded in 1938 with Mrs. Myoko Naganuma, but because much of what he writes about the Lotus Sutra and how to make Buddhism a part of our daily life is so relevant today. Not being a Risshō Kōsei Kai member allows me the freedom to discard those points that I find troublesome. See here and here. I would like to believe I can quibble on some points – strongly in some instances – and still reference the teachings of Nikkyō Niwano.

As of today, Sept. 10, 2022, I have 10,460 posts published on this website and another 188 in the queue scheduled to be published. I have 123 pages of additional content.   The 200 or so posts concerning Nikkyō Niwano’s Buddhism for Today represent a tiny fraction, but they are an important contribution to the overall understanding of the Lotus Sutra that I’m seeking to create.