Between the Gregorian New Year and the Chinese New Year, the Sacramento Nichiren Buddhist Church held its annual New Year’s memorial service for departed members of the church followed by the annual New Year’s party.

Today, I’m looking for a place to reprint something I read in the Daily Dharma* for Feb. 1.

In many places, the Lotus Sutra speaks of the benefits of seeking, keeping, reading, reciting and copying the Sūtra. But what do those acts entail? Today’s Daily Dharma explains:

To seek it is to find it in all aspects of our lives. To keep it is to rely on its teachings and have confidence in its ability to lead us to the Buddha’s wisdom. To read and recite it is to continue to remind ourselves and others of the details of the teachings. To copy it is to make it available to others. The merits we gain through these practices allow us to see the world for what it is and be part of making it better for everyone.

This is something I haven’t read or least haven’t seen this well put in any of the books I’ve read up to today. I particularly like this view of a personal practice.

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