Recently I came across a Nichiren Shu brochure published in 1994 to mark the 700th memorial year of Nichiji Shonin. The brochure includes photos of objects found at Rikkaji Temple in Senka, China.
-
- A scroll of Mandala written by Nichiren Shonin
- An image of Nichiren Shonin
- Odaimoku written by Nichiji Shonin
- A cup made of silver
- Kegon Sutra
- A container of Incense
- A pill case
- An incense case
- A crape wrapper
Included with these objects was a poem:
Seven years of travel seems
but one night’s dream,
Endless missionary journeys
East and West and East
Against the Moon, a bird – please!
fly one thousand leagues,
Speak my heart to my master
loving to his grave.
I’ve posted the text and images from the brochure on the Sacramento Nichiren Buddhist Church website.