It occurred to be recently that my basic Nichiren Shu service guide that I created in August 2019 was missing several components and when I went to update it today I discovered that it was missing half of the prayer. (face palm emoji)

I have fixed the prayer and I’ve also added the Memorial Prayer that is included in the back of the Liturgy of Nichiren Shu booklet.

What I originally remembered missing was the readings from the Lotus Sutra. These short excerpts follow the recitation of Chapter 2 and Chapter 16, Hoben Pon and Ji Ga Ge. When I do this service, this is where I read that day’s portion of the Lotus Sutra. I completely forgot about the excerpts in the booklet. Those have now been added.

I have also included additional excerpts from Nichiren Shōnin’s writings. I should point out that the version of Shōho Jissō Shō I have been using is not the one in the booklet, but the version that’s in the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Greater New England’s Myoho Renge Kyo Romanized, which I use in the morning. All but one of the excerpts also appear in the A Phrase A Day booklet, where they include commentary by the priest who translated the excerpt.