⑮ホノルル妙法寺

 現在のホノルル妙法寺の御宝前は、開創時に奉安されたと思われる「第一の本尊」の下に釈尊と地涌の菩薩が控える「一尊四菩薩」の仏像が安置されています。所謂「法本尊」と「仏本尊」が融合しているので、お題目を唱え御本尊の中に入出住するには最善の勧請と言えるかもしれません。さらにこの本堂には1936年に開山小林日種上人がビルマから奉迎した仏舎利と、1954年に日本山妙法寺山主の藤井日達猊下から譲渡された仏舎利が奉安されています。奇しくもホノルル妙法寺には不思議な波動が充満しています。

 近い将来に全人類の精神ステージがアセンションすれば、日蓮大聖人が顕された「第一の本尊」を前にして南無妙法蓮華経のお題目を唱える宗教が流布するでしょう。

The current treasure hall of Honolulu Myohoji Temple has a statue of the "One Buddha and Four Bodhisattvas," with Shakyamuni and the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, placed under the "First Honzon," which is believed to have been enshrined at the time of the temple's founding. Since the so-called "Dharma Honzon" and "Buddha Honzon" are fused together, this may be the best way to enter and exit the Honzon by chanting the daimoku. In addition, this main hall houses the Buddha's relics that were brought from Burma by the founder, Kobayashi Nisshu, in 1936, and those transferred by His Eminence Fujii Nittatsu, the head priest of Nipponzan Myohoji Temple, in 1954. Strangely enough, Honolulu Myohoji Temple is filled with mysterious vibrations.

 

If the spiritual stage of all humanity ascends in the near future, a religion in which people chant the daimoku Namu Myoho Renge Kyo in front of the "First Honzon" revealed by Nichiren Daishonin will become widespread.