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Podcast: Gosho Reading (Nichiren Buddhism)
Episode: 272 How the Gods Protect the Place of Practice
Description: NichirenĀ DaishoninĀ wrote this letter on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of what is thought to have been 1276. The letter is a reply, it is generally believed, to Toki JÅnin, who had apparently written about a dream in which some danger to theĀ DaishoninĀ and his followers was revealed by theĀ ten demon daughters.
After thanking Toki for the offering he had also sent, theĀ DaishoninĀ refers to the Buddhist principle that if oneās mind is strong, the protection of the deities Same Name and Same Birth, who are always with one...