How do I get my Gohonzon?
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How do I get my Gohonzon?
To “receive Gohonzon” means that as a practitioner of Nichiren Buddhism, you attain the scroll that you will use to focus on while doing your daily chanting. This guide assumes that you already have your basic altar set up in a designated place in your home for your wooden, silk or paper Gohonzon.
How is Gohonzon made?
A joju gohonzon is inscribed for a specific person or organization, while an okatagi gohonzon is generic and produced through a woodblock printing process. Nichiren and his successors also inscribed smaller omamori gohonzon that are carried on the person.
Where should I place my Gohonzon?
Therefore, you should place the Gohonzon in the best place in your home. It is preferable to place the butsudan on a wall by itself, without windows or pictures hung near it. The butsudan should be placed up high enough so that the bottom of the Gohonzon is just above eye level when you are seated.
How do you set up butsudan?
It is preferable to place the butsudan on a wall by itself, without windows or pictures hung near it. The butsudan should be placed up high enough so that the bottom of the Gohonzon is just above eye level when you are seated. It is your choice whether to sit in a chair or on the floor.
What do you put in a butsudan?
butsudan, in Japanese households, the Buddhist family altar; historically, it was maintained in addition to the kamidana (“god-shelf”). The Buddhist altar generally contains memorial tablets for dead ancestors and, in accordance with sect affiliation, representations of various Buddhist divinities.
What is a Japanese butsudan?
Where should I store my Gohonzon?
When you bring the Gohonzon into your home, you are preparing to embark on a path that will reveal your enlightenment. Therefore, you should place the Gohonzon in the best place in your home. It is preferable to place the butsudan on a wall by itself, without windows or pictures hung near it.
How do you dispose of butsudan?
Cremation is a viable disposal method for many butsudan components, including the wooden frame, silk hangings, and gohonzon. Indeed, as butsudan dry out over time, they become a quick-burning accelerant, although I heard some release noxious fumes due to the lacquer.
