What is Nam myoho renge kyo?

It's the "Daimoku" or "Great Invocation" of Nichiren Buddhism


Meaning: Nam = Devotion of body and mind; Myoho = Mystic (subtle or beyond human reasoning) Law; Renge = (Lit.) Lotus (i.e. simultaneous cause and effect because the lotus blossom is the seed and the blossom); Kyo= Sound, Sutra, Teaching, or Vibration.


Therefore, "Devotion to the Mystic Law of Simultaneous Cause and Effect Teaching.


"Myoho Renge Kyo" is Japanese for the title of the Lotus Sutra, considered by many as the ultimate teaching of Buddhism.



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