May 01, 2008
Sudden Healing of Sickness Honzon (#047)
Mandala # 047
This Mandala Gohonzon is dated March 16 1278 and is kept at Nakayama [中山] Hosen-in [法宣院] [Dharma Declaration Institute] of Chiba Prefecture [千葉県]. The "nickname" of the Mandala is 病即消滅本尊. That means something like 'sudden erasure & destruction of sickness honzon." Maybe the "Instant Healing of Disease Honzon?" This refers to one of the inscriptions seen on the mandala.
"This sutra provides good medicine for the ills of the people of Jambudvipa. If a person who has an illness is able to hear this sutra, then his illness will be wiped out and he will know neither old age or death." from the Yakuo [Medicine King] Chapter of the LS. {Watson translation}
It appears that Nichiren did not designate a recipient for this one.
One of the phrases is
Posted by rbeck at May 1, 2008 12:04 AM