Traditionally we've been told that we should focus on the character of myo when chanting to Gohonzon. I would have to say the central focus of the entire Law should be on myo. Myo means mystic or mysterious. This is not to be confused with magic; it has nothing to do with magic. But myo suggests something difficult to understand. We call this Law mystic or mysterious because, although we possess the Law, we hardly understand it. What is mystic or mysterious about the Law is that all human beings possess not one world, but the Ten Worlds. Each one of the Ten Worlds also possesses the Ten Worlds. The mutural possession of the Ten Worlds means that Buddha exists in all the worlds.
In the Lotus Sutra Shakyamuni says this Law is "difficult to believe and difficult to understand." Most people think that this phrase means the teaching is theoretically so profound that it cannot be understood. However, from Daishonin's viewpoint, "difficult to believe and difficult to understand" means the mutual possession of the Ten Worlds is difficult to comprehend. Gohonzon represents the mutual possession of the Ten Worlds. On Gohonzon Daishonin wrote that this mandala is the rarest of all objects of worship, for what has been inscribed here has never been realized before.
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