Three Great Secret Laws (三大秘法) (or also "Three Great Secret Dharmas") are the fundamental teachings in Nichiren Buddhism, which include Hommon-no-honzon (本門の本尊: object of devotion of the essential teaching), Hommon-no-kaidan (本門の戒壇: sanctuary of the essential teaching), and Hommon-no-daimoku (本門の題目: daimoku of the essential teaching).[1]
The interpretations of each item are different by each school of Nichiren's teachings, such as Nichiren Shu sects, Nichiren Shoshu sects, Soka Gakkai branches.
Nichiren Shu[2]
Nichiren Shoshu[3]
Soka Gakkai[4]
Honzon
・The Essential Focus of Reverence (Gohonzon)
・ Shakyamuni Buddha is none other than the embodiment of the Eternal Buddha:
・ The Dai-Gohonzon, inscribed by Nichiren Daishonin on October 12, 1279
・In terms of the Personification: Nichiren representing the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law) // In terms of the Law: Nichiren's mandala.
Kaidan
・Any place where one chants the Odaimoku
・The place where the Dai-Gohonzon will be enshrined at the time of Kosen-rufu
The place where one enshrines the object of devotion and chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
Daimoku
・Namu-myoho-renge-kyo (embodies the essence of the Lotus Sutra, it contains all of the qualities of Buddhahood)
・Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo (The True Invocation carries the significance of both faith and practice)
・Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with belief in the Gohonzon of the essential teaching
(The table is summarized from the texts by each sect)
^Hajime, Nakamura (2002). Iwanami Bukkyo Jiten. p. 394.
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