南無妙法蓮華経と唱え奉る時題目の光無間に至りて即身成仏せしむ - chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood



本文
今日蓮等の類い 聖霊を訪う時 法華経を読誦し 南無妙法蓮華経と唱え奉る時 題目の光 無間に至りて 即身成仏せしむ、廻向の文 此れより 事 起るなり
御義口伝
序品七箇の大事
第五・下至阿鼻獄の事
(712頁)
通解(意訳)
日蓮とその門下が、聖霊を弔う際に、法華経を誦読し、南無妙法蓮華経と唱え奉る時、題目の光は無間地獄まで至って、即身成仏させることができるのである。回向の勤行・唱題も、生前と同じように聖霊も「仏の生命を成く(ひらく)=成仏する」という、宇宙に厳然と備わっている生命の原理から起きたものである。


English Gosho
 Now when Nichiren and his followers perform ceremonies for the deceased, reciting the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood then and there.This is the origin of the prayers for transference of merit for the deceased.
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Point Five,
the words [the light . . .] reaching downward
 as far as the Avīchi hell 
"The Record of The Orally Transmitted Teachings"
Part 1, 17
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[ --- ] is liberal translation.
参考文献:
「日蓮大聖人御書全集」
「御書をひもとく」
「英語で学ぶ御書」
第三文明社
Bibliography :
"The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin"
"The Record of The Orally Transmitted Teachings"

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