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1、ReplytotheLayNunNichigon-LBArticle:Page5“ReplytotheLayNunNichigon”(TheWritingsofNichirenDaishonin,P.1079;GoshoZenshu,P.1262)ThefollowingistheentiretextofNichirenDaishonin’sletter“ReplytotheLayNunNichigon”andisthestudymaterialforFebruarystudymeetingsintheSGI-USA.Iplacedthewrittenpetition,dat
2、edtheeighthdayoftheeleventhmonthinthethirdyearofKoan(1280),inwhichyouexpressedyourprayer,alongwithyourofferingsofonethousandcoinsDuringthetimeofNichirenDaishonin,1,000coinsbought380pintsofrice,theaverageannualconsumptionofricebyanadult.Accordingtosomerecords,10coinsboughtabottleofsakein1232
3、,100coinsboughtonehorse-loadofcharcoalsin1253,and15coinsboughtonebonitoin1305.(Source:GoshotoKamakuraJidai[Nichiren’sWritingsandtheKamakuraPeriod],vol.1,pp.170-75.)andanunlinedrobemadeofthreadspunfrombarkfiber,beforetheLotusSutra,andIspoketothegodsofthesunandmoonaboutit.Nowthereisnoneedtoat
4、tempttosurmiseyourselfhowthingswillgo.Whetherornotyourprayerisansweredwilldependonyourfaith;[ifitisnot]Iwillinnowaybetoblame.Whenwaterisclear,themoonisreflected.Whenthewindblows,thetreesshake.Ourmindsarelikethewater.Faiththatisweakislikemuddywater,whilefaiththatisbraveislikeclearwater.Under
5、standthatthetreesarelikeprinciples,andthewindthatshakesthemisliketherecitationofthesutra.Withmydeeprespect,NichirenThetwenty-ninthdayoftheeleventhmonthBackgroundThisletterwaswrittenatMountMinobuintheeleventhmonthofthethirdyearofKoan(1280)inresponsetoapetitionfromthelaynunLaynun:(Jpnama)Afem
6、alebelieverofBuddhismwhohastakenthetonsureasanunhasdone,butcontinuestoliveasalaymemberofsociety.“Laynun”isthefemaleequivalentoflaypriest(nyudo).“Laynun”wasoftenaffixedtothenamesofwomenwhohadbeentonsuredandlivedalaylife.Nichigon.SheisthoughttohavebeeneitherarelativeofthelaypriestLaypriest:(J
7、pnnyudo)Onewhoistonsuredasapriestbutcontinuestoliveasalayman.InJapan,fromtheHeianperiod(794-1185)on,adistinctionwasmadebetweenlaypriestsandthosewhoformallyrenouncedthesecularworldandlivedintemples.ThetermlaypriestisatranslationoftheJapanesetermnyudo,whic
