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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK)

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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) is the UK branch of a global Buddhist movement based in our London Buddhist centre to practise the Lotus Sutra for personal and social change. Referred to as Nichiren Buddhism.

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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 12h
📖“Devoting themselves entirely to this teaching, they will come into accord with the Dharma.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Why did Nichiren Shonin hold so firmly to the Lotus Sutra? Through persecution and exile, he believed its teaching could help people overcome suffering and bring about peace. Today, 13 October, marks his passing in 1282. We honoured him at RKUK on Sunday. #LotusSutra
A bronze statue of Nichiren Shonin seen from below against a clear blue sky. He wears Buddhist robes, holds a rolled scroll in one hand and prayer beads in the other, with a solemn expression.
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🗣️In order to make the world brighter and more peaceful, one has to awaken to the fact that the realisation of the buddha-nature within oneself and others is the true starting point and the most basic path.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
📖“Even without entering samadhi, because they recite and keep the Great Vehicle sutras, they can focus their minds on practicing it. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🗣️How does a bodhisattva manifest his [liberation] to living beings? This is, of course, a [liberation] revealed by him to [liberate] them from their illusions and suffering on specific occasions. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
📖“Listen to me attentively. Do listen to me attentively, and deeply ponder and reflect.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🗣️A bodhisattva is one who has a great will to [liberate] others, and he can certainly [liberate] all living beings suffering from illusion and suffering on specific occasions. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
📖“How, without cutting off their delusions and renouncing their five desires, can they also purify their sense faculties and completely eliminate the accumulated karma of their wrongs? #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🗣️The true value of our existence as children of the Buddha comes forth when compassion is awakened in our hearts and is realised in compassionate acts.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nikkyo Niwano, Founder of Rissho Kosei-kai, did not treat the Lotus Sutra as something to admire from a distance. On 4 October, the anniversary of his entering nirvana, we remember his willingness to put faith into motion — in work for peace and in the ordinary ways we treat one another.
An elderly Japanese Buddhist leader smiling as he speaks into a microphone, holding prayer beads in one hand, with a Buddhist altar softly visible behind him.Archival photograph from the World Conference on Religion and Peace, showing three religious leaders on stage behind a large sign reading “WORLD CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND PEACE” and “Healing the World: Religions for Peace.”
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📖“If people receive, embrace, read, recite, rightly bear in mind, practice, and copy this Dharma Flower Sutra, they will thereby see Shakyamuni Buddha, which is no different from hearing this sutra directly from the Buddha’s mouth.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🗣️The most important thing for such bodhisattvas is the spirit of loving and benefiting others, and the practical action that springs from that spirit. This action is called ‘donation’.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
📖“Those who receive, embrace, read, and recite this sutra, rightly bear it in mind, comprehend its meaning, and practice it as taught will, in fact, be practicing the deeds of Universal Sage. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗣️All of us are walking along the Buddha's path. We are living in place of the Buddha. We are the Buddha's hands and feet.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📖“The first of them is to be safeguarded by the buddhas, the second is planting many roots of virtue, the third is joining the assembly of those resolved to become awakened, and the fourth is aspiring to liberate all living beings.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What do our ancestors have to do with the way we live today? Last Sunday, we observed Autumn Higan. In our Buddhist tradition, remembering those who came before us is also a chance to ask: how are we living the life we have received, and what are we passing on? #Buddhism
A large autumn tree with deep exposed roots glowing in warm evening light, with red and orange leaves and a sunset landscape in the background.
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🗣️The bodhisattva practice originates with revering others, that is, with our recognising the buddha-nature of all people. If we try to [liberate] others without recognising their buddha-nature, we only perform empty and formal deeds. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📖“After the passing of the Tathagata, good sons and good daughters will attain this Dharma Flower Sutra if they fulfill four requirements.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🗣️Training is no more, and no less, than the effort you put into developing the strength of spirit that keeps you from being discouraged no matter what sorrows or ill fortune befall you and allows you to correctly overcome whatever problems you may encounter.—Nikkyo Niwano #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
📖“The Tathagata Dharma perfectly accomplishes inconceivable and sublime merits. To practice its teachings and precepts is comfortable, agreeable, and pleasant.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🗣️Praying to the buddhas to ask them to intercede and change something is usually not real prayer. Praying to live in accordance with the wishes of the buddhas is what is important.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
📖“Hearing her name, seeing her physical form, And calling her to mind is never in vain, For she is able to eliminate the sufferings of existence.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🗣️You are sadly mistaken if you think you can obtain some merit when you have burned so many sticks of incense and sat down one morning to diligently read the Lotus Sutra for a few hours. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📖“She divided it into two parts, offering one part to Shakyamuni Buddha and the other to the stupa of the Buddha Abundant Treasures.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🗣️The greatest purpose of the teaching of a manifest-body buddha is to help living beings realise the true way of looking at things, to open their eyes to the Truth. This is the very foundation of liberation.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📖“Similarly, this Dharma Flower Sutra enables living beings to take leave of all suffering and all pain and disease, and to completely undo the fetters of birth and death.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🗣️True faith will never arise when there is no questioning of why we are being sustained as we are by something immense.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
📖“For the sake of those good sons and good daughters in ages to come who do believe in the wisdom of the Tathagata, you should elucidate this Dharma Flower Sutra so that they will hear it and know it and thereby attain the Buddha wisdom.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
For Myoko Naganuma, the Lotus Sutra was not something to leave on the page. It had to be lived in the way we treat people. Today we remember the Cofounder of Rissho Kosei-kai (1889–1957). Her life still asks us: are the teachings changing how we meet those around us? #LotusSutra
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🗣️The human spirit naturally yearns to advance to the point of attaining buddhahood. We live in this world for the purpose of training our spirits toward that end.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
📖“For countless hundreds of thousands of millions of myriads of kalpas, I have practiced this rare teaching of Supreme Perfect Awakening, and now I am entrusting it to you. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🗣️The important thing is to realize at all times that we are ‘being sustained by the Buddha’ and to always be prepared to ‘live in a way that embodies full recognition of the circumstance of being sustained’.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📖“Just as the light of the sun and the moon Can chase all darkness away, So these people, practicing in this world, Can bring living beings out of darkness And cause countless bodhisattvas To at last abide in the One Vehicle.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🗣️We can say that whether one has been born into this world as a result of karma or as a result of aspiration is determined by one's degree of self-realisation.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
📖“All the buddhas, each seated on a lion seat under a jeweled tree, did likewise, extending their long, broad tongues and radiating immeasurable light.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🗣️The merit from having paid homage to a trillion buddhas allows us to be born as human beings. Whether or not we can achieve true liberation depends on our realisation of how precious such human life is and our awakening to our destiny and mission.—Nikkyo Niwano #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📖“In the presence of all of those former buddhas, I received, embraced, read, and recited this sutra and taught it for the benefit of other people. Therefore, I quickly attained Supreme Perfect Awakening.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🗣️To receive guidance is not as easy as it seems, and such an encounter with the Buddha does not happen in just a day or two. It occurs as a result of the profound course of our karmic affiliation with the Buddha from previous existences. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
📖“I could never find you unworthy of respect. All of you will become buddhas.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
🗣️The important thing is to have faith no matter what. Believe in the Buddha, believe in his teaching, and believe in yourself as someone who consistently desires the happiness of others.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
📖“If they talk about secular texts, governance, means of livelihood, and so forth, all will be in accord with the true Dharma.—The Lotus Sutra #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
🗣️ What exactly is liberation, anyway? I believe that it boils down to what gives each person true peace of mind and the will to live with hope. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🗣️Once we realise that the Buddha's legacy (his teaching) is ours for the asking and are willing to receive it, any one of us can swiftly attain enlightenment.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
📖“With this pure sense faculty of thinking, on hearing any single verse or any single phrase, they will thoroughly comprehend infinite and boundless meanings.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🗣️When we have faith, we can resonate directly with the Buddha's heart. If we sincerely believe in the compassion of the Eternal Original Buddha, its power immediately begins working within us. #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
📖“The Buddha’s name is heard throughout the ten directions, Bringing abundant benefits to all living beings, Who are endowed with the roots of goodness That aid them in their supreme aspiration.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
🗣️When faith enables a direct connection with the Eternal Original Buddha, only then will it begin to take shape as true liberation.—Nikkyo Niwano Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Peace is not something we only hope for. It is something we practise. Today, 15 August, we gathered to remember war victims and pray for peace through the O-daimoku, recitation of the Lotus Sutra and a dedication of merit. May remembrance shape how we live today. #Buddhism #Peace
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🗣️The safest and most secure state is when we are being protected by the buddhas. What do we have to do so that the buddhas will protect us? All we need to do is maintain ourselves in a state of mind in which we can receive the protection of the buddhas.—Nikkyo Niwano #NichirenBuddhism
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RKUK (Rissho Kosei-kai of the UK) @rkuk-official.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
📖“I always know living beings, Those who practice the Way and those who do not, And for their sake expound various teachings To liberate each of them accordingly.—The Lotus Sutra Namu Myoho Renge Kyo #NichirenBuddhism
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