Daijokyo Sohonzan

     Following the founder's passing, the organization was renamed Bukkyo-jutoku-shuyodan, Daijo-shuyodan and Togo-shiseikai, and was led by the late Most Rev. Keiyo Kosakai (first president), followed by the late Most Rev. Hozan Sugisaki (second president). Without yielding to the suppression imposed by constituted authorities during the period of confusion caused by the Manchurian Incident and World War II, believers faithfully followed the founder's teachings and adhered to her will in their social and other activities. That led to the establishment of Daijo-kyokai in Tokyo in 1946, followed by the founding of “Daijokyo” religious corporation in Nagoya in 1948. It was then that the association made a fresh start, as a religious society, in practicing the Acts of Bodhisattvas as the founder had wished for many years; the association thus came to embrace the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha and his four attendant Bodhisattvas (Visistacaritra, Anantacaritra, Visuddhacaritra and Supratisthitacaritra) as its principal images, and to rely upon the Lotus Sutra as the book of great truth preached by Buddha.

     Daijokyo is a society of lay Buddhists based on the truth of Lotus Sutra, but it does not belong to any particular denomination or sect. Daijokyo believers simply inherit the painstaking attitude of the founder, who adhered to the true meaning of the Lotus Sutra and sacrificed her life to its diffusion in mappo (the period of the last law or saddarma-vipralopa). Daijokyo applies to modern times the spiritual training of Buddhists through practice, and considers the Lotus Sutra to be a textbook of the Three Virtuous Practices — Jihi (Compassion or Dana), Makoto (Honesty or Sila) and Kannin (Patience or Ksanti) — that anyone can easily apply to everyday life.

     The essential code of conduct for Daijokyo believers inheres in the precepts of the Lotus Sutra as embodiments of the long-cherished ambition of Buddha. The code comprises: reflection and repentance in our practicing the Acts of Bodhisattvas; unceasing effort toward perfection of character; and devotion to social cleansing.

     Our mission as Daijokyo believers is to strive in delight to better ourselves, always holding the following words of the founder in our minds:

“I firmly believe that nothing but Buddhist Dharma can bring peace to all the world; that is why I practice the teachings of Buddha just as they are.”

“Every work I do should be work for good and others.”

“The first step of indoctrination is to practice by yourself.”

“The power of virtue is the fundamental solution to all problems. We must strive to respect each other’s personality, and to accumulate virtue so as to make our lives worthwhile.”

“Let us commit ourselves to the elimination of earthly desires (spiritual darkness), and follow the holy path of Buddha’s enlightenment, as we live our daily lives.”