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Om Myoho Renge Kyo and Nam Myoho Renge Kyo 

 

         We are informed on the web that Nam is devotion; Myoho is the mystic law which is the law of the universe; Renge means the lotus flower; and Kyo means sutra or scriptures.  Myoho Renge Kyo is apparently a Japanese rendition of the Chinese title of the Lotus Sutra. 

 

         I am going to recommend using this mantra with a subjective mind inflection.  This simply means that we attach private meanings to the words of the mantra, permissible when addressing the Godhead or one's Buddha-self in Nirvana, since both are regarding you omnisciently, and neither has a problem keeping up with you. 

 

         In Buddhism, Theistic belief is, and must remain, optional.  No one should chant anything implying a belief that he is not 100% comfortable with.  But if you are a Theistic believer, it is better to chant Om Myoho Renge Kyo. 

 

         The subjective interpretation that I recommend for Om Myoho Renge Kyo is as follows: 

 

         “O” is the sign, sound, and symbol of the Eternal Godhead, the only God that ever was or will be.  “Mmm” is a sound we make while we are experiencing something that we love.  For example, when eating ice cream, you might say, “Mmmm. This is good.”  So that to chant Om properly can be to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole mind, and your whole soul, as Christ recommended. 

 

         The “m” sound then blends into the ‘m’ of Myoho.  ‘Myo’ is a name that you can call your own Buddha-self in Nirvana, which is your Buddha-self and no one else’s, eternally.  ‘Ho’ should be thought of as representing the hologram which is the physical universe in which we apparently exist.  So that ‘Myoho’ is the articulation by your Buddha-self, of the apparent existence in the universe -- in your case, the human being.  

 

         Buddha-selves cannot actually enter the universe, since they are real, and everything in the universe is entirely imaginary. 

 

         ‘Renge’ should suggest the word ‘reign’, as a monarch or other ruler reigns.  At the same time it is the lotus flower, which, because it exists in at least three vibrational levels, the earth, the water, and the air, is a symbol of transcendence.  And so, as we are inflecting the meaning, ‘renge’ will be transcendental rulership, the higher levels of the individual being ruling the lower ones. 

 

         ‘Kyo’ we will use as a sign of assent to this rulership, an obeisance to the very highest level of your individual identity.  You might say it is like the American “OK”, only backwards. 

 

         And the ‘o’ of ‘Kyo’ blends into the ‘O‘ of the next “Om”. 

 

         ‘Nam Myoho Renge Kyo’ can be used with the same subjective meanings, if you are at all uncomfortable with Theism.  In this case you will be chanting to the Buddha-self without referring to the Godhead.  “Nam” could be used subjectively either as devotion, or in the sense of “name”. 

 

 

 

 

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