Nichiren left us thousands of pages, yet he never once described his own daily practice. Why the silence? This short teaching sits with that puzzle and offers a simple rule of thumb for daily Nichiren Buddhist practice: the 51% Rule.Whatever time you give to practice on a given day, whether chanting, sitting in silence, reciting the Lotus Sutra, or reading, let more than half of it be chanting the Daimoku, Namu Myoho Renge Kyo. Keep the Daimoku primary, and let everything else vary with your life.Drawing on Nichiren's own writings, this talk shows why his silence about daily practice was intentional, how the Daimoku remains the living center of a practice that can still breathe and change, and what the 51% Rule quietly protects you from in both directions.More reflections and essays at twobuddhas.org. Namu Myoho Renge Kyo.
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