"There are two aspects of daimoku in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism: the daimoku of faith and the daimoku of practice. The daimoku of faith refers to the spiritual aspect of our practice. This essentially consists of the struggle we wage in our hearts against our inner delusion or darkness: a battle against the negative and destructive forces within us. It means breakign through the darkness clouding our Buddha nature and bringing forth the life state of Buddhahood through the power of faith. The daimoku of practice, meanwhile, refers to chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ourselves and also teaching it to others. It means making efforts in word and deed for the happiness of ourselves and others as evidence of our spiritual struggle against inner negativity and illusion."
"When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we are both chanting to name of, and calling forth, the Buddha nature in our own lives and the lives of others. When our faith wins out over inner doubt and delusion, the power of our inherent Buddha nature is called forth by the sound of our daimoku and spontaneously manifests in our lives."
(Lectures on On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime, Daisaku Ikeda, p. 6)
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