service procedure is as follows: Invocation (Invitation to the Buddha, Dharma and Samgha to be present at this service) Kaikyo-ge (Opening Canon) Lotus Sutra Ch. 2 Hoben-pon Lotus Sutra Ch. 16 Juryo-hon (Jiga-ge) Chanting Odaimoku Namu Myoho Renge Kyo Lotus Sutra last part of Ch. 11 Hoto-ge (The difficulty in keeping this Sutra) Prayer Four Great Vows: Sentient beings are innumerable; I vow to save them all. Our evil desires are inexhaustible; I vow to quench them all. The Buddha's teachings are immeasurable; I vow to study them all. The way of the Buddha is unexcelled; I vow to attain the path sublime. Chapter 2 (Hoben-pon) and Chapter 16 (Juryo-hon) are recited the most frequently; Chapter 12 Daibadatta-hon, Chapter 16 in its entirety Chapter 21 Jinriki-hon (whole or from "Shobukkusesha") or Chapter 25 Kannon-gyo. Recitation of the Lotus Sutra can be performed in Shindoku or one's own preferred language. There is additional form of gongyo performed by Nichiren Shu practitioners at homes and in temples in which the entire Lotus Sutra is recited over the course of 32 days. Nichiren Shoshu The Buddhist service of “Gon-Gyo” (勤 行 , Persevering Action) is the basic supplemental service of Hokkeko believers. In the Head Temple of the sect, it is conducted first as the Ushitora Gongyo at the Dai Kyakuden (Grand Reception Hall), among other places throughout the Head Temple. In the past centuries, the service was performed in five different locations: Facing the Sunrise direction Facing the Mieido Facing the Gohozo Facing the Kyakuden Facing the Mutsubo The sect, along with the other Fuji sects in the area followed the custom of reciting the Sutra chapters according to what Nichiren himself once did: Junyoze — Reciting the prose (散 文, “Sanbun”) of Chapter 2 Seoge — Reciting the verse (自 我 偈, “Jigage”) of Chapter 2 Chogyo — Reciting the prose (“Sanbun”) of Chapter 16 Nyorai Juryo — Reciting the verse (“Jigage”) of Chapter 16 During the 1930s, the Gongyo service was shortened to a single format, initiated by religious convert Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and was approved by 57th High Priest Nissho Shonin. Today, some Nichiren Sects in the Mount Fuji area recite the full four versions of the 2nd and 16th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra. Current practice At present, Gongyo is performed twice daily, upon rising and before retiring ("Often translated as morning and evening gongyo"). Its recitations of the