of Buddha and the nine realms of humanity are interpenetrable, there is no original "pure mind," and good and evil are mutually possessed. This establishes a proclivity to immanence rather than transcendency. According to Nichiren the three thousand realms in a single moment is practical and realizable in this lifetime in the concrete world. Significance In some Japanese traditions the ten realms are experienced in pilgrimages to a series of temples or sites along holy mountains. More frequently, the theory of the ten realms and its larger associated concept of three thousand realms of existence in a single moment portray a non-theistic interpretation of how a person is affected by the cosmos and, in turn, has the potential to impact on the cosmos. In some schools of Nichiren Buddhism practitioners believe the calligraphic scroll Gohonzon is Nichiren's representation of the ten realms and chanting Nam Myōhō Renge Kyō to it activates the Buddha's attributes of wisdom, courage, and compassion. See also Saṃsāra (Buddhism)#Realms of rebirth Bhavacakra#Third layer: the six realms of samsara Norse cosmology#Nine Worlds References Sources Causton, Richard: "Buddha in Daily Life, An Introduction to the Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin", Random House 2011. (Chapter: "The Ten Worlds", pp. 35–95) External links Hsuan Hua, The ten dharma realms are not beyond a single thought Buddhist philosophical concepts Nichiren Buddhism Buddhist cosmology