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Hello. Please let the developer know they need to make a correcGongyoo the 6 of the kanji in the Gongyo book. 1 of them is completely wrong compared to the printed Gongyo books and 5 are modern simplified versions of traditional Chinese glyphs that are used in the printed Gongyo books but not in the app. My guess is that that the app developer scanned the Gongyo book in using OCR and pasted the characters into a word processor using a modern Japanese font/typeface, rather than a traditional Chinese one, resulting in the computer converting 5 of the traditional Chinese characters into a modern simplified form used in modern Japan today (and not used in the historic Lotus Sutra), and one character just being a mis-read by the software. 1. Hoben chapter - “kyo” in “Ko en gon kyo” is represented in the app using 数 which is pronounced “su” and means “number”. The correct kanji that appears in the printed Gongyo books is 敎 meaning “teaching” or “doctrine”. 2. Juryo chapter - again “kyo” in “Jo seppo kyoke” is rendered represented in the app using 教 but is in the printed books as 敎. From what I can tell these are two forms of the same glyph but the second is the form used in the printed Gongyo books, while the one currently in the app is not. 3. Juryo chapter - “jin” in “I sho jin-zu-riki” is represented in the app using 神 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 神. While the meaning and on’yomi pronunciation is the same, the modern simplified version didn’t exist and is not in the original Lotus Sutra and should be changed to the original as appears in the printed Gongyo books. 4. Juryo chapter - “e” in “Ge kai e renbo” is represented in the app using 懐 but is in the Gongyo book as 懷 which has 4 more strokes. Again, probably another example of the developer running the Gongyo book through a modern Japanese typeface or font, converting the traditional Chinese characters into a modern form that didn’t exist in the Lotus Sutra. 5. Juryo chapter - again, “jin” in “Jin-zu-riki nyo ze” is represented in the app using 神 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 神. See number 3 above. 6. Juryo chapter - “mai” in “Mai ji sa ze nen” is represented in the app using 毎 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 每. They are VERY similar but not the same, and the traditional glyph should be used as the modern simplified version of “mai” did not exist in the original Lotus Sutra and does not match the printed Gongyo books. Please make these corrections. Nichiren told us to treat and revere every character in the Lotus Sutra like a golden buddha. To make transcription errors are serious and can be easily corrected. The developer should have proofread the Gongyo book they put in the app against the printed Gongyo books prior to release. But now that this is known, please make these corrections ASAP with the next update of the app. Thank you!

Hello. Please let the developer know they need to make a correction to the 6 of the kanji in the Gongyo book. 1 of them is completely wrong compared to the printed Gongyo books and 5 are modern simplified versions of traditional Chinese glyphs that are used in the printed Gongyo books but not in the app. My guess is that that the app developer scanned the Gongyo book in using OCR and pasted the characters into a word processor using a modern Japanese font/typeface, rather than a traditional Chinese one, resulting in the computer converting 5 of the traditional Chinese characters into a modern simplified form used in modern Japan today (and not used in the historic Lotus Sutra), and one character just being a mis-read by the software. 1. Hoben chapter - “kyo” in “Ko en gon kyo” is represented in the app using 数 which is pronounced “su” and means “number”. The correct kanji that appears in the printed Gongyo books is 敎 meaning “teaching” or “doctrine”. 2. Juryo chapter - again “kyo” in “Jo seppo kyoke” is rendered represented in the app using 教 but is in the printed books as 敎. From what I can tell these are two forms of the same glyph but the second is the form used in the printed Gongyo books, while the one currently in the app is not. 3. Juryo chapter - “jin” in “I sho jin-zu-riki” is represented in the app using 神 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 神. While the meaning and on’yomi pronunciation is the same, the modern simplified version didn’t exist and is not in the original Lotus Sutra and should be changed to the original as appears in the printed Gongyo books. 4. Juryo chapter - “e” in “Ge kai e renbo” is represented in the app using 懐 but is in the Gongyo book as 懷 which has 4 more strokes. Again, probably another example of the developer running the Gongyo book through a modern Japanese typeface or font, converting the traditional Chinese characters into a modern form that didn’t exist in the Lotus Sutra. 5. Juryo chapter - again, “jin” in “Jin-zu-riki nyo ze” is represented in the app using 神 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 神. See number 3 above. 6. Juryo chapter - “mai” in “Mai ji sa ze nen” is represented in the app using 毎 which is a modern “simplified” version of the traditional and original glyph (that appears in the printed Gongyo books) of 每. They are VERY similar but not the same, and the traditional glyph should be used as the modern simplified version of “mai” did not exist in the original Lotus Sutra and does not match the printed Gongyo books. Please make these corrections. Nichiren told us to treat and revere every character in the Lotus Sutra like a golden buddha. To make transcription errors are serious and can be easily corrected. The developer should have proofread the Gongyo book they put in the app against the printed Gongyo books prior to release. But now that this is known, please make these corrections ASAP with the next update of the app. Thank you!