The Three Great Secret Laws: The object of worship of True Buddhism ("Honmon no Honzon" in Japanese) which is the Dai-Gohonzon the invocation or daimoku of True Buddhism ("Honmon no Daimoku" in Japanese) which is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and the high sanctuary of True Buddhism which is the place where the Dai-Gohonzon is enshrined ("Honmon no Kaidan" in Japanese).
Ichinen: Literally, "one mind The life moment, or ultimate reality, that is manifested at each moment of all common mortals.
The Three Properties: ("Sanjin" in Japanese, "Trikaya" in Sanskrit) Also called the three properties or three enlightened properties. Three kinds of body which a Buddha may possess: 1) The Dharma body or body of the Law ("Hosshin" in Japanese, "Dharma-kaya" in Sanskrit). The fundamental truth to which the Buddha is enlightened. 2) The bliss body ("Hoshin" in Japanese, "Sambhoga-jaya: in Sanskrit), sometimes called the reward body, which is obtained as the reward of completing bodhisattva practice and having understood the Buddha wisdom. Unlike the Dharma body, which is immaterial, the bliss body is conceived of as an actual body, although one that is transcendent and imperceptible to common mortals. 3) The manifested body ("Ojin" in Japanese, "Nirmana-kaya" in Sanskrit), or the physical form in which the Buddha appears in this world in order to save the people.
Six Lower Worlds: "Rokudo" in Japanese, part of the Ten Worlds or life conditions which a single entity of life manifests. The Six Lower Worlds comprise:
1) "Jigoku" or the state of Hell; 2) "Gaki" or the state of Hunger;
3) "Chikusho" or the state of Animality;
4) "Shura" or the state of Anger;
5) "Nin" or the state of Humanity or Tranquillity;
6) "Ten" or the state of Heaven or Rapture. In the six states from Hell to Heaven, the majority of people throughout the world spend most of their time moving back and forth among these six paths. In these states one is governed totally by his reactions to external influences and is therefore vulnerable to changing circumstances. Those states in which one transcends the uncertainty of the Six Lower Worlds and which comprise the remaining 4 states of the Ten Worlds are called "The Four Noble Worlds." They are
7) :Shomon" or the state of Learning;
8) "Engaku" or the state of Realization" - these two states refer to listening, learning, comprehending and realizing the teachings of the Buddha;
9) "Bosatsu" or the state of Bodhisattva, a state in which not only does one aspire for his/her own enlightenment, but one also devotes himself to compassionate acts; and finally,
10) "Butsu" or the state of Buddhahood or Enlightenment.
Kyochi-myogo (The fusion of reality and wisdom): The fusion of the objective reality or truth of the Buddha nature inherent within one's life and the subjective wisdom to realize that truth. This fusion is itself the attainment of Buddhahood. Nichiren Daishonin defined the Law, which underlies the fusion of reality and wisdom as Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. He embodied his own enlightenment in the Gohonzon - the fusion of reality and wisdom - in the form of the Gohonzon, the object of worship. In terms of Buddhist practice for people in the Latter Day of the Law, reality corresponds to the Gohonzon, and wisdom is one's faith in the Gohonzon. When one chants Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep faith in the object of worship, he fuses his life with the Gohonzon and attains Buddhahood. When one is chanting daimoku verbally and one's ichinen is only to fulfill one's own desires (to the point that one cannot concentrate in his offering of the daimoku to the Gohonzon), then one is deeply embedded in the illusion of the six lower worlds. That is totally different from "yearning to see the Buddha."
Gods: Forces in the environment that protect the people who correctly practice the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra (Nichiren Daishonin's True Buddhism). See also "Shoten Zenjin" in the footnote below.
The ten demon daughters: Also known as "Kishimonjin" in Japanese and ''hariti'' in Sanskrit. A female demon, said to have been a daughter of a yaksha demon in Rajagriha. She had five hundred children (some sources say one thousand or ten thousand). According to the Kishimo Sutra (Kishimojin Sutra) and the Binaya Zoji (Monastic Rules with Respect to Various Matters), she killed the babies of other people to feed her children, and the terrified populace begged Shakyamuni for help. The Buddha then hid Kishimojin's youngest son, Binkara. She sought him throughout the world for seven days, but to no avail. In despair she finally asked the Buddha where he was. Shakyamuni rebuked her for her evil conduct and made her vow never to kill another child. then he returned her son to her. According to the Hankai Kiki Naiho Den, Kishimojin was revered in India as a goddess who could bestow the blessings of children and easy delivery. Kishimojin worship was later introduced into Japan. In the Dharani (twenty-sixth) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, she and her ten daughters pledged before the Buddha to safeguard the votaries of the Lotus Sutra. These stories hold an important message for us in our practice of True Buddhism. If we practice correctly and earnestly, then these and all other demons (negative functions or influences which work to destroy one's correct practice and obstruct one's correct judgment, thus depriving people of happiness) will and must, by their vow to the Buddha, transform themselves into Buddhist Gods or protective forces that safeguard the believers of True Buddhism.
Shoten Zenjin: Signifies the Buddhist Gods, or protective forces, functions, influences and workings of all life throughout the entire universe which safeguard all of those who correctly and earnestly practice True Buddhism. The manifested life and substance of the Shoten Zenjin originate from the enlightened life of the True Buddha, and perform enlightened beneficial functions through their own fusion with the Mystic Law.