Editing Ten realms (section)

== Significance ==
In some Japanese traditions the ten realms are experienced in pilgrimages to a series of temples<ref name="Usui">{{cite book|last1=Usui|first1=Sachiko|editor1-last=Ackermann|editor1-first=Peter|editor2-last=Martinez|editor2-first=Dolores|editor3-last=Rodriguez del Alisal|editor3-first=Maaria|title=Pilgrimages and Spiritual Quests in Japan|publisher=Routledge|year=2007|isbn=9781134350469|page=26|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=msGh_c7vX-4C&q=%22ten+realms%22+pilgrimage&pg=PA26|chapter=4: The Concept of Pilgrimage in Japan}}</ref> or sites along holy mountains.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Staemmler|first1=Birgit|title=Chinkon kishin : mediates spirit possession in Japanese new religions|date=2005|publisher=LIT Verlag|location=Münster|isbn=9783825868994|page=40|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hrfQY55DihUC&q=%22ten+worlds%22+holy+mountain&pg=PA40}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fowler|first1=Merv|editor1-last=Copson|editor1-first=Andrew|editor2-last=Grayling|editor2-first=A.C.|title=The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781119977179|page=145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8BotCgAAQBAJ&q=ichinen+sanzen&pg=PA145}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mette Fisker-Nielsen|first1=Anne|editor1-last=Gallagher|editor1-first=Eugene V.|title=Visioning New and Minority Religions: Projecting the Future|date=2016|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781315317892|page=114|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=piglDwAAQBAJ&q=nichiren+gohonzon+ten+worlds&pg=PA114|chapter=From Japanese Buddhist sect to global citizenship: Soka Gakkai past and future}}</ref>