Ongi Kuden (6)

Nichiren writes: 

"According to the Nirvana Sutra, the Buddha emitted a radiant light that illuminated the hells underground and revealed that not a single offender remained there. This was because they had all achieved Buddhahood through the “Life Span” chapter of the Lotus Sutra. What a pity, however, that the icchantikas, or persons of incorrigible disbelief, who had slandered the correct teaching, were found to have been detained there by the wardens of hell. They proliferated until they became the people of Japan today." 

I would interpret this to mean the  icchantikas of the Soka Gakkai and the Nichiren Shoshu priests and believers. 

"The saha world Shakyamuni Buddha revealed in the “Life Span” chapter is the eternal pure land, impervious to the three calamities and to the cycle of the four kalpas..." (True Object of Worship). 

Here again we see it was Shakyamuni who revealed not only his immeasureable lifespan but that of his land. We didn't reveal our immeasureable lifespan or our land to Shakyamuni Buddha as the ingrates of the Soka Gakkai would have us believe. I can not forcefully enough denounce them. 

The Gohonzon is the image of Shakyamuni Buddha of the Life Span Chapter of the Lotus Sutra not the image of Daisaku Ikeda, your Chapter Chief or the High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu. We inherited the teachings from Shakyamuni Buddha. He did not inherit the teachings from us: 

"The Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai Chih- che gave three reasons for Shakyamuni’s stopping the bodhisattvas, and three more for his summoning the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. Essentially, the great bodhisattvas taught by the Buddha in his transient status and the great bodhisattvas who gathered from the other worlds were not qualified to inherit the “Life Span” chapter that reveals the eternal Buddha’s inner truth. At the dawn of the Latter Day evil people who slander the correct teaching would fill the land, so Shakyamuni Buddha rejected the pledge of these bodhisattvas and instead summoned the multitude of great bodhisattvas from beneath the earth. He entrusted them with the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo, the heart of the “Life Span” chapter, for the enlightenment of all beings in the land of Jambudvipa. The bodhisattvas taught by the Buddha in his transient status were also unqualified because they had not been the disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha since the time he had first set his mind on and attained enlightenment in the remote past. The Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai states, “[The Buddha said of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth,] ‘These are my disciples, destined to propagate my Law.’ ” Miao-lo says, “The children propagate the Law of the father, and this benefits the world.”71 The Supplement to “The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra” states, “The Law embodied therein [in the Lotus Sutra] is the Law that was realized countless kalpas in the past, and therefore it was entrusted to persons who had been the Buddha’s disciples from countless kalpas in the past.” (True Object of Worship) 

"Again, in the second volume it says, “I am the only person who can rescue and protect others.” And it speaks of “desiring only to accept and embrace the sutra of the great vehicle and not accepting a single verse of the other sutras.” These passages mean that only Shakyamuni Buddha can save and protect all living beings, and that one should wish to accept and uphold only the Lotus Sutra, and never even a verse from any other sutra." (Embracing the Lotus Sutra) 

It doesn't say to embrace the Ongi Kuden Sutra. 

"Question: Nonetheless, I urge you to answer. Unless you do, you will be guilty of the fault of greed and stinginess. 

Answer: Then since I have no choice, I will try to give you a brief explanation. The “Teacher of the Law” chapter states, “[Since hatred and jealousy toward this sutra abound even when the Thus Come One is in the world], how much more will this be so after his passing?” The “Life Span” chapter states, “I will leave this good medicine here.” The “Distinctions in Benefits” chapter speaks of “the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law.” The “Medicine King” chapter says, “In the last five-hundred-year period you must spread it [the Lotus Sutra] abroad widely throughout Jambudvipa.” A passage in the Nirvana Sutra reads, “Suppose that a couple has seven children, one of whom falls ill. Though the parents love all their children equally, they worry most about the sick child.”

With the clear mirror of these passages one can guess the Buddha’s intent. They show that the Buddha did not appear for the sake of those present during the eight years when he revealed the Lotus Sutra at Eagle Peak, but for those who would come after him in the Former, Middle, and Latter Days of the Law. His advent was specifically for people like us, those living in the beginning of the Latter Day, not for those who lived in the two thousand years of the Former and Middle Days. “The sick child” mentioned in the Nirvana Sutra represents those who slander the Lotus Sutra after the Buddha’s passing. The Buddha will now “leave this good medicine here” especially for those who, the sutra says, though the medicine is of excellent color and fragrance, do not perceive it as good." (True Object of Worship) 

The Buddha Shakyamuni 's intent, not our intent. "I', Shakyamuni Buddha leave this good medicine here, not "I", myboddhi, or 'I' Daisaku Ikeda, nor even "I", Nichiren. 

Nichiren writes: 

Next, the teaching of the “Life Span” chapter is what I, Nichiren, personally depend on. Although T’ien-t’ai and Dengyo also understood it in a general way, they never put it into words or proclaimed it. The same is true of Nagarjuna and Vasubandhu. The verse section of the chapter states, “. . . singlemindedly desiring to see the Buddha, not hesitating even if it costs them their lives.” As a result of this passage, I have revealed the Buddhahood in my own life. The reason is that it is this sutra passage that has enabled me to embody the Three Great Secret Laws, or the reality of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, that is found in the “Life Span” chapter. But keep this secret, keep it secret." (Letter to Gijo-bo) 

"As a result of this passage" preached by Shakyamuni Buddha, Nichiren obtained Buddhahood. Nothing that Nichiren preached, let alone Daisaku Ikeda, enabled Shakyamuni to attain Buddhahood. How could it,  Shakyamuni and not Nichiren Shonin or Daisaku ikeda is the Original Eternal Buddha. 

"During his first forty and more years of teaching, Shakyamuni Buddha kept secret the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo. Not only that, he still remained silent concerning them when he preached the first fourteen chapters of the Lotus Sutra, which comprise the theoretical teaching. It was only with the “Life Span” chapter that he spoke openly regarding the two characters of renge, which [represent the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo and] indicate the true effect and the true cause.3 The Buddha did not entrust these five characters to Manjushri, Universal Worthy, Maitreya, Medicine King, or the others of their group. Instead he summoned forth the bodhisattvas Superior Practices, Boundless Practices, Pure Practices, and Firmly Established Practices and their followers from the great earth of Tranquil Light and transferred the five characters to them." (Rebuking Slander of the Law) 

Rebuking the SGI and Nichiren Shoshu slander of the Law is the practice of the Kempon Hokke as distasteful as it may be. We do this for the sake of the people and the future generations so that they may not veer from the path of the Master of Teachings and Nichiren Daishonin. 

"Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, treasured this Gohonzon in his heart for numberless major world system dust particle kalpas, and even after he appeared in this world, he did not expound it until more than forty years after his first preaching. Even in the Lotus Sutra he did not allude to it in the earlier chapters of the theoretical teaching. He began things in the “Treasure Tower” chapter, he revealed it in the “Life Span” chapter, and he brought things to a close in the “Supernatural Powers” and “Entrustment” chapters." (Reply to Niiama) 

Neither David Kasahara nor Guy MClowsky revealed the Gohonzon. Shakyamuni Buddha not only expounded Namu Myoho renge kyo but revealed the Gohonzon. 

"In your declaration regarding sutra readings, you state: “From the morning when my compassionate father closed his eyes to the thirteenth anniversary of his passing, I have recited the verse section of the ‘Life Span’ chapter before Shakyamuni Thus Come One and have transferred the merits to the departed.”(Letter to Horen)