"The Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai states in volume eight of The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra: “Though you do not hold in your hand a scroll of the sutra, yet you are constantly reading the sutra; though your mouth utters no words, you are chanting all the many sacred texts; though no Buddha is preaching the Law, at all times you can hear his pure sounds; though you do not ponder in your mind, everywhere you illumine the entire realm of phenomena.”
The meaning of this passage is that, although you may not hold in your hand the eight scrolls that make up the Lotus Sutra, if you are a person who has faith in the sutra, then all twenty-four hours of the day you are one who “upholds the sutra.” Though your mouth may not utter the sounds of one who is reciting the sutra, if you have faith in the Lotus Sutra, then every day, every hour, every instant you are one who reads all the sutras."
One toso after another, one million SGI truncated daimoku after another million SGI truncated daimoku, one planning and statistics meeting after another planning and statistics meeting, one World Tribune collection after another World Tribune collection, one contribution campaign after another contribution campaign,and one new convert to Ikedaism after another, all these practices do not create one ten millionth the benefit of one moment of faith in the Lotus Sutra and Shakyamuni Buddha. So teaches Nichiren.
ReplyDeleteregarding this article: it sounds fair to me.
ReplyDeletewhen one reads the g williams page on FB, one can see the product or result of truncated daimoku. frightening.