"You Jonin Toki brought your mother`s ashes to Minobu and placed them at the altar where the Buddha Shakyamuni, our original teacher, is enshrined. Prostrating yourself in front of the altar, holding your hands together in gassho, you paid homage to the Buddha. You have overcome your sorrow at your mother`s death and firmly believed your mother was saved by the teachings of the Lotus Sutra. Thus, you were released from your sorrow. All of your body — your head, hands, legs, and mouth — are all inherited from your parents. This kinship between your parents and you is like the relationship between seed and fruit. Therefore, as your mother is saved, you are also saved by the teachings of the Lotus Sutra." --Nichiren’s Words –Bo Jikyo Ji
SGI teaches contrary to Nichiren because a statue of Shakyamuni Buddha before the Gohonzon would take away from the stature of their grimy mentor.
ReplyDeleteand it would cause you to concentrate on the buddha, not the picture of the heretic that they place on their butsudans or on the wall so they can look at it when they chant their worthless magic spell.
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