The original manuscript of the gosho "On The True Cause"
does not exist. Nichiko Shonin (Taisekiji HP) compiled it
based on a copy made by the 6th HP, Nichiji Shonin
(Taisekiji), and other copies made and preserved at temples
of other Nichiren Sects. (Fuji Shugaku Yoshu, Vol. 1, p.33).
Despite the fact that Nichiko Shonin had to refer to copies
of this Gosho held by other Nichiren sects, he seems to
claim exclusive possession of them.
does not exist. Nichiko Shonin (Taisekiji HP) compiled it
based on a copy made by the 6th HP, Nichiji Shonin
(Taisekiji), and other copies made and preserved at temples
of other Nichiren Sects. (Fuji Shugaku Yoshu, Vol. 1, p.33).
Despite the fact that Nichiko Shonin had to refer to copies
of this Gosho held by other Nichiren sects, he seems to
claim exclusive possession of them.
The reason I bring up the above data is to bring up some
points of altered Gosho. In the NST News Special Issue from
September 7, 1993 on page 147 (lines 4-9) read:
"In short, Nichikan Shonin taught that the Buddhism of the
Heritage of the Law means chanting Daimoku with faith in the
Three Treasures....<omitted>.....and the successive High
Priests (Treasure of the Priest). According to Nichikan
himself, this is the direct path to attaining enlightenment."
However, in the Shodaihen, of the Toryu Gyoji Sho (chapter
3), Nichikan Shonin states:
"The Treasure of the Priest from time without beginning is
the founding High Priest." (Rokkan Sho)
The NST News deliberately altered Nichikan Shonin's
definition of the Treasure of the Priest, seeking to make
all High Priests of Taisekiji into objects of unquestioned
reverence.
Again from NST News Special Issue of Sept. 7, 1993 we read a
passage from "On the True Cause" as documentary proof of the
sole inheritance of the lifeblood by the High Priests of
Taisekiji. The passage reads:
"[The documents of] this heritage..and..the essential
matters of the Gohonzon are documents of the transmission of
the Law from Nichiren to the successive master (sic) of the
seat of the Law. They concern the Transmission bestowed...
at the Treasure Tower, the transmission of the Heritage of the
Law exclusively from one to the next." (Fuji Shugaku Yoshu, Vol.
1, P.8)
Now, this passage is not the words of Nichiren or Nikko
Shonin, it was added on later by an unknown person or
priest. The 59th High Priest Nichiko spent his life doing
exhaustive research on the Gosho and its veracity, and said
that the aforementioned passage in "On the True Cause" was
added to this Gosho at a later date.
The intention of NST in using this passage lies in its
desire to insist that important Gosho, such as "On the True
Cause" and other "secret" transmissions relating to the
Gohonzon, such as Seven Documents of Inheritance about the
Gohonzon have been transmitted only through successive High
Priests of Taisekiji.
Since all of Nichiren's Gosho and "secret teachings" have
been published, no "secret teachings" exist that are known
exclusively to the High Priest of Taisekiji, or Daisaku
Ikeda for that matter.
The passage in "On the True Cause" was deemed to have
been added at a later date, and therefore does not constitute
documentary proof of Taisekiji's view that only the High
Priests of Taisekiji inherit the law of life inherent in the
Gohonzon.
Since this view cannot be attributed to either Nichiren or
Nikko Shonin, Taisekiji and the Hokkekyo should admit their
error without delay, shouldn't they?
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