Answer: In this latter age there are true good friends to be found. They are none other than the Lotus and Nirvana sutras.
Question: It is very common for a person to act as a good friend. But is there any proof that the Law can be such a friend?
Answer: It is common enough for a person to act as such a friend. But in this latter age, no true friend is to be found, and thus there is ample proof that the Law can act as such a friend.
Great Concentration and Insight says: “At times following a friend, and at times following the sutra scrolls, one hears the one true teaching of enlightenment that has been described above.”
The meaning of this passage is that one should take the sutra scrolls as one’s good friend.
The Lotus Sutra states: “If when the Lotus Sutra is propagated throughout Jambudvīpa there are those who accept and uphold it, they should think to themselves: This is all due to the authority and supernatural power of Universal Worthy!”
This passage means that when ordinary people in this latter age put faith in the Lotus Sutra, they are relying upon the power of their good friend Universal Worthy.
The sutra also says: “If there are those who accept, uphold, read, and recite this Lotus Sutra, memorize it correctly, practice and transcribe it, you should know that such persons have seen Shakyamuni Buddha. It is as though they heard this sutra from the Buddha’s mouth. You should know that such persons have offered alms to Shakyamuni Buddha.”
Reading this passage, we can see that the Lotus Sutra is none other than Shakyamuni Buddha himself. For persons who do not have faith in the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha has passed into extinction. But for those who put faith in the sutra, although Shakyamuni Buddha may seem to have passed into extinction, he is still present in the world.
It gets better Mark,
ReplyDeleteRichard I had to email you this. It's from the Shoho Jisso sho gosho. I was reading in bed and its struck me that much I needed to share.
Gassho my friend.
"The two Buddha's, Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, are functions of the substance, that is the five characters Myoho Renge Kyo. In other words, the Lotus Sutra is the Original Buddha."
this in fact leaves very little doubt as who to follow, don't you think ?
All i can say , is that I feel truly blessed being the follower of The Lotus Sutra.
With Gassho,
NAMU MYOHO RENGE KYO !
Richard
Hi Mark, I think you commented somewhere that all your comments were removed from the Fraught with peril blog. I have just been reading them at
ReplyDeletehttp://fraughtwithperil.com/cratkins/2011/09/21/excommunicated-for-the-third-time/
My blog [The Lotus Sutra Revealing the Original Buddha Blog] and the comments therein. Some days there were thirty or more comments, even up to more than 150 comments. Some of my comments on the other people's blogs were allowed, many were removed or not posted.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a record of the comments and do you also not post and remove comments on your blog from time to time. I have seen some very critical ones towards you that you have not removed, that most Blog owners would not tolerate. It shows strength to continue under barrages of attack and don't write people off if they don't agree or make false accusations but rather talk about it or not comment
ReplyDeleteOccassionally but never en masse,
ReplyDeleteDanny boy must be happy now that P Ikeda accepts Shakyamuni as the true Buddha and has declared that the Dai Gohonzon is fake
ReplyDeletehttps://nagabuddha.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/an-open-letter.pdf