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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Third of the Three Powerful Enemies from Chapter 13 of the Lotus Sutra [Exhortation to Hold Firm] with commentary

"Wearing patched rags in seclusion,
pretending that they walk the true path
and scorning [other] people; 
Greedily attached to GAIN,
They will preach the Law to laymen 
and be revered by the world 
as arhats of the six transcendent powers;
These men, cherishing evil minds, 
ever thinking of earthly things, 
assuming the name of aranyas,
will love to calumniate us,
saying such things of us as, 
'all these bhikshus for love of gain 
preach heretical doctrine;'" 

"Wearing patched rags in seclusion," 
[wearing Petrocelli suits, inaccessible to the rank and file members and surrounded by special STK bodyguards), 

"pretending that they walk the true path"  
["Only the SGI -- dedicated to the  achievement of kosen-rufu on a global scale -- has inherited the true lifeblood  of faith from Nichiren Daishonin" -- Daisaku Ikeda]., 

"and scorning [other] people;" 
["Traitors and slanderers" --Daisaku Ikeda

"Greedily attached to GAIN," 
["Beauty, Goodness, and Gain" or money, awards and honors]. 

"They will preach the Law to laymen 
and be revered by the world 
as arhats of the six transcendent powers;"
["I have not yet revealed even one one hundredth of my powers" -- Daisaku Ikeda], 

"These men, cherishing evil minds, 
ever thinking of earthly things, 
assuming the name of aranyas," 
[money, power, and fame, Sensei, SGI president for life,], 

"will love to callumniate us," 
[making up stories about believers being taitan, suffering loss and punishment, worshiping foxes, worshiping the Easter Bunny ie: Shakyamuni Buddha], 

"saying such things of us as,
 all these bhikshus for love of gain 
preach heretical doctrine;" 
["... They were people who exploited the organization for their own ends while avoiding any real hard work themselves. They never truly exerted themselves strenuously in propagation, in activities for kosen-rufu, in giving individual guidance, or in promoting publications. Instead they used the SGI merely to satisfy their own egos. In the end, they became deadlocked and brought about their own ruin. Because they failed to make earnest efforts, they did not grow, nor did they experience the true joy of faith." -- Daisaku Ikeda

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