Object of devotion of the T’ien-t’ai school:
The Thus Come One Shakyamuni as the Buddha who actually carried out practice and achieved enlightenment in the inconceivably remote past... Vairochana of the Flower Garland school, Mahāvairochana of the True Word school, and other Buddhas are all followers of this Buddha.
Three bodies first attained by Shakyamuni in India
Manifested body has a beginning, has an end; Reward body has a beginning, has no end; Dharma body has no beginning, has no end [Buddhas such as Mahāvairochana of the True Word school]
Three bodies attained in the remote past
Manifested body, Reward body, and Dharma Body has no beginning, has no end
Nichiren is perfectly clear, clean, and bright. SGI and Shoshu are cloudy, dirty, and dim. There is no doubt about it. Open your eyes.
"Now [I wish to note this]. When the Mahāvairochana Sutra and the other Mahayana sutras speak of a Buddha “without beginning and without end,” they are speaking of the fact that the Dharma body of the Buddha is without beginning and without end. They do not mean that all three bodies of a Buddha are without beginning and without end." -- Nichiren
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