Nichiren Daishonin deviated sharply from the teachings of his immediate predecessor Dengyo the Great. Dengyo taught the primacy of Buddha-nature [Buddha Wisdom] and the doctrine of Original Enlightenment [Hongaku Shiso] while Nichiren taught the primacy of the seed of Buddhahood or Namu Myoho renge kyo. Without the seed of Buddhahood, the field of Buddha-nature lies forever fallow. This is the meaning of the Ceremony in the Air and the rationale for the oneness of Shakyamuni Buddha and we common mortals who both plant the seed of Namu Myoho renge kyo "into the wasteland of the people’s lives in the evil world
*from Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood
"primacy of the seed of Buddhahood or Namu Myoho renge kyo"
ReplyDeleteWat?
pri·ma·cyˈprīməsē/Submit noun
ReplyDelete1.the fact of being primary, preeminent, or more important. "the primacy of air power in the modern war"synonyms:greater importance, priority, precedence, preeminence, superiority, supremacy, ascendancy, dominance, dominion, leadership "the primacy of industry over agriculture"
Probably the best medicine any one every prescribed me ;)
ReplyDeleteGood job, Rogow. And the rest of the quoted section of your statement? I understand if copy and paste proves inadequate in this case and you are unable to respond with pertinent information.
ReplyDeleteNam myoho renge kyo
It's self evident
ReplyDeleteNo copypasta response in the archive. Understood.
ReplyDelete"Again, although we may have a certain amount of faith, we may encounter evil influences and find our faith weakening. Then we will deliberately abandon our faith, or, even though we maintain our faith for a day, we will set it aside for a month. In such cases, we are like vessels that let the water leak out.
DeleteOr we may be the kind of practitioners of the Lotus Sutra whose mouths are reciting Namu-myoho-renge-kyo one moment, but Namu Amida Butsu the next. This is like mixing filth with one’s rice, or putting sand or pebbles in it. This is what the Lotus Sutra is warning against when it says: "Desiring only to accept and embrace the sutra of the great vehicle and not accepting a single verse of the other sutras..."
Letter to Akimoto
I shouldn't dignify your insipid question with an answer but maybe it will help you to wake up:
ReplyDelete"The learned authorities in the world today suppose that there is no harm in mixing extraneous practices with the practice of the Lotus Sutra, and I, Nichiren, was once of that opinion myself. But the passage from the sutra [that I have just quoted] does not permit such a view. Suppose that a woman who had been the consort of a great king and had become pregnant with his seed should then turn round and marry a man of common stature. In such a case, the seed of the king and the seed of the commoner would become mixed together, and as a result, the aid and assistance of heaven and the protection of the patron deities2 would be withdrawn, and the kingdom would face ruin. The child born from two such fathers would be neither a king nor a commoner, but someone who belongs not to the human realm.
This is one of the most important points in the Lotus Sutra. The doctrine of the sowing of the seed and its maturing and harvesting is the very heart and core of the Lotus Sutra. All the Buddhas of the three existences and the ten directions have invariably attained Buddhahood through the seeds represented by the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo. The words Namu Amida Butsu are not the seeds of Buddhahood, nor can the mantras or the five precepts act as such seeds. One must be perfectly clear about this point, because this is the fault referred to as being mixed."
continuation
Delete"If a vessel is free of these four faults of overturning, leaking, being contaminated and being mixed, then it can be called a perfect vessel. If the embankments around a moat do not leak, then the water will never escape from the moat. And if the mind of faith is perfect, then the water of wisdom, the great impartial wisdom, will never dry up.
Now these vessels that you have sent me are sturdy and thick, and in addition they are coated with pure lacquer. They symbolize the firmness and sturdiness of the power of your faith in the Lotus Sutra." Letter to Akimoto