The unfathomable field of the Buddha's cognition is revealed in Shakyamuni's behavior as a human being. We must not discard the Body of' the Manifest Buddha Shakyamuni. To discard the historical Buddha is to discard the Lotus Sutra which teaches the unity of the Three Buddha Bodies. It is to reduce the Lotus Sutra to the teaching of the One Buddha Body. It is to debase the Lotus Sutra by lowering it to worship of Amida Buddha [Reward Body] or Dainichi Buddha [Dharma Body]. SGI and Nichiren Shoshu debase the Lotus Sutra by denying the Three Bodied Tathagata, Lord Shakyamuni Buddha.
Worse than just denying the Three Bodied Tathagata , SGI/Shoshu mocks and demeans the manifest body as “ fictional “- thus granting themselves license to dissociate Shakyamuni in name and replace the teaching with “ daimoku as Buddha” that is prior to and superior to Shakyamuni and the entire text of the Lotus Sutra.
ReplyDeleteAnd this is how the two largest organizations claiming elite status with minor differences between them ; claiming they are “ true buddhas “ superior to the “ provisional Shakyamuni .
SGI:NST stole Nichiren’s practice of chanting the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra; stoke Nichiren’s honzon -/ and pethaps to assuage their guilt , they elevated Nichiren to the rank of Original Buddha. In light of such egregious corruption of Nichiren’s teachings by such a large number of expansively diffuse folks , is it any wonder we are experiencing the ruination of humanistic principles and the misery that accompanies this on a global scale ?
~ Katie
No wonder. Actual proof.
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