We would have to accept the Three Marks of Existence as required by them, namely, impermanence (anicca), unsatisfactoriness or suffering (dukkha), and non-self (anattā). We refuse to accept a partial truth. The Three Marks of existence merely refer to the state of Temporary Existence, and non-substantiality, two of the Three Truths. The other truth is the Truth of the Middle Way. The Middle Way is characterized by eternity, purity, joy, and true self.
It says in the lotus sutra, not to slander and disparage other buddhists. SGI is not buddhism. You are a shallow, mean spirited, hateful, little-man.
ReplyDeleteThey said the same thing to Nichiren. Obviously you know nothing about the Lotus Sutra. Not only do provisional Buddhists fail to believe in the Lotus Sutra, they slander it. The Lotus Sutra teaches:
ReplyDelete“If a person fails to have faith but instead slanders this sutra, immediately he will destroy all the seeds for becoming a Buddha in this world.... When his life comes to an end he will enter the Avīchi hell" - Lotus Sutra Chapter 3
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Chapter Twenty of the Lotus Sutra teaches:
"Now I, joyful and fearless,
in the midst of the bodhisattvas,
honestly discarding expedient means,
will preach only the unsurpassed way." - Chapter 2
and
“The four kinds of believers who at that time constantly disparaged this bodhisattva [Never Disparaging] . . . They are in this assembly now, Bhadrapāla and his group, five hundred bodhisattvas; Lion Moon and her group, five hundred nuns; and Thinking of Buddha and his group, five hundred laymen.”
“Constellation King Flower, among all the rivers, streams, and other bodies of water, for example, the ocean is foremost. And this Lotus Sutra is likewise, being the profoundest and greatest of the sutras preached by the thus come ones. Again, just as among the Dirt Mountains, Black Mountains, Small Iron Encircling Mountains, Great Iron Encircling Mountains, Ten Treasure Mountains, and all the other mountains, Mount Sumeru is foremost, so this Lotus Sutra is likewise. Among all the sutras, it holds the highest place. And just as among all the stars and their like, the moon, a god’s son, is foremost, so this Lotus Sutra is likewise. For among all the thousands, ten thousands, millions of types of sutra teachings, it shines the brightest. And just as the sun, a god’s son, can banish all darkness, so too this sutra is capable of destroying the darkness of all that is not good.
“As among the petty kings the wheel-turning sage king is foremost, so this sutra is the most honored among all the many sutras. As the lord Shakra is king among the thirty-three heavenly beings, so this sutra likewise is king among all the sutras. And as the great heavenly king Brahma is the father of all living beings, so this sutra likewise is father of all sages, worthies, those still learning, those who have completed their learning, and those who set their minds on becoming bodhisattvas. And as among all ordinary mortals, the stream-winners, once-returners, non-returners, arhats, and pratyekabuddhas are foremost, so this sutra likewise is foremost among all the sutra teachings preached by all the thus come ones, preached by all the bodhisattvas, or preached by all the voice-hearers. One who can accept and uphold this sutra is likewise foremost among all living beings. Bodhisattvas are foremost among all voice-hearers and pratyekabuddhas, and in the same way this sutra is foremost among all the sutra teachings. As the Buddha is king of the doctrines, so likewise this sutra is king of the sutras." - LS Chapter 23
Regarding your slander of me, a votary of the Lotus Sutra, it is predicted in Chapter 13, Encouraging Devotion.
Your retribution Eric, will not be slight.