Book Learning is not necesssary for Enlightenment. The illiterate Atsuhara martyrs are testament to what I say. However, book learning is absolutely necessary for priests and those who engage in polemics with studied men of the other sects. Unfortunately, the priests of the Nichiren Shu, with few exceptions have wasted their lives book learning while failing to engae the other sects in the forceful practices of the Lotus Sutra. It is a shame really but then, they would have to engage the priests and bishops of their own sect.
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