In the Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren Daishonin teaches:
"To practice as it teaches, and in accordance with the time and the people’s capacity, will incite truly agonizing ordeals." He goes on to say, "The eighth volume of The Annotations on “Great Concentration and Insight” states, “So long as a person does not try to depart from the sufferings of birth and death and aspire to the Buddha vehicle, the devil will watch over him like a parent.” This passage means that, even though a person may cultivate roots of goodness, so long as he practices Nembutsu, True Word, Zen, Precepts, or any teaching other than the Lotus Sutra, he will have the devil king for a parent. The devil king will possess and cause other persons to respect him and give him alms, and people will be deluded into believing that he is a truly enlightened priest. If he is honored by the sovereign, for instance, the people are sure to offer him alms. On the other hand, a priest who incurs the enmity of the ruler and others [because of the Lotus Sutra] is surely practicing the correct teaching."
Comment:
You will never hear these teachings discussed at SGI meetings. Were SGI to teach this to their members, they might realize that Daisaku Ikeda is being watched over by the Devil King.
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