This is why the second volume of the Lotus Sutra states: “But now this threefold world is all my domain, and the living beings in it are all my children. Now this place is beset by many pains and trials. I am the only person who can rescue and protect others, but though I teach and instruct them, they do not believe or accept my teachings.
"For the cause of the Lotus Sutra, I, Nichiren, have likewise been driven from my dwelling and attacked on many occasions, suffering wounds on my body. My disciples have been killed. I have twice been condemned to exile in distant regions. And, once, I was almost beheaded. All this I bore for the sake of the Lotus Sutra.
The Buddha preaches in the Lotus Sutra that more than 2,200 years after his death, in the 5th 500-year period [i.e., at the beginning of the Latter Day of the Law] when the Lotus Sutra is about to spread throughout the world, the Devil of the Sixth Heaven will take possession of people, abusing, striking, banishing or killing those who happen to take faith in this sutra, in an attempt to prevent them from propagating the sutra's teachings. He goes on to say that those who stand in the vanguard at that time win benefit as great as though they had given offerings to the Buddhas of the three existences and the 10 directions. And the Buddha also promises that he will transfer to such persons the benefits resulting from his own trials and the ascetic practices he underwent as a bodhisattva." (Gosho Zenshu, p. 1415)
"The saha world Shakyamuni revealed in the Juryo chapter is the eternal pure land, impervious to the three calamities and the four cycles of change. In this world the Buddha is eternal, transcending birth and death, and his disciples are also eternal. That is why the three thousand worlds or the three realms of existence are within our own lives. The Buddha did not reveal this truth in the first fourteen chapters of the Lotus Sutra because the time was not right and he found his disciples not yet able to grasp the truth." -- The True Object of Worship
"The saha world Shakyamuni revealed in the Juryo chapter is the eternal pure land, impervious to the three calamities and the four cycles of change. In this world the Buddha is eternal, transcending birth and death, and his disciples are also eternal. That is why the three thousand worlds or the three realms of existence are within our own lives. The Buddha did not reveal this truth in the first fourteen chapters of the Lotus Sutra because the time was not right and he found his disciples not yet able to grasp the truth." -- The True Object of Worship
"Shakyamuni lives today; this is the age of the Buddha" -- Nichiren Daishonin (On the Buddha's Behavior)
Nichiren Daishonin worshiped the Eternal Buddha Shakyamuni of the 16th Chapter of the Lotus Sutra, as the teacher, source, substance and entity of Namu Myoho renge kyo and the Gohonzon or as Nichiren states, "The Buddha who is the entity of Myoho-renge-kyo of the “Life Span” chapter of the essential teaching."
Therefore, what follows from a Buddhist logic perspective is: If you wish to have the same Enlightenment as Nichiren Daishonin you must worship the same object as he. Nichiren Shoshu's/SGI's object of worship is not the same as Nichiren's (Shakyamuni Buddha of the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra) and therefore, your Enlightenment is not the same his. The SGI is even more deluded because they worship Daisaku Ikeda as the source.
You cannot possibly know the hearts and minds of millions of SGI members !
ReplyDeleteThat you continue to spread this garbage just reflects your weaknesses and thoughtlessness.
I see the roots of division and hostility that causes harm to everyone right here .
As I stated elsewhere, one taste of one drop of ocean and one knows the taste of ocean everywhere. The taste of SGI mentor/disciple, interfaith, meetings where Ikeda is mentioned many dozens of times, Nichiren once or twice, Shakyamuni Buddha and the Lotus Sutra not once, is a rancid taste everywhere.
ReplyDeleteyour taste buds are a reflection of your own karma
ReplyDeletethat’s buddhism 101
practicing in the latter day doesn’t make you a judge
if carried our sincerely it transforms one’s arrogance to humility
still waiting to see actual proof of your correct practice 🤔
another arbitrary option from any mouse, or is that a new sgi quote from ikedaism. or is it trumps? for sure, not nichiren. make a fool out of yourself , we are used to it.
Deletegregorio.
oh i thought you knew emotions and our perceptions are influenced by our karma- you need a quote for a basic buddhist concept?
Deletedefinitely could use some more daimoku toward self improvement , "g":)
any mouse