Nichiren however, teaches:
"...To mix other practices with this Namu-myoho-renge-kyo is a grave error. A lantern is useless when the sun rises. How can dewdrops be beneficial when the rain falls? Should one feed a newborn baby anything other than its mother’s milk? No addition of other medicines is needed with a good medicine. Somehow this woman remained true to this principle, and continued to uphold her faith until the last moment of her life. How admirable, how worthy!" -- The Teaching for the Latter Day
doing yoga is not the same as practicing it as a religion--- same with the other examples you threw in. to learn about these practices , and benefit from that knowledge is demonstrating myoho permeating all phenomena.
ReplyDeleteyour dogma is not in concert with the meaning nichren intended, perhaps because you pride yourself on knowing next to nothing about these practices and could not convert anyone who did engage in them as a primary philosophy. there was a good reason nichiren studied broadly-- he could relate to and understand "the people" you sound like an ignorant zealot... sorry to say old chap.
apparently, sgi cannot read or hear. pathetic.
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ee gads. maybe its you, gregorio? you seem a bit edgy and a tad antisocial! lack of faith in daimoku is your main problem tho. really, dude. you are off the rails.
DeleteThis post is confusing for two reasons:
ReplyDelete1) Mark conflates religious practice with finding value in a myriad of teachings. In the Kaimoku- sho, Nichiren begins by saying :
“ A man should respect these three: his ruler, his teacher, and his parents. Everyone should study these three disciplines: Confucianism, non- Buddhist-teachings and Buddhism,”
2) Nichiren always showed respect for Dozen-bo, though not achieving his goal of converting his teacher. Pointing out his teacher’s errors , Nichiren did not defame, ridicule or condemn his teacher.
I contend that it is important to consider cultural differences between medieval Japan and 21st Century America in terms of “ other practices and teachings” with regard to Nichiren’s admonition as well as translation issues regarding his use of the words “ other practices”. It is clear that Nichiren engaged in and encouraged study of a broad range of secular and Buddhist knowledge/ history. A zealot is one who tries to force others to share their opinions. I must point out the above post leads with Mark’s opinion; his take on a Gosho quote. I would argue that Mark’s opinion is lacking recognition of the two points I made above.
~ Katie
Addendum : We the people of the USA , have decided to continue to have a president, elected by and charged with serving the will of the majority of the people. We are still opposed to having a “ ruler”, which is apparently still tRump’s goal to become ! In our country, a president who subverts and ignores the will of the people is fair game for unbridled condemnation.
Daisaku Ikeda, on the other hand, became a leader in propagating the daimoku across the world. He is subject to scrutiny for sure, but to mock and demean or condemn him, is antithetical to correct Buddhist behavior as taught and lived by Nichiren.
apparently, gregorio, you are lacking in the skills to communicate with those you believe are misguided.
ReplyDeletesad. try praying with appreciation for all living beings, as taught by nichiren.
wait! myoho renge kyo IS the lotus sutra-- the whole lotus sutra, what the hell? this is pure inanity-- . wanna talk to some engaged, productive, striving and succeeding practitioners of myoho renge kyo? sgi is overflowing with good citizens, good neighbors and educated folks who care about the ills in our society and WORK to make a difference.
ReplyDeleteall mark does is preach-- and tweet and pretend he is being persecuted for it and therefore is just like nichiren, be independent and engage in society, or practice with others in sgi- follow mark and you'll end up as twisted and irrelevant as he is!