"If there are bhikshus, bhikshunis, upasikas, upasikas, who put forth coarse, evil words and blaspheme the True Dharma, and creating this grave karma, never repent and have no penitence in their minds.... in that True Dharma they never have the mind to guard, spare, erect or establish but disparage, attack, slight and belittle and have many errors and faults in their words.... these also one names, 'heading towards the way of the icchantikas.' Only excluding classes of icchantikas such as these, if one donates to the remaining ones, it is to be praised" (Great Parinirvana Sutra 10: T.12.425a-b).
"If they are blasphemers, one ought not to abide together with them and likewise not approach and be intimate with them; if one approaches and is intimate and abides together with them, at once one heads toward the Avici Hell" (Jurinkyo (Sutra of Ten Wheels), "Chapter of the Multitude of Good Appearances" (T.13.704b, cited at Nambu Rokuro dono gosho, STN, v. 1, 487; Chu Hokekyo, v. jo, 2-79).
Nichiren encouraged chanting the daimoku, however, he wrote an astounding volume of writings regarding what the Buddhas behavior looks like in the latter day, and why. Almost a mystic amount. Namu Myoho Renge KYO are not magic words, they are a complete conclusion of all Buddhism. Buddhism is strict because cause and effect is strict. In my understanding, the whole point is to correct wrong thinking. Our world reflects the exact opposite . Thank you Nichiren Shonin.
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