Post by CodyJust curious, do you have a clue as to what the Daishonin's Hosshaku Kempon
means?
Sure, it literally means "throwing off the transient and revealing the
true".
"The Opening of the Eyes" reads, 'On the twelfth day of the
ninth month of last year [1271], between the hours of the Rat and the Ox
(11:00 P.M. to 3:00 A.M.), this person named Nichiren was beheaded. It is
his soul that has come to this island of Sado and, in the second month of
the following year, snowbound, is writing this to send to his close
followers' (MW-2, 177).
And he stated, "It is his soul that has come to this island of Sado." This
is a metaphor right? His body did not actually die there. He very well may
have attained actual enlightenment on that beach, but no one reading this
passage could possibly come to the conclusion of that the Daishonin is
claiming to be the the Original Buddha. If it was true that Nichiren
Daishonin revealed his true identity as the Buddha to replace the Original
Buddha Shakyamuni, and thereby trumping all of his previous writings about
the Buddha, I would think that he would have been a bit more explicit. Hell,
Shakyamuni was very specific and taught at length when revealing His true
nature as the Eternal Buddha.
Furthermore, let's look at what Nichiren Daishonin said about what happened
to him during that "beheading":
The Supremacy of the Law,
"When I was about to be beheaded, the Lord Buddha Shakyamuni took my
place."(MW. vol. 3, pg 199).
Why would the Original Buddha need the intervention of one of his
emanations?
Post by CodyHave you read the Kaimoku Sho or can you only copy and paste other
people's posts?
Cody
Here are some quotes from the Kaimoku Sho. Make sure you read them
carefully.
"Thus it was revealed that Shakyamuni had long been the
Buddha since the eternal past, and it became clear that
various Buddhas in other worlds were all manifestations of
Shakyamuni Buddha..[ ] now, however, as Shakyamuni was
proved to be the Eternal Buddha, those Buddhas in the Flower
Garland Sutra, or Buddhas in the Hodo, Hannya, or Great Sun
Buddha sutras all became subordinates of Shakyamuni Buddha."
(Kaimoku Sho)
"Since Shakyamuni Buddha is eternal and all other Buddhas
in the universe are His manifestations." (Kaimoku
Sho).
"But now since it has been revealed that Shakyamuni is the
Eternal Buddha."(Kaimoku Sho)
"Shakyamuni Buddha, within our minds, is an ancient
Buddha without beginning, manifesting Himself in three
bodies and attained Buddhahood n the eternal
past." (ibid.)
"The Bodhisattvas (who sprang from underneath the
ground), as described in the 15th chapter, are followers of
the Original Buddha Shakaymuni who resides within our
minds."(ibid.)
"Shakyamuni Buddha, the Lord-preacher of this pure land, has
never died in the past, nor will he be born in the future.
He exists forever, throughout the past, present and future."
"Many wooden statues and portraits were made of Shakyamuni
Buddha as He preached Hinayana and quasi-Mahayana sutras,
but statues and portraits of the Eternal Shakyamuni Buddha
revealed in the Juryo Chapter of the Lotus Sutra were never
made. Now, in the beginning of Mappo, is it not the time
that such statues and portraits are made?" (Kaimoku
Sho)
"Since the Buddha of the Juryo chapter is revealed as the
eternal Buddha, it follows that the great Bodhisattvas such
as Monju and Miroku, and the great bodhisattvas from other
realms are in fact disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha. If, among
all the numerous sutras, this Juryo chapter should be
lacking, it would be as though there were no sun and moon in
the sky, no supreme ruler in the nation, no gems in the
mountains and rivers, and no spirit in man. (MW, V2, pg.
150)
"Since Sakyamuni Buddha is eternal and all other Buddhas in
the universe are His manifestations, then those great
bodhisattvas converted by manifested Buddhas are also
disciples of Lord Sakyamuni Buddha. If the "Life Span of
the Buddha" chapter had not been expounded, it would be like
the sky without the sun and moon, a country without a king,
mountains and rivers without gems, or a man without a soul.
(Kaimoku Sho)"