Chas.
2023-11-29 08:50:04 UTC
Denise Gold Makes The 'Serious Mistake' Of Nichiren Shoshu +
Nichiren Shoshu is not Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra. They hate the Lotus Sutra and have discarded it as a provisional teaching, even though Nichiren Daishonin said otherwise:
From "Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion," WND I, p. 978
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/134#para-10
... YOU ALSO MENTIONED IN YOUR LETTER THAT THE PEOPLE CONNECTED
... WITH ŌTA JŌMYŌ ARE APPARENTLY SAYING THAT THE THEORETICAL
... TEACHING OF THE LOTUS SUTRA CAN IN NO WAY LEAD TO
... ENLIGHTENMENT. THEY ARE MAKING A SERIOUS MISTAKE. Remember
... this about the theoretical and essential teachings of the
... Lotus Sutra: Which is shallow and which profound, which
... superior and which inferior, which lenient and which severe,
... and which subordinate and which primary must be judged in
... accordance with the time and the people's capacity. There are
... three periods in which the sacred teachings of the Buddha's
... lifetime should be propagated; the people's capacity should
... be thought of in the same way.
...
... In the first five hundred years of the Former Day of the Law
... following the Buddha's passing, only Hinayana teachings
... spread, while in the next five hundred years, provisional
... Mahayana teachings spread. The thousand years of the Middle
... Day of the Law saw the rise of the theoretical teaching. In
... the beginning of the Latter Day of the Law, only the
... essential teaching spreads, but even so, the theoretical
... teaching should not be discarded. Nowhere in the entire Lotus
... Sutra do we find a passage suggesting that we should discard
... the first fourteen chapters, which comprise the theoretical
... teaching. When we distinguish between the theoretical and the
... essential teachings on the basis of the threefold
... classification of the entire body of the Buddha's teachings,
... the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings were to be spread in the Former
... Day, and the theoretical teaching, in the Middle Day, but the
... Latter Day is the time to propagate the essential teaching.
... IN THE PRESENT PERIOD THE ESSENTIAL TEACHING IS PRIMARY,
... WHILE THE THEORETICAL TEACHING IS SUBORDINATE. BUT THOSE WHO
... THEREFORE DISCARD THE LATTER, SAYING IT IS NOT THE WAY TO
... ENLIGHTENMENT, AND BELIEVE ONLY IN THE FORMER, HAVE NOT YET
... UNDERSTOOD THE DOCTRINE OF NICHIREN'S TRUE INTENTION. THEIRS
... IS A COMPLETELY DISTORTED VIEW.
...
... This doctrine concerning the theoretical and essential
... teachings is not my own [but was expounded by the Buddha].
... THOSE WHO WOULD DISTORT IT CAN ONLY BE POSSESSED BY THE
... HEAVENLY DEVIL, OR PĀPĪYAS, AND WILL TOPPLE OTHERS ALONG WITH
... THEMSELVES INTO THE GREAT CITADEL OF THE HELL OF INCESSANT
... SUFFERING. HOW FOOLISH THEY ARE! Teach this doctrine to
... others clearly as I have taught you these many years. Those
... who call themselves my disciples and practice the Lotus Sutra
... should all practice as I do. If they do, Shakyamuni, Many
... Treasures, Shakyamuni's emanations throughout the ten
... directions, and the ten demon daughters will protect them.
... Yet, for all that, [some people associated with Ōta Jōmyō
... distort the teaching]. I cannot fathom what could be in their
... minds.
-Chas.
___________________________________________________________
Quoting from "The Entity of the Mystic Law", Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 418 ...
The Complete and Final Teaching on Perfect Enlightenment Sutra declares, "The beginningless illusions and ignorance that beset all living beings are all produced by the perfectly enlightened mind of the Thus Come Ones."
I am not going to qualify your post with any answer, but
you should realize your not practicing in Nichiren Daishonin's
Buddhism with Nichiren Shoshu.
[snip your delusional crap.]you should realize your not practicing in Nichiren Daishonin's
Buddhism with Nichiren Shoshu.
Nichiren Shoshu is not Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra. They hate the Lotus Sutra and have discarded it as a provisional teaching, even though Nichiren Daishonin said otherwise:
From "Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion," WND I, p. 978
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/134#para-10
... YOU ALSO MENTIONED IN YOUR LETTER THAT THE PEOPLE CONNECTED
... WITH ŌTA JŌMYŌ ARE APPARENTLY SAYING THAT THE THEORETICAL
... TEACHING OF THE LOTUS SUTRA CAN IN NO WAY LEAD TO
... ENLIGHTENMENT. THEY ARE MAKING A SERIOUS MISTAKE. Remember
... this about the theoretical and essential teachings of the
... Lotus Sutra: Which is shallow and which profound, which
... superior and which inferior, which lenient and which severe,
... and which subordinate and which primary must be judged in
... accordance with the time and the people's capacity. There are
... three periods in which the sacred teachings of the Buddha's
... lifetime should be propagated; the people's capacity should
... be thought of in the same way.
...
... In the first five hundred years of the Former Day of the Law
... following the Buddha's passing, only Hinayana teachings
... spread, while in the next five hundred years, provisional
... Mahayana teachings spread. The thousand years of the Middle
... Day of the Law saw the rise of the theoretical teaching. In
... the beginning of the Latter Day of the Law, only the
... essential teaching spreads, but even so, the theoretical
... teaching should not be discarded. Nowhere in the entire Lotus
... Sutra do we find a passage suggesting that we should discard
... the first fourteen chapters, which comprise the theoretical
... teaching. When we distinguish between the theoretical and the
... essential teachings on the basis of the threefold
... classification of the entire body of the Buddha's teachings,
... the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings were to be spread in the Former
... Day, and the theoretical teaching, in the Middle Day, but the
... Latter Day is the time to propagate the essential teaching.
... IN THE PRESENT PERIOD THE ESSENTIAL TEACHING IS PRIMARY,
... WHILE THE THEORETICAL TEACHING IS SUBORDINATE. BUT THOSE WHO
... THEREFORE DISCARD THE LATTER, SAYING IT IS NOT THE WAY TO
... ENLIGHTENMENT, AND BELIEVE ONLY IN THE FORMER, HAVE NOT YET
... UNDERSTOOD THE DOCTRINE OF NICHIREN'S TRUE INTENTION. THEIRS
... IS A COMPLETELY DISTORTED VIEW.
...
... This doctrine concerning the theoretical and essential
... teachings is not my own [but was expounded by the Buddha].
... THOSE WHO WOULD DISTORT IT CAN ONLY BE POSSESSED BY THE
... HEAVENLY DEVIL, OR PĀPĪYAS, AND WILL TOPPLE OTHERS ALONG WITH
... THEMSELVES INTO THE GREAT CITADEL OF THE HELL OF INCESSANT
... SUFFERING. HOW FOOLISH THEY ARE! Teach this doctrine to
... others clearly as I have taught you these many years. Those
... who call themselves my disciples and practice the Lotus Sutra
... should all practice as I do. If they do, Shakyamuni, Many
... Treasures, Shakyamuni's emanations throughout the ten
... directions, and the ten demon daughters will protect them.
... Yet, for all that, [some people associated with Ōta Jōmyō
... distort the teaching]. I cannot fathom what could be in their
... minds.
-Chas.
___________________________________________________________
Quoting from "The Entity of the Mystic Law", Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 418 ...
The Complete and Final Teaching on Perfect Enlightenment Sutra declares, "The beginningless illusions and ignorance that beset all living beings are all produced by the perfectly enlightened mind of the Thus Come Ones."