Gosho 兄弟抄 Letter to Brothers

さればこの法華経は一切の諸仏の眼目(がんもく)、教主釈尊の本師なり、

The Lotus Sutra is the eye of all the Buddhas. It is the original teacher of Shakyamuni Buddha himself, the lord of teachings.

一字一点もす(捨)つる人あれば千万の父母を殺せる罪にもす(過)ぎ、十方の仏の身より血を出す罪にもこ(越)へて候けるゆへに三五の塵点(じんてん)をば経(へ)候(そうらい)けるなり。

If one discards one word or even one brush stroke of the sutra, the offense is graver than that of one who kills one’s parents ten million times over, or even of one who sheds the blood of all the Buddhas in the ten directions. This is why those who forsook the Lotus Sutra had to suffer for a period of major world system dust particle kalpas or numberless major world system dust particle kalpas.

つづくContinued

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