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Furthermore, that reason is shown as follows in "On the Buddha's Prophecy" written down in Sado island.


 “The seventh (23rd chapter of Drug King) of the Lotus Sutra says; After I have passed away, in the last five-hundred-year period you spread it abroad widely throughout the whole world and must never allow it to be cut off. (Omission)"

 "Question: In comparing the proper day and image day of the Law with the Latter-Day of the Law, the first is far superior in terms of both times and the people's capacity. Why do you disregard these times and favor only the Latter-Day of the Law?

 Answer: The Buddha's intent is difficult to fathom. Although I am unable to understand it, we may understand by thinking the Hinayana sutras as a point of reference. During the thousand years of the proper times, Hinayana was fully possessed with the three elements of the teachings, practice, and proof. During the next one thousand years of the image times, its teachings and practice were still maintained, but proof no longer existed. In the Latter-Day of the Law, teachings alone remain, but neither practice, nor proof exists.


 As for the Buddhism of Shakyamuni Buddha, the teachings exist in the Latter-Days of the Law, but "practice" to become Buddha does not match with the times, therefore, Nichiren declares that the all creatures become a Buddha is impossible. Shakyamuni Buddha preaches the ascetic practices method in the Lotus Sutra. He said that people should hear teachings, tell a person it and believe it and make believe it, and write it and let a person write it and hold a service for a scroll of sutras with incense and flowers. In addition, he shows "an offering, observance of the commandments, fortitude, diligence, meditation, the wisdom" of "six paramita" as a method of ascetic practices in the Mahayana sutras.

 Besides, Shakyamuni Buddha answers the disciples asking how they should train themselves after he passed away, in the "Sutra of Buddha's teachings of Samantabhadra-Bodhisattva training abstinently" (Fugen sutra) of the sutra of the end of the Lotus Sutra. It is as follows when summarizes it.


Imagine and think the Fugen-Bodhisattva.

Read Mahayana sutra aloud.

Consider the teachings of Mahayana deeply.

Worship various Buddhas.

Repent the karma that you made in the past life.

And repeat these practices.


It goes without saying that these ascetic practice methods is not ascetic practices suitable economically nor temporally if is not the noble family and a person of the rich priest. In fact, the words of good men and good woman often come out to the Lotus Sutra. The meaning of the Sanskrit of this good man and woman hints good man and woman who were born in noble. In other words, this means people born in the families of the noble family or rich as a virtue that acquired a good deed in the past life.

This is the thought that shares an act of virtue by doing various kinds of service to the priests that social position following people go about asking for alms. The alms to the priest monks, is performed incredibly eager in the countries such as Thailand or Myanmar where Hinayana sutras are spread southeastern Asian Buddhism countries now. However, they do not read the sutra aloud oneself nor do a conception of teachings nor do missionary work to others even if they respect a Buddhist priest. It is believed that a big benefit is got as for producing a Buddhist priest from a family, but they are hardly able to become a monk because the Buddhist priest follows religious precepts only and can not work.

In contrast, Nichiren preached it that the practices of the Latter-Days of the Law were that all people read the Lotus Sutra aloud and chant Nam-myoho-renge-Kyo and talk with a person, namely propagation, regardless of the monks and the laity.

He preaches it as follows in "The True Entity of All Phenomena" written down in Sado Island and persuades disciples and believers.

“Whatever will happen, strive in faiths and keep a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra, and be a follower of Nichiren throughout your life. If you are of the same mind with Nichiren, you might be a Bodhisattva emerges from the ground. And if you are a Bodhisattva who emerges from the ground, there is not even the slightest doubt that you have been a disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha from the remote past.

The scripture states, ‘Ever since the long distant past, I have been teaching this large number of people'. There should be no discrimination among those who propagate the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter-Days of the Law regardless of men or women. Because the other than the Bodhisattvas who emerge from the ground, they cannot chant the daimoku.
 Although I, Nichiren alone, at first chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, two, three, then a hundred people gradually began to chant and propagate it. Propagation will unfold this way in the future as well. Does this not signify “emerging from the ground” indeed? Moreover, at the time of Kosen-Rufu [spread far and wide], the entire Japanese nation will chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as surely as an arrow aimed at the earth cannot miss the target."
(Omission)
 "In this letter, I have written my most important teachings. Understand these meanings firmly, and know what these are.
Please believe the Gohonzon in the first place in the whole world. Assume a discreet attitude, assume a cautious attitude, strengthen your faiths, and receive the protection of three Buddhas. Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. If practice and study are neglected, then the Buddha's Law will not to exist there. Practice ascetics for yourself and please teach the others too. Both practice and study originated from faith. If have an ability, please talked, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Sincerely yours, Nichiren."

 



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