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2020年 08月 02日

16. Tokiyori Pardons Nichiren. (5)

            Japanese edition


Nichiren writes it down about the absolution of the Izu banishment by Tokiyori as follows later.


“Certain influential persons banded together and, conspiring with people of the town, people by tens of thousands attacked and intended to kill me in the night. But, perhaps because the ten daughters of the demon arranged it, I was able to escape from danger. Officials of both Sagami and Izu thought it was a failure that I was not murdered, for this reason, they banished me to Izu. But the lay priest Saimyoji [Tokiyori] alone, believing that there were extenuating reasons in my case, hastily pardoned me.”Refuting Ryoukan and so on’


Nichiren returns to Kamakura on February 23, 1263.

Pardoned Nichiren leaves Izu and goes the road of Sagami.

They saw the mountains of Kamakura in the distance.

Teacher Nichiren and disciple Nikko walk with their chest out.

They turn back to Kamakura that is the origin of the propagation of the Lotus Sutra and the center of state power of Japan. They wouldn't help walking with their chest out.

The Izu persecution was a big turning point for Nichiren. The letter which he send Yoshitaka Kudo of the feudal lord of Awa is left.


“It is already twenty-four or twenty-five years since I began studying Buddhism. I have begun to believe wholeheartedly in the Lotus Sutra for this six years or seven years particularly. Moreover, although I had believed in the sutra, because I was negligent and because there were interruptions by the worldly affairs, though I study, each day I read only a single scroll, a chapter, or daimoku. However, for the period of more than 240 days from the twelfth day of May of last year to the sixteenth day of January of this year, I think I have trained the Lotus Sutra twenty-four hours each day and night. This reason is, having been exiled for the Lotus Sutra, I read and trained the Lotus Sutra continuously, whether I am walking, standing, sitting, or lying down. For someone born as human, what other joy would there be?

Although the habit of the common mortals strives hard from oneself and arouses Buddhahood and prays for the coming future, the person recalls it himself and strives hard only for two hours or four hours among 24 hours. As for myself now, I can read the Lotus Sutra without remembering it, and can ascetic practice it even when I do not read.

During countless past live, I might have revolted, committed theft or broken into others' homes at night and, on account of these offenses, being convicted by the ruler and received banishment or death. Now, however, because I was so firmly resolved to propagate the Lotus Sutra that evil people have brought false charges against me, hence I was banished. Surely this will become a profound virtue in future lifetimes. There cannot be anyone else who upholds the Lotus Sutra willingly for twenty-four hours of the day and night in the latter days of the Law.” Four Gratitude


      Continued to (6)


Life of Nichiren. Vol. 1. Contents



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