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2020年 05月 17日

Letter to Doryu of Kenchoji Temple. 建長寺道隆への御状

Letter to the Kencho-ji Doryu

Original Text. 

If I think about it first, there are many Buddhist buildings and the doctrine of Buddhism is spread to every house in Japan. Buddhism flourishes in a fashion surpassing anything known in India or China, and the ceremonies of the priests resemble arakans who possess the mysterious six powers. However, they do not understand whether it is high or low, and not understand either whether it is shallow or deep, among the various sutras preached in the Buddha's lifetime. They are hardly different from the birds or beasts. People throw away the Tathagata Shakyamuni of three virtues and instead believe in Buddha or Bodhisattva of other lands. Are they not like the people of Anti-Teaching in ancient India? Faiths in the Nembutsu fall to the hell of incessant suffering, the Zen school is the work of the devil, Shingon is a wicked doctrine that will ruin the nation, and the precepts sect is a traitor of the nation.

Therefore, around the first year of the Bunno era [1260], I wrote the Rissho Ankoku-ron, I handed it to the Yadoya Nyudo for presentation to the Lord Saimyoji [Tokiyori] who had passed away. As a conclusion, I advised that because people were put faith in wicked teachings such as the Nembutsu, Shingon, Zen, and religious precepts sect, calamities and disasters frequently occurred in this world today, moreover, I predicted that this country would be attacked from a foreign nation. Then, on the eighteenth day of January of this year, the missive arrived from the Mongol nation. It has come true, like I predicted without the slightest discrepancy.

Is it because the prayers being offered up from the various temples and mountain monasteries have lost power, or is it because they are the evil Law? Both the rulers and the multitude of people in Kamakura pay reverence to the saint Doryu as though you are Buddha, and they look up to the saint Ryoukan as though he is an arhat. In addition, the old priests of Jufukuji, Tahoji, Jokomyoji, Chorakuji, and the Hall of the Great Buddha are “arrogant and suppose that they have attained what they have not attained” and they are great bad persons of arrogance. How can they pray to overpower the vast military might of Mongolia? On the contrary, both rulers and people of this country of Japan will all be taken prisoner. In this world, they will see their nation overthrown, and in the next life, they will surely fall into the hell of constant suffering.

If you do not adopt Nichiren's warnings, you will repent later. I have written letters of this content and have respectfully sent them to the Lord Kamakura of the regent, to the Yadoya Nyudo and to Heino Saemonnojo and others. I would hope that these persons all gather in one place to discuss. I, Nichiren, do not venture to express mere private and prejudiced opinion; I am only basing upon the texts of the sutras and papers. It is difficult to write about this matter in detail. Therefore, I expect a confrontation head to head with you in a debate! Writings do not fully express a word, and a word does not fully stand for the mind.

    Sincerely yours,

    Nichiren

The eleventh day of October in the fifth year of Bun'ei [1268].

Respectfully sent to the attendant of the saint Doryu of Kenchoji Temple.


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by johsei1129 | 2020-05-17 21:17 | WRITING OF NICHIREN | Trackback | Comments(0)


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