I knew from the outset that if, I set aside my fears and declared things exactly as they are, I would be sentenced to death. And even if I should escape death penalty, I would surely be condemned to exile. So great is the debt of gratitude I owe the Buddha, however, that I have not let others intimidate me, but have spoken out.
Letter to the Lay Priest Ichinosawa (WND, 529)
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