Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Sensei's Guidance - March 15th
We must take the enemies of the Buddha to task. We absolutely cannot remain silent when we see people distorting and corrupting the Daishonin's teaching. To speak out resolutely and clarify what is correct and what is erroneous is the Soka Gakkai spirit. If we simply try to be amiable and avoid making waves, then we will play right into the hands of people with malicious intent.
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Who are the people of malicious intent. Please tell me.
Is it not true that all are inherently Buddhas???
Who are "the enemies of the Buddha"?
Isn't it true that all are inherently Buddhas???
Please reply.
Hi Ranjit:
Sensei mentions clearly in his guidance that people who distort and corrupt Daishonin's teachings are enemies of the Buddha are the ones with a malicious heart.
The key here for us is not as much to pinpoint people, but to have resolute faith in the correct teaching and uphold that faith without fear, even when we are faced with opposition from others.
Of course there is a dichotomy here, where we on the one hand call someone our enemy and at the same time we say everyone is a Buddha.
To understand this better, you can take guidance from the Devdatta chapter of the Lotus Sutra, who opposed the Buddha for whole of his life, but was still bestowed with a prophecy of enlightenment in a future life.
enemies of the buddha, and malicious intent...people who wants to create disharmony in soka gakkai...like the nikken sect
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