Comments on: Over 70% of Japanese households have newspaper subscription http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/12/04/over-70-of-japanese-households-have-newspaper-subscription/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: lucien trong http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/12/04/over-70-of-japanese-households-have-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-251417 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:36:44 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/12/04/over-70-of-japanese-households-have-newspaper-subscription/#comment-251417 Nichiren considered himself as disciple of Shakyamuni.
He fight against Jodo School venering Amida instead of
Shakyamuni. We would never admid to place himself as
Original Buddha, above the one he considered his Master ?

Dint you thik so ? What do you have to say about that ? Thanks

]]> By: lucien trong http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/12/04/over-70-of-japanese-households-have-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-251416 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 11:32:56 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/12/04/over-70-of-japanese-households-have-newspaper-subscription/#comment-251416 国際創価学会へのレター Letter submitted to SGI
Ｓｈａｋｙａｍｕｎｉは日蓮の弟子でしょうか。
創価学会は一般普通の人たちの団体である。
Ｓｈａｋｙａｍｕｎｉが創立した大乗仏教を広げるために団体が設立した。
十三世紀に日本人の僧日蓮が法華経を基本に学校を設立した。
この教えによると我々皆の中に仏教の心を持ちまた皆は同等である。
皆が善意を出す権利がある。

日蓮は宗教または哲学を評価のために３つの方法で使用する：
資料の証明（日蓮では文書またはＧｏｓｈｏ）。
論理の証明（理由に基にする）
現実の証明（人を信じさせるもの）
上記の方法の中　我々は資料の証明または教義上の証明で議論したい。

宗教（２８）第ＸＩ章にご本尊が具体的に書かれた
（の対象“法華経タイトルの中心に、Ｓｈａｋｙａｍｕｎｉや
Ｐｒａｂｈｕｔａｒａｔｎａ（Ｔａｈｏ）、偉大な４名　Ｂｏｄｈｉｓａｔｔｖａｓ、
Ｖｉｃｉｓｔａｃａｒｉｔｒａ（Ｊｏｇｙｏ）とその他３名“
（１９５３年Ｇ．Ｒｅｎｏｎｄｅａｕ　ＰＵＦ　日蓮の教義）
法華経について　第ＸＩ章（Ｂ．Ｗａｔｓｏｎ訳）

IS SHAKYAMUNI DISCIPLE OF NICHIREN ? Lucien.trong@laposte.net

Soka Gakkai is an Association of ordinary secular people. It is created to spread out Buddhism whose founder is Shakyamuni. Relying on Lotus Sûtra, Nichiren, a japanese monk on XIIIth century, created the Lotus School . This Sûtra says that we all have Buddhahood inside, and that every body is equal. So we have the right to contribute by submitting positive ideas.

Nichiren devised a method for evaluating any religion or philosophy : Documentary Proof ( for Nichiren, his Writtings or Gosho ). Theorical Proof ( relying on reason ) Actual Proof ( any
thing to make people believe ). We wish to argue about Documentary Proof, on DOCTRINAL basis, the two others posing no special problem.
Nichiren has materialized the XIth chapter of the Lotus Sûtra ( there are 28 ) on the Gohonzon or Object of cult «  In the center the title of the Sûtra, Shakyamuni and Prabhûtaratna (Taho), the 4 great Bodhisattvas, Vicistacaritra ( Jôgyô) and the three others..(The doctrine of Nichiren, G. Renondeau PUF, 1953). Accordingly to the Lotus Sûtra, XIth chapter (translator B. Watson)

Nichiren considered himself as the Bodhisattva Jôgyô and always as the disciple of Shakyamuni.
After his death on 1282, within two centuries, it is accepted as so by all branches of Lotus School
From Nichiu (1409-1484) Nichiren suddendly became the Original Buddha and Shakyamuni just a « Transitory » Buddha! This affirmation is nowhere in the Gosho, but in the Comments by his successors. Is this a Documentary Proof ?
The 3 SGI Presidents,the 3 other Bodhisattvas? mainly the last one, succeeded,with lots of effort to introduce this Buddhism in 192 countries now. Excommunication on 1991 by Nichiren Shoshu where the mouvement issued, could be considered as a luck permitting to revise this comment. 
Rehabilitate Shakyamuni to his place will help legitimate SGI on his way of Peace to the World.
This might be in conformity with L.S Chapter II (Means) and The selection of the time (Gosho) ?

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