Nichiren and Shinran ( 126 )
Chapter 8 Nichiren I am budda
Section 2 The statement about the state Syugokokkaron and Rissyouankokuron
Who practice the work to save the tow vehicles and proved [ ten worlds make the reciplocal relation ], was Shaka . Shaka was not only the man who was born about BC 500 year ,trained and reached the state without every agony , but also the Budda who from the eternal old times had taught the people .He was not only the excellent person in the history but also the heavenly being ,Budda itself who included all the world .In another words Shaka is not the someone who has become in the course of history not the being who is from the beginning transcendent over the history . But thinking a little we notice that [ ten world make reciprocal relation ] and [ eternal Budda] have the same meanings because all people can become Budda .From the born , from the before born we the people are Budda and are determined to be Budda . The eternal Budda is but only the ideal type . We also have the disposition to be Budda . The difference of early or late , there is only this difference .
Saving tow vehicles, ten world reciprocal relation and eternal Budda pursuit with ensemble to [ all can be saved ]. The writing which clealy told was hokkekyou . The person who made appear this conclusion and theorize and systematize the training method to reach the state of feeling , was Tendai Chigi . Therefor Nitiren ‘s thought to here the explanation of Chigi’s theory . I will repeat , the saving of tow vehicles and the eternal Budda and the ten worlds reciprocation is written ,therefor hokkekyou is right only right writing . This is the fundamental standing of Nichiren .Nichiren proclaimed hokkekyou absolutism .
In the 19th article in hokekyou Shaka said , Shaka told many thoughts , the hokkekyou is the most difficult writing therefor only very few persons understand and believe it . The very much of difficulty to understand and to believe ,is the important key to understand hokekyou . The truth is covered in the depth ,in the structure of time and space .Nichiren searched for this subject as long as he lives .
Nichirn showed the various ground to prove of the rightness of hokekkyou .But they were all ground from the writings .At least I am unsatisfied with the proof by the documents . Nichiren did nothing than propaganda of hokkekyou and blameing other school, specially zyoudo thought of Hounen , before he was exiled to Sado .
3 The attitude of Nichiren to criticize and attack other school was related with his understanding the state . He required for the king to protect the rightness of his believe namely the hokke believes . Here the name king means the leader of bakuhu (shikken ) , not the emperor . If other schools rises and are popular ,the king must suppress or correct them . The interference by the king to believes called Nichiren ruling and punishment . If the king don’t perform this duty and leave the bad religion spread , good gods who have protected the state , discard the state . As the result many disaster occuer in this state . The king must be punished . Therefor the hokkekyou protectors should tell the king to aware of the possibility of this occurrence ( the statement for the state ) .
When the right believes don’t rise , many disaster should occur . The state itself would be punished . Nichiren pulled out various disasters from the various writings . The big seven disasters were famous , namely the disaster to be ill , the disaster to be invaded by other state , the disaster of abnormal changing of the constellation , the disaster of solar and lunar eclipse , the disaster of windstorm and the disaster of too much rain , the disaster for the political revolt to occur in side of the government . The five disasters had occurred until Rissyouankokuron ( the writing to prove the correctness of hokkekyou ) . The rest tow , the disaster to be invaded by the foreign state and the disaster for the revolt to occur inside the government , occurred near before and after Sado exile .
Nichiren told that the use of weapons can be permitted if necessary to protect and propaganda hokkekyou . And he said that the weapons should be used by the situations . At last he emphasized , if lost the state and the house , people where do they go . The state is necessary for the people’slife . Nichiren decided that the state is important , important both in the society and in the religion . This statement was told on the step of Shugokokkaron and Rissyouankokuron , clearly .
Translation from the original Japanese edition 「日蓮と親鸞」
2021-12-29 126
Chapter 8 Nichiren I am budda
Section 2 The statement about the state Syugokokkaron and Rissyouankokuron
Who practice the work to save the tow vehicles and proved [ ten worlds make the reciplocal relation ], was Shaka . Shaka was not only the man who was born about BC 500 year ,trained and reached the state without every agony , but also the Budda who from the eternal old times had taught the people .He was not only the excellent person in the history but also the heavenly being ,Budda itself who included all the world .In another words Shaka is not the someone who has become in the course of history not the being who is from the beginning transcendent over the history . But thinking a little we notice that [ ten world make reciprocal relation ] and [ eternal Budda] have the same meanings because all people can become Budda .From the born , from the before born we the people are Budda and are determined to be Budda . The eternal Budda is but only the ideal type . We also have the disposition to be Budda . The difference of early or late , there is only this difference .
Saving tow vehicles, ten world reciprocal relation and eternal Budda pursuit with ensemble to [ all can be saved ]. The writing which clealy told was hokkekyou . The person who made appear this conclusion and theorize and systematize the training method to reach the state of feeling , was Tendai Chigi . Therefor Nitiren ‘s thought to here the explanation of Chigi’s theory . I will repeat , the saving of tow vehicles and the eternal Budda and the ten worlds reciprocation is written ,therefor hokkekyou is right only right writing . This is the fundamental standing of Nichiren .Nichiren proclaimed hokkekyou absolutism .
In the 19th article in hokekyou Shaka said , Shaka told many thoughts , the hokkekyou is the most difficult writing therefor only very few persons understand and believe it . The very much of difficulty to understand and to believe ,is the important key to understand hokekyou . The truth is covered in the depth ,in the structure of time and space .Nichiren searched for this subject as long as he lives .
Nichirn showed the various ground to prove of the rightness of hokekkyou .But they were all ground from the writings .At least I am unsatisfied with the proof by the documents . Nichiren did nothing than propaganda of hokkekyou and blameing other school, specially zyoudo thought of Hounen , before he was exiled to Sado .
3 The attitude of Nichiren to criticize and attack other school was related with his understanding the state . He required for the king to protect the rightness of his believe namely the hokke believes . Here the name king means the leader of bakuhu (shikken ) , not the emperor . If other schools rises and are popular ,the king must suppress or correct them . The interference by the king to believes called Nichiren ruling and punishment . If the king don’t perform this duty and leave the bad religion spread , good gods who have protected the state , discard the state . As the result many disaster occuer in this state . The king must be punished . Therefor the hokkekyou protectors should tell the king to aware of the possibility of this occurrence ( the statement for the state ) .
When the right believes don’t rise , many disaster should occur . The state itself would be punished . Nichiren pulled out various disasters from the various writings . The big seven disasters were famous , namely the disaster to be ill , the disaster to be invaded by other state , the disaster of abnormal changing of the constellation , the disaster of solar and lunar eclipse , the disaster of windstorm and the disaster of too much rain , the disaster for the political revolt to occur in side of the government . The five disasters had occurred until Rissyouankokuron ( the writing to prove the correctness of hokkekyou ) . The rest tow , the disaster to be invaded by the foreign state and the disaster for the revolt to occur inside the government , occurred near before and after Sado exile .
Nichiren told that the use of weapons can be permitted if necessary to protect and propaganda hokkekyou . And he said that the weapons should be used by the situations . At last he emphasized , if lost the state and the house , people where do they go . The state is necessary for the people’slife . Nichiren decided that the state is important , important both in the society and in the religion . This statement was told on the step of Shugokokkaron and Rissyouankokuron , clearly .
Translation from the original Japanese edition 「日蓮と親鸞」
2021-12-29 126