Thursday, January 26, 2012

Daily Wisdom - Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, April 3, 2012:

If one doubts the strength of the Buddha when he says, "I am the only person who can rescue and protect others"; if one is suspicious of the rope held out by the Lotus Sutra when its teachings declare that one can "gain entrance though faith alone"; if one fails to chant the Mystic Law which guarantees that "such a person assuredly and without doubt [will attain the Buddha way]," then the Buddha's power cannot reach one, and it will be impossible to scale the embankment of enlightenment.

Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra
Recipient unknown; written in March 1263

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