Sunday, March 4, 2012

The Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Persecution

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Thursday, June 21, 2012:

I, Nichiren, have personally suffered each of the nine great ordeals. . . . These are hardships that T'ien-t'ai and Dengyo never met. Truly you should know that, adding Nichiren to the other three, there is now a fourth votary of the Lotus Sutra who has appeared in the Latter Day of the Law. How glad I am to fulfill the words of the prophecy from the sutra: "How much more will this be so after his passing?

The Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Persecution
Written to all priest disciples and lay followers on January 14, 1274

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