Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, October 10, 2012:

 

And yet you say that, without inquiring into what is right and what is wrong, you will follow your parents' orders; without attempting to determine what is correct and what is erroneous, you will obey the words of the sovereign. To a fool, such conduct may appear to be loyal and filial, but in the opinion of a wise person, there can be no greater disloyalty, no greater departure from filial piety.

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
Recipient unknown; written in 1265

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, September 25, 2012:

Ever since I began to study the Law handed down from Shakyamuni Buddha and undertook the practice of the Buddhist teachings, I have believed it is most important to understand one's obligations to others, and made it my first duty to repay such debts of kindness. In this world, we owe four debts of gratitude. One who understands this is worthy to be called human, while one who does not is no more than an animal.

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
Recipient unknown; written in 1265

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man

Daily Wisdom
From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Wednesday, June 6, 2012:

The Great Teacher Dengyo says: "Neither teachers nor disciples need undergo countless kalpas of austere practice in order to attain Buddhahood. Through the power of the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law they can do so in their present form." This means that both the teacher who expounds the principles of the Lotus Sutra and the disciple who receives his teachings will, in no long time, together become Buddhas through the power of the Lotus Sutra.

Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
Recipient unknown; written in 1265

Buddha the 'skilled physician' that cure illness of delusion of mankind

The Buddha has already been called a skilled physician, and the Law has been likened to good medicine and all living beings to people suffering from illness. The Buddha took the teachings that he had preached in the course of his lifetime, ground and sifted them, blended them together, and compounded an excellent medicine, the pill of the Mystic Law. Regardless of whether one understands it or not, so long as one takes the pill, can one fail to be cured of the illness of delusion?

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man
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