Reply to the Lay Priest Takahashi

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From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, July 10, 2012:

Just as the Buddha's words in the sutra predict, the ruler grew hostile and the common people began to attack me. And because they treated me with enmity, heaven grew enraged, the sun and moon displayed great changes in their behavior, and huge comets appeared. The earth shook as though it would turn over, internecine strife broke out, and they were attacked by a foreign country. All happened just as the Buddha had predicted, and there is no doubt that I, Nichiren, am the votary of the Lotus Sutra.

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Written to the lay priest Takahashi on July 12, 1275

Daily Wisdom - Reply to the Lay Priest Takahashi

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, February 7, 2011:

I am much distressed to hear that your illness has become so serious. Swords exist to cut down enemies, however, and medicine exists to cure sickness. King Ajatashatru murdered his father and made himself an enemy of the Buddha. But after foul sores broke out on his body, he converted to the Buddha's teachings and embraced the Lotus Sutra, whereupon his sores healed and he prolonged his life by forty years.

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Written to the Lay Priest Takashashi