The Sutra of True Requital

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Monday, October 15, 2012:

 

Do not these interpretations make clear that, among all the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime, the Lotus Sutra is first, and that, among the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, that of women attaining Buddhahood, is first? For this reason, though the women of Japan may be condemned in all sutras other than the Lotus Sutra as incapable of attaining Buddhahood, as long as the Lotus Sutra guarantees their enlightenment, what reason have they to be downcast?

The Sutra of True Requital
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278

The Sutra of True Requital

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Sunday, August 26, 2012:

It is easy to sustain our concern for someone who is before our very eyes, but quite a different thing when that person is far away, even though in our heart we may not forget him. Nevertheless, in the five years. . . that have already passed since I came to live here in the mountains, you have sent your husband from the province of Sado to visit me three times. How great is your sincerity! It is firmer than the great earth, deeper than the great sea!

The Sutra of True Requital
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278

The Sutra of True Requital

Daily Wisdom

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, July 28, 2012:


Since I have realized that only the Lotus Sutra teaches the attainment of Buddhahood by women, and that only the Lotus is the sutra of true requital for repaying the kindness of our mother, in order to repay my debt to my mother, I have vowed to enable all women to chant the daimoku of this sutra.

The Sutra of True Requital
Written to the lay nun Sennichi on July 28, 1278