"Everyone, regardless of rank or status, considers it natural for children to obey their father, for subjects to be loyal to their sovereign, and for disciples to follow their teacher. Recently, however, it appears that the people of our day, drunk with the wine of greed, anger, and foolishness, make it a rule to betray their sovereign, despise their parents, and scoff at their teachers. You should read again and again the previous letter in which I explained that one should of course obey one’s teacher, sovereign, and parents, but should they commit wrongs, admonishing them is in fact being loyal to them."
From Gosho "The Three Obstacles and Four Devils" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 636)
From Gosho "The Three Obstacles and Four Devils" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 636)
