Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Gosho passage - May 14, 2014

"If now we consult the Lotus Sutra, we find that it opens up and explains these five agents as the five aspects of Buddha nature and the seeds of the five wisdom Thus Come Ones that are to be found in the lives of all living beings. They are thus equivalent to the five characters Myoho-renge-kyo. [...] ordinary people who follow the teachings of perfect and immediate enlightenment understand this even when only beginners in religious practice, and therefore they are able to attain Buddhahood in their present form, to enjoy the entity that is diamond-hard and indestructible."

From Gosho "The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume II, pages 849-850)