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THE PICTORIAL LIFE OF SAINT NICHIREN
Scene 11 The Rissho Ankoku Ron
On July 16th,1260, St. Nichiren went to the residence of Mitsunori Yadoya, a high ranking officer of the military government, and submitted his Rissho ankoku ron (Treatise on Establishment of Righteousness and Security of the Nation). He asked that it be forwarded to retired Shogunal Regent Tokiyori Hojo, defacto ruler of the country.
Scene 12 Tokiyori Hojo
In the Rissho ankoku ron, St. Nichiren petitioned Tokiyori Hojo stating:
The root cause of the many calamities of recent years is the neglect of the correct teachings of the Lotus Sutra and the thriving of false religions. In such a situation as this, the sutras predict that there will be disasters, civil war and invasion from foreign countries. We must soon turn to faith in the correct One Vehicle teachings of the Lotus Sutra.
St. Nichiren derived this conclusion from reading the entire Buddhist canon five times.
Tokiyori had relinquished his position in 1256 and became a priest. He had been a good ruler, diligent and frugal.
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"empty in meaning -- practice w/o joy, life w/o the great vehicle dharma {daijo myohorengekyo}" |
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