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In the "Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings," Nichiren Daishonin says with reference to attaining Buddhahood, "'To attain' means 'to open'" (Gosho
If you seek enlightenment outside yourself, then your performing even ten thousand practices and ten thousand good deeds will be in vain. It is like the case
Nikken and the priests who associate with him have told their members that the high priest is a synonym for the Dai Gohonzon. So, if the priests believe that,
"djgropp" wrote: That you "do not recall one bit of it" is revealing in the extreme. Even me, someone with ADD who's not supposed to be able to recall a large