Nichiren Buddhist Kannon Temple of Nevada

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       一切衆生　悉有仏性

Issai Shujou Shitsu U Busshou

All the people have Buddha-nature

 

= Everyone has their own beautiful flower =

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   This is a passage from the Nirvana Sutra, which is said to be the sutra for gleaning the Lotus Sutra, and is therefore considered to be part of the teachings of the Lotus Sutra. This teaching states that all living things have Buddha-nature, that is, each of them has an irreplaceable life (individuality, character).

   Each of us has been given an irreplaceable life by the heavens (Buddha and deities) and has been born into this world with a certain mission and role (personality, character, traits, strengths). And each of us is an incomparable, irreplaceable being.

   “Everyone has their own beautiful flower.” This is an important teaching of the Lotus Sutra.

   As the song says, “We are all special and one of a kind,” and there is no point in comparing us because we have no order.

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“Nizen Nijo Bosatsu Fu-sabutsu Ji”

   Nichiren states that if the two vehicles (Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas) cannot attain Buddhahood, then in the sutras prior to the Lotus Sutra, bodhisattvas cannot attain Buddhahood either, thus the true teaching on attaining Buddhahood of all beings in the ten realms is the Lotus Sutra.

 

First year of Shogen (1259)

Age: 38 (or possibly 35)

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