"Question: The meaning of the scripture is clear. Are there words of predictions by T'ien-t'ai, Miao-lo, Dengyo, and others?
Answer: Your question is upside down! When someone quotes a treatise one might raise a question about the scripture. But if there is clear understanding in the scripture, you need not ask for a treatise. Now, if the sentence in the treatise contradicts the scripture, would one throw away the scripture and follow the treatise? What do you think?" -- Essay on the Selection of the Proper Time
If the Human Revolution or President Toda contradicts the Lotus Sutra should we throw out the Lotus Sutra or the commentary by Toda and the Human Revolution?
Good question
Re: Good question
The answer seems obvious to me.
Re: Good question
A few years ago, I literally threw out those commentaries along with The Human Revolution. I'm still making my handwritten copy of the Lotus Sutra.illarraza wrote:If the Human Revolution or President Toda contradicts the Lotus Sutra should we throw out the Lotus Sutra or the commentary by Toda and the Human Revolution?
