i have a question?DGA wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2017 5:33 pmPlease help me understand. Are you saying that plants, animals, and some objects are Enlightened?illarraza wrote: ↑Sat Dec 16, 2017 2:34 pm A .Twenty Important Principles
B. Above post: Nichiren validates the Lotus Sutra and the Lotus Sutra validates Nichien (one is able to realize the very text)
C. Seeds without peer (1000 out of 1000 people who hear Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo even once will attain Buddha-hood
D: Such wonderful doctrines as Bodhi for Sravakas; Pratyekka Buddhas; and Icchantikas; the infinite lifespan of the Buddha;and 3000 Worlds in a Moment of Existence (The Buddha simultaneously posseses Pure and Perfect Enlightenment but delusions, albeit in a latent state.
E. The Enlightenment of animals and even plants i.e.: Gohonzon/statues
By Enlightened, do you mean Buddha?
the enlightenment of plants and rocks.....is this pointing to that the same stuff ,for all to appear in this existence /non existence world we dwell in .
the palm of Buddha Mahavairocana .... or Myoho Renge Kyo ....or in my wording....not a teaching but another question...just to be clear...i'm working on this ...
can we say stuff like....
That Tathagatagarbha in all things...
it makes sense from a Lotus buddhism and the way we live our Buddhist lives "IN SAMSARA"...
it's why when asked about what he was going to do after Kosen Rufu was achieved on this planet...President Toda replied...go to another planet that needs me and do it all over again...
if Tathgatgharba is the primordial essence or something similar to the Alchemist's view of
Prima materia but much more in line with Sunyata and the philosophy of such mixed with compassion....
then we simply are taking part in getting in touch with the Buddha Nature of all things....it's like a step above the getting in touch with mother nature thing...
again this is all just me trying to figure it out so please don;t get your shorts in a twist people...i said people not the person i am using the quote of in order to ask....
a much more careful minobu...see what modding does....olo oops i lolled wrong...