Anyone have a good biographical website about him? I have read that he is “much beloved.” I was wondering what it was about him that people loved so much…. Thanks.
Biography of Hosoi Nittatsu
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Biography of Hosoi Nittatsu
His Wikipedia article is rather bare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nittatsu_Hosoi
Anyone have a good biographical website about him? I have read that he is “much beloved.” I was wondering what it was about him that people loved so much…. Thanks.
Anyone have a good biographical website about him? I have read that he is “much beloved.” I was wondering what it was about him that people loved so much…. Thanks.
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Re: Biography of Hosoi Nittatsu
He was a sincere teacher and genuine scholar, well respected not just within Nichiren Shoshu, but in the greater Nichiren community.
He was the real deal. Spent many years traveling and compiling gosho.
You reproduced his Gohonzon. Look at that hand - clear and readable. The thing about calligraphy is that you can often see the person in the hand. His calligraphy is eminently readable - he wanted people to be able to read it. He wanted people to know Nichiren Daishonin.
He was the real deal. Spent many years traveling and compiling gosho.
You reproduced his Gohonzon. Look at that hand - clear and readable. The thing about calligraphy is that you can often see the person in the hand. His calligraphy is eminently readable - he wanted people to be able to read it. He wanted people to know Nichiren Daishonin.
There is no suffering to be severed. Ignorance and klesas are indivisible from bodhi. There is no cause of suffering to be abandoned. Since extremes and the false are the Middle and genuine, there is no path to be practiced. Samsara is nirvana. No severance achieved. No suffering nor its cause. No path, no end. There is no transcendent realm; there is only the one true aspect. There is nothing separate from the true aspect.
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
-Guanding, Perfect and Sudden Contemplation,
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Re: Biography of Hosoi Nittatsu
Thank you. That’s the feeling I got just looking at his gohonzon.Queequeg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:59 am He was a sincere teacher and genuine scholar, well respected not just within Nichiren Shoshu, but in the greater Nichiren community.
He was the real deal. Spent many years traveling and compiling gosho.
You reproduced his Gohonzon. Look at that hand - clear and readable. The thing about calligraphy is that you can often see the person in the hand. His calligraphy is eminently readable - he wanted people to be able to read it. He wanted people to know Nichiren Daishonin.
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Still, he lied about the authenticity of the DaiGohonzon, he promoted the false Nichiren Hombutsuron (Nichiren as True Original Buddha) doctrine, and he asserted the "Bequethal to one sole individual". No one's calligraphy was more beautiful than Kobo Daishi's and you know what Nichiren thought of him.Spiritual_living wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:36 amThank you. That’s the feeling I got just looking at his gohonzon.Queequeg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:59 am He was a sincere teacher and genuine scholar, well respected not just within Nichiren Shoshu, but in the greater Nichiren community.
He was the real deal. Spent many years traveling and compiling gosho.
You reproduced his Gohonzon. Look at that hand - clear and readable. The thing about calligraphy is that you can often see the person in the hand. His calligraphy is eminently readable - he wanted people to be able to read it. He wanted people to know Nichiren Daishonin.
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Re: Biography of Hosoi Nittatsu
illarraza wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:21 am Still, he lied about the authenticity of the DaiGohonzon, he promoted the false Nichiren Hombutsuron (Nichiren as True Original Buddha) doctrine, and he asserted the "Bequethal to one sole individual". No one's calligraphy was more beautiful than Kobo Daishi's and you know what Nichiren thought of him.
In other words, he accurately represented the teachings of his religion.
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