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BDK English Tripitaka: Kaimokusho

Or Liberation from Blindness

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  • 142 páginas
  • 5 horas de lectura

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This thirteenth-century text by Nichiren extols the Lotus Sutra and critiques the other schools of Japanese Buddhism active at that time. Nichiren was arrested by the Kamakura government in 1271 and sentenced to exile on Sado Island. There he was in constant danger of assassination, and wrote the Kaimokusho to convince his remaining followers to follow his example in Buddhism.To do this, Nichiren criticized religions other than Buddhism, and then Buddhist sutras other than the Lotus Sutra . He asked the question "Am I not the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra and answered this question by quoting five testimonies to the truthfulness of his faith. He also identifies the three kinds of arrogant people and equates them with the three kinds of enemies of the Lotus Sutra .

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BDK English Tripitaka: Kaimokusho, Murano Senchu, Nichiren Daishonin

Idioma
Publicado en
2000
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(Tapa dura),
Estado del libro
Bueno
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6,99 €

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Título
BDK English Tripitaka: Kaimokusho
Subtítulo
Or Liberation from Blindness
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
BDK America
Publicado en
2000
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
142
ISBN10
1886439125
ISBN13
9781886439122
Serie
Descripción
This thirteenth-century text by Nichiren extols the Lotus Sutra and critiques the other schools of Japanese Buddhism active at that time. Nichiren was arrested by the Kamakura government in 1271 and sentenced to exile on Sado Island. There he was in constant danger of assassination, and wrote the Kaimokusho to convince his remaining followers to follow his example in Buddhism.To do this, Nichiren criticized religions other than Buddhism, and then Buddhist sutras other than the Lotus Sutra . He asked the question "Am I not the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra and answered this question by quoting five testimonies to the truthfulness of his faith. He also identifies the three kinds of arrogant people and equates them with the three kinds of enemies of the Lotus Sutra .