Upholding the Buddhist Teachings
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE BUDDHIST TEACHINGS? Is this even important? Well, t he teachings are the foundation of everything in Buddhism, and without them there is nothing. No Nichiren Buddhism, No SGI, No Sensei. Nothing . I seriously do not know that people understand this. Do they? If one distorts or alters the teaching in some way, is that the same as destroying the teaching? In many of Nichiren's writings he denounces any distortion of the Buddhist teaching. In fact the most famous writing that is completely dedicated to that, Nichiren's legitimate successor Nikko calls his most important work. That is entitled Rissho Ankoku Ron , or "Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land". That most important writing is exactly about that. Does that give an indication of how important it is to uphold and protect the teaching? Why are we not taug...