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   XPost: alt.zen, alt.religion.buddhism.theravada, alt.philosophy.zen   
   XPost: alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren   
   From: usagi@tsukino.ca   
      
   Is the truth of buddhism contained inside a little box, or is the   
   gohonzon contained within ourselves?   
      
   After Nichiren died no one could claim successor-ship other than the six   
   priests he ordained as his successors. Over time one by one they began   
   to fail -- nichiji went to china and dissapeared, nichiko left the   
   school and went to a different buddhist school, etc. It's all very   
   confusing.   
      
   This happens all the time in buddhism. Like with huineng, he had to run   
   for his life after he was passed the robe and bowl. It's not that the   
   truth was in the robe and bowl -- the truth was in huineng, so therefore   
   he had the robe and bowl. I suspect this situation is similar and will   
   work itself out over time.   
      
   As history has shown, it was huineng who had the real robe and bowl. I   
   think history will show who has the transfer box, and who has the truth.   
   For now I am not concerned at all what happens to the political   
   organizations trying to assert themselves. They have clearly looked   
   outside of themselves, and into a little wooden box, for the truth.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)