Protected: From electrified to spiritualized, a societal paradigm shift

Author : Eshin Miura

Nichiren sect special Honzan Myokenji Temple History 48th

Translator : Joel Breckinridge Bassett

1).   3 Aspects of One Body

 This graph illustrates various values of various products from a 3rd party perspective. Our modern age is a car based society. However a picture of a car or a plastic car model is useless. And even if you have a real car, it’s junk if not in working order. Good driving skill is also essential, a car destroyed by an accident is a terrible burden, a good driver makes all the difference.

The jewel itself is comparable to the Dharma body, its brilliance to the reward body, and its precious nature to the manifested body. When these three virtues, which form a unity, are treated as separate entities and schools are established on that basis, one dislikes such schools because of their insufficiency. But when the three are combined to form a single whole, this is known as the unity of the three truths. This unity of the three truths is comparable to the Thus Come One of original enlightenment, whose three bodies are in fact a single body.

The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas (三世諸仏総勘文教相廃立)

Shakyamuni is only 1/3rd of the complete Buddha. Amida Buddha for example only represents a manifestation of the reward body. Nichiren Shonin taught that the Object of Devotion, the Gohonzon Mandala, represents the complete Buddha containing all three Buddha bodies.

English/personal history blog started 

英文・自分史　ブログ　開始 

March 22, 2016 　Eshin Miura　Nitizyo

2016年3月22日　　　三浦恵伸（えしん）日常

                                             Close-up　　近影

Shingyou Dojo　 信行道場

Returning to　the　Mountain 　 Ceremony　帰山式                                             　　                                       

Memorial service for the 700th anniversary of the founder of the sect Iwate

Prefecture宗祖700遠忌　岩手県管内法要

A serial retrospective of 50 years.

This is the reason why I became involved in the restoration of Ryuo-ji Temple.

50年間を回顧して連載します。

龍王寺復興に関わる事になったきっかけからです。 

S42, 2, 19 From Menda-cho, Kuma-gun, Kumamoto (merged "Menda-cho, Kuma-gun → Asagiri-cho, Kuma-gun"), became a disciple of Shibasaki Keiji, chief priest of Senjuin Temple in Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture.

S42,2,19 熊本県球磨郡免田町《合併「球磨郡免田町→球磨郡あさぎり町」》から、岩手県釜石市の仙寿院住職・芝崎惠璋猊下に入門。 

When I asked my mother, who was washing rice in the kitchen sink, "Isn't it better to go to Kamaishi?" I will come," he replied.

　台所の流しで米を研ぐ母に、「釜石に行った方が良いかな？」と、問うと、背中越しに、「行きない。坊さんは停年が無かし、歳ば取る程に光って来る」と、応えました。

（切り絵・松本寛章氏）

(Cutout by Mr. Hiroaki Matsumoto)

I was greeted by my master at the ticket gate of Kamaishi Station. At that time, there were about five large chimneys of Yawata Steel Works.

　釜石駅の改札口で、師匠に迎えて頂きました。当時は、八幡製鉄所の大煙突が5本程聳えていました。

(Cutout by Mr. Hiroaki Matsumoto)

What did you suddenly come to Tohoku for?　It became a theme.

Fate begins to appear soon, and every day is tough.

　突然、何をしに東北の地に来たのか?　テーマとなりました。

すぐに因縁が出始め、大変な毎日。 

At the age of 20, Reimu attends Rissho University in Tokyo.

A Japanese sword and a straight sword stand side by side, next to the characters "Miura Dainagon Tokimitsu".

This is a problem of Japanese history and public-martial conflict. However, Mr. Miura does not have Dainagon. I felt the history behind it, and since then, I have held memorial services.

東京で立正大学に通う20歳の頃、霊夢。

日本刀と直刀の抜き身が、ギラリと並び立ち、次に「三浦大納言時光」の文字。

これは日本史上・公武対立の問題。しかし、三浦氏に大納言は出ていません。裏の歴史と感じ、以来、供養を重ねました。 

The photo is of the Icho (Kumamoto) Castle castle tower. (When I was in the first year of junior high school)

The type you want to try yourself? "In the past, things were loose." It's impossible now because I'm being watched.

写真は、銀杏(熊本)城 天守閣 　武者返しの石垣登り、やはり途中でリタイア。（中学1年生の頃）

自分で試したいタイプ？　昔は、色々緩かった。今は監視されているから不可能です。

右は、長男・惠導・地震前。

2009.H21.1.1 Beginning of the Year Impressions Miura Nichijou

The manuscript of the chief priest was published in the November 10, 2008 issue of the Nichiren Shu Shimbun column, so I am reprinting it.

・ "Religious Revolution"
Mr. Bill Gates of the United States developed Windows and succeeded in revolutionizing the personal computer. 　
Just by clicking the icon (symbol), the software will start up and anyone can easily work.

In Buddhism, Tenｄai Daishi of China elucidated the Principle of Enlightenment (Ichinen Sanzen), but the way it was established was too difficult to spread.

Nichiren Shonin developed the three great secret laws and illustrated the system for attaining Buddhahood in the Great Mandala Honzon. He was trained on Mt. Minobu and laid the foundation for the Honge Kyodan.

It was a “religious revolution,” in which even ordinary people could simply connect with Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and the software of Buddhism (original life activity) would naturally activate.

We disciples are the core of the founding of Japan, presenting a sample of a nation in which nature, culture, etc. are in great harmony, centering on the daimoku (symbol), following the grand vision of our Nichiren Shonin

(Nichiren Buddhism Iwate Prefecture Missionary Chairman, Zenkeiji Temple Chief, Eshin Miura)

・ Last year, the financial crisis had a negative impact on the real economy, and the world shrank into the new year.

　Next year's NHK historical drama will be "Ryomaden", a patriot from the end of the Tokugawa period, but what kind of human image will he draw...

It seems that the world has been unfolding along the lines of those who drew up scenarios for social trends over the past few hundred years.

In the United States, President Obama regulated lobbying activities against the government and Congress. It is a reflection of the fact that politics up to now has not been a true politics of elected people, but has been driven by forces that have a strong influence on the central government.

Some people wonder if the privatization of Japan's postal services is part of a system that sucks up Japan's wealth.
Americans are against paying for Wall Street's failures with tax money.

Last year, there were four Japanese Nobel Prize winners. Former laureates, Leo Esaki and Ryoji Noyori, said in a TV forum, "Research should not wander around the periphery of the problem; it is important to get to the core."

He said, "Science approaches the truth of natural phenomena and provides great benefits to mankind. Mankind's conventions and laws are required, but in the end, morality is important."

The Nobel Prize itself was Nobel's repentance to the fact that he invented explosives and gained a huge amount of money, but on the other hand, he lost a huge number of lives.

The Japanese moral code was erased from home and school education after the war because it was inconvenient for some powers.

Nichiren Daishonin's true intentions are none other than the realization of "Rissho Ankoku" and "World Peace."
He establishes the right law and secures the nation. what is legal? 　

　
Master　-　employee　 cut off poverty
Teacher -　student 　 get rid of trouble
Parent　-　child　 end poverty

It is said that one's life activities are perfected by the three virtues (Juryo Gohonbutsu, the five characters of Myoho) of the master・teacher・parent and the three paths of employee ・student・child (Bodhisattva of Honka-Jiwaku, Namu-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, and Odaimoku believers). , the thought and divine power of the Lotus Sutra are the last bastions of human prosperity.

The Constitution of Japan enshrines freedom of religion. With that comes personal responsibility.

Each household should freely establish the path of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and send human resources who have pillars in their hearts, who have open eyes, and who are rich in heart, to revitalize the organization, and restore the soundness of the nation.

Where did Ryoma Sakamoto stand? The time has come for the Heisei Restoration and real democracy.
``Japan, the country where the Great Mandala was founded'' (Nichiren Daishonin's Lecture)

Let's show the world what a nation is like. That's What Nichiren Saints thoughtng.

It's a sentence from 10 years ago, but it seems that society is developing like that.