Anyone else find shakubuku a little bit nerve-wracking? It's not easy...it can attract opposition, ridicule and slander in my experience. Sensei writes in the New Human Revolution vol 6, that when we base our lives on the Mystic Law, naturally the topic of Buddhism comes up when we converse with others. It's a bit harder for me, I must admit! But do you know what, I'm going to keep trying. Out of compassion for other people's lives and their future happiness. Not in a "numbers" way; but with a real desire to share this wonderful philosophy so that everyone I connect with, can too reach their true potential and create lives of unshakeable, absolute happiness...
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."
(The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 82) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 6th, 2012 Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 29th, 2012
For further reading on 'Shakubuku', you may enjoy http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?id=1974 and http://www.sgiquarterly.org/buddhism2011Apr-1.html
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