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What is slander in Buddhism?
Strictly Admonishing Slander of the Law “Slander of the Law” means maligning, defaming, or speaking ill of the correct Buddhist teaching. The correct teaching means the truth to which the Buddha awakened, the teaching that enables all people to attain buddhahood.
Is Nichiren Buddhism really Buddhism?
Nichiren Buddhism is a Japanese Buddhist movement in the Mahayana tradition. It is also popular in the West and has a fast growing membership in the UK. Nichiren Buddhism differs from other schools of Buddhism in focusing on this world, and in its view that it is the only correct tradition.
What is the law in Nichiren Buddhism?
Nichiren Daishonin awakened to the truth that the Law expounded in the Lotus Sutra existed in his own life, and he revealed that Law to be Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. To be awakened to this truth is the life state of a buddha; to doubt or be unaware of this truth is the life state of one who is unenlightened.
What it means to slander the law?
slander. n. oral defamation, in which someone tells one or more persons an untruth about another, which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed. Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis for a lawsuit.
What is Treasure Tower in SGI?
And the person who chants daimoku – both the disciple and the Buddha – is the Treasure Tower. So, the daimoku and the person who chants daimoku (disciple or Buddha) are the Treasure Tower, that is, the most valuable entities in the world. In the Lotus Sutra, a Buddha named Many Treasures, seated in the Treasure.
What does Nam-myoho-renge-kyo mean in English?
Nam comes from the Sanskrit namas, meaning to devote or dedicate oneself. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is thus a vow, an expression of determination, to embrace and manifest our Buddha nature. It is a pledge to oneself to never yield to difficulties and to win over one’s suffering.
What is true aspect of all phenomena?
The true aspect of all phenomena is a principle expounded in the “Expedient Means” (2nd) chapter of the sutra. All phenomena here means the world around us and its various workings, including the affairs of life and society. True aspect means their ultimate reality or true essential nature.
What does mappo mean?
mappō, in Japanese Buddhism, the age of the degeneration of the Buddha’s law, which some believe to be the current age in human history. A new period, in which the true faith will again flower, will be ushered in some time in the future by the bodhisattva (“buddha-to-be”) Maitreya (Japanese Miroku).
Slander is an act of communication that causes someone to be shamed, ridiculed, held in contempt, lowered in the estimation of the community, or to lose employment status or earnings or otherwise suffer a damaged reputation. Slander is a subcategory of defamation.” However, slander in Buddhism is much, much more encompassing.
What is the legal definition of slander?
Slander is an act of communication that causes someone to be shamed, ridiculed, held in contempt, lowered in the estimation of the community, or to lose employment status or earnings or otherwise suffer a damaged reputation. Slander is a subcategory of defamation.”
Are there any slanders against the priesthood and laity?
Since these fourteen slanders apply equally to priesthood and laity, you must be on guard against them. Bodhisattva Fukyo of old said that all people have the Buddha nature and that if they embrace the Lotus Sutra, they will never fail to attain Buddhahood.
What did Buddha say about slighting people?
He further stated that to slight a person is to slight the Buddha himself. Thus, his practice was to revere all people. He revered even those who did not embrace the Lotus Sutra because they too had the Buddha nature and might someday believe in the sutra.