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The Shingon School represents the most egregious affront and subversive political perversion of Buddhism in the era prior to this Latter Age. Boastful monks creating completely un-creditable manipulation of society and power in service to ego and greed.

In Nichiren’s day, in Japan, a long history of degradation of the Buddhist teachings had come to represent a religious and deeply errored view of Buddhism. Nichiren simply and directly points out their errors.

If the One Vehicle of the Lotus teaching is the ultimate, then why was it not taught all along? Why is it only now in this Latter Age of Degeneration that this teaching is the only correct way for immediate and perfect Enlightenment?

The scholarship and profound meaning of the Buddha teachings are repeatedly verified over the millennia, even though the capacity of the people is limited until today to fully realize and put them into action.

The correct practice of Buddhist method to invoke the Buddha in our mind does not require intellect or unique qualifications. We live now in this Age, this Time of innate capacity to realize our Buddhaness immediately and perfectly.

In the beginning of this ”Later Age of Degeneration” the rampant egotistical power hungry, animality, and foolishness gather political will to silence all who would extoll the true Dharma teaching of the Lotus Sutra.

Nichiren begins a review of each 500-year period of the spread and developments of Buddhist scholarship and corruptions after Shakyamuni Buddha’s extinction.

Buddhahood is about the mind and the immediate experience of our enlightened nature in this very life in each moment to moment.

Dignity, abiding respect for life and the sentient mind of experience and curiosity; these are the basis for all relationships, with compassion for what is ignorance and value for self-teaching.