The Teaching Approved by all Buddhas - Part 4 continues Nichiren’s clarifying and direct language of Buddhist Mind, Buddha being a universal state or process of the life of all phenomena from the universe itself and every ”thing” within its borders of space and time.

Are these real people or gods or what?

From Quiescence, Potential transmigrates through Formations to manifest all Forms. To experience this truth is the Mind of Buddha.

Teachings prior to the Lotus provide a ”Buddhahood” of the dream world; not true Buddhahood.

Nichiren discusses the evolution and distinctions of Shakyamuni’s lifetime of teachings.

Nichiren reveals the profound teaching within the Lotus Sutra of the flow of time and space, perceived in our mind, is the very entity of Buddha Mind.

Comparing and contrasting the mind of the living in Samsara versus Buddha state as we grieve the deceased.

Learning to douse the fires of rage with the laughter of the spirit provides opportunity for the edification of all those involved.

This Gosho translation is from a dissertation of Jaqueline Stone on the corpus of Nichiren writings.

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