●General Guide Line of HBS(Honmon-butsuryushu)

2. Four Types of Suffering Maxim

e. Risshu Sect — Traitor to the country.

Risshu Sect is a traitor to the country for attempting to gain influence through the protection of the Bakufu, the Kamakura Shogunate.

During the period of Nichiren Shonin, there was a priest known as Gokurakuji Ryokan(Ninsho), who prided himself on receiving influential authority and cordial support from the Kamakura Shogunate. Risshu is a sect which admonishes people who opposes them. They abide by a strict rule to protect priests and nuns. Ryokan was the highest leader of Risshu, and the masses revered him as a living Buddha.

However, Nichiren Shonin severely criticized Risshu Sect for protecting about Small Vehicle Religion's 250 moral commandments and attempting to teach meaningless severe training programs unsuitable for the common people. Moreover, who would defend rules which could not offer aid to the common people. Nichiren Shonin's criticisms were aimed at the sects which could not spread the true teachings of the Lotus Sutra.

Nissen Shonin Gokyoka,

　”Nenbutsu consists of tens of thousands of path, but
　　The wondrous Dharma is a one step jump

　Zen Sect does not abide by Buddhist teachings
　　It is a household of self-conceited followers

　Buddhism's Great Master is Shakyamuni Buddha
　　Dainichi Buddha is Master of Shingon Shu Sect

　But that is like having two masters in one country.
　　The worthy Dharma for the Mappo Period is

　Only the Odaimoku entrusted to Jogyo Bodhisattva”.

(Gokyoka)

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