{"id":5507,"date":"2023-12-06T16:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=5507"},"modified":"2023-12-02T11:36:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T02:36:46","slug":"article-persecutions-are-of-the-highest-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-persecutions-are-of-the-highest-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] Persecutions are of the Highest Honour!\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"

If persecutions greater than those that arose during the Buddha\u2019s lifetime keep occurring again and again to someone who is not guilty of the slightest fault, then one should realise that that person is a true votary of the Lotus Sutra in the age after the Buddha\u2019s passing<\/span>\u200b.\u200b<\/h4>\n

Our history in fact has been one of the highest honour, when viewed in the light of the\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0statement:\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

If persecutions greater than those that arose during the Buddha\u2019s lifetime keep occurring again and again to someone who is not guilty of the slightest fault, then one should realise that that person is a true votary of the Lotus Sutra in the age after the Buddha\u2019s passing. (WND-1, 696)”<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

In my youth, I engraved in my heart the motto: \u201cThe greater the resistance that waves meet, the stronger they grow.\u201d I am sure these words also resonate deeply with all who have striven valiantly alongside me in the struggle for\u00a0<\/span>kosen-rufu<\/span>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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If persecutions greater than those that arose during the Buddha\u2019s lifetime keep occurring again and again to someone who is not guilty of the slightest fault, then one should realise that that person is a true votary of the Lotus Sutra in the age after the Buddha\u2019s passing\u200b.
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