春季総登山御法主日如上人猊下『立正安国論』御説法を改めて拝す
春季総登山御法主日如上人猊下『立正安国論』御説法を改めて拝す今、中東での戦争が、世界全体に大きな影響を与えており、物流や経済全体にも支障をきたしつつある。Dさん、ホルムズ海峡の影響で、シンナーが入ってこない。建築関連の現場の仕事がない。物流にも滞りが生じて、おしきみも、配送が止まってしまっている。5月から、生活への負担もますます増大すると言われている。春季総登山、連合会総会参加のFさんいわく、かつてこれほどに世界の平和を強く訴えられたことはなかったのではないかと。御法主上人猊下は、春季総登山の砌、『立正安国論』を引かれて、今の戦乱の世においてこそ、正法を立てて国土を安んずるべきであると、力強く御説法あそばされました。誠に畏れながら齢九十を超える御高齢とは思えぬほどの、その漲る気迫に数千の聴衆は皆圧倒される思いでありました。立正安国の「国」とは一応は日本を指すが、再往はすべての国、全世界を含む。奉呈されたのは鎌倉の世だったが、その御金言は遠く未来に通ずる御指南である。また、別して、法然の念仏を破折しているが、総じて、文上法華経脱益の教え、天台過時の迹門の教え、その他、爾前権教の教えを含む、一切の誤てる思想を破折している、そして、対告衆は一応、執権北条氏であるが、再往は末法の一切衆生に対する諌言のお言葉であると。破折の対象について、今の世情に照らせば、一切の誤てる教えには、さらに一神教のユダヤ、キリスト、イスラム等も含まれると拝されます。この点、御住職の3月度広布推進会におけるお言葉も想起されます。今般のイラン戦争に主に関与しているイスラエル、アメリカ、イランは、宗教的には、ユダヤ教、キリスト教福音派、イスラム教シーア派というように、いずれも一神教の教えであり、これらの神の教えが三つ巴になって世界的混乱の火種となっていると。福音派の人々は、イスラエルを中心として、終末戦争を経て後に、神の再臨が起こるという信念を抱いているようです。そして、禍々しいのは、この神の再臨を希求するのであれば、戦争が引き起こされることもまた神意として受け入れる。そのようような考えを抱く人々が少なからずいるという現実であります。それは解釈上の誤りであるといって神学的に擁護する向きもありますが、そもそも終末戦争の後に再臨を説く神の教えそのものが、むしろ悪魔的ともいうべき虚構であることを認識せねばなりません。思想が濁ると、国土も乱れることの現証といえるでありましょう。春季総会の砌、御法主日如上人猊下は、依正不二の原理について、諄々と諭すように御指南あそばされました。正法を立てて、一人の人間の心の浄化を図り、それが全体に通じて、世間を変え国を変えていく。そうすることによって、世のあらゆる災難を防ぐことができ、安穏なる国土社会を築いていくことができるのであると。『諸経と法華経と難易の事』「仏法やうやく顛倒しければ世間も又濁乱せり。仏法は体のごとし、世間はかげのごとし。体曲がれば影ななめなり」(御書1469ページ)『瑞相御書』「夫(それ)十方は依報なり、衆生は正報なり。依報は影のごとし、正報は体のごとし」(御書928ページ)正報=過去の業の報いとして受ける果報、すなわち生きる主体の心身。依報=この心身が依りどころとする環境世界。依報も正報も、過去の宿業によって招いたものである故に「報」と言い、報を受ける主体が正報であり、報を支える環境世界が依報となる。故に、正報たる我ら衆生のあらゆる用きがそのまま、依報たる国土世間へ大きく影響を及ぼしているのであると。『瑞相御書』「人の眼耳(げんに)等驚(きょう)すれば天変あり。人の心をうごかせば地動ず」(御書919ページ)『瑞相御書』「人の喜び多々なれば、天に吉瑞をあらはし、地に帝釈の動(うごき)あり。人の悪心盛んなれば、天に凶変、地に凶夭出来す」(御書920ページ)御法主上人猊下は、さらに続けて、以下のように御指南あそばされました。「この依正不二の原理は、透徹された仏様の知見であり、三世十方、すなわち無限の時間と空間を通覧せられて明かされた、後本仏の絶対の知見であります。したがって、この依正不二の大原則を無視して、今日の如き混迷を極める惨状を救い、真の解決を図ることはできないのであります」「すなわち『立正安国論』の正意に照らせば、正報たる我ら衆生が一切の謗法を捨てて、実乗の一善たる三大秘法の随一、本門戒壇の大御本尊に帰依すれば、その不可思議、広大無辺なる妙法の力有によって、衆生一人ひとりの生命が浄化され、それが個から全体へ、衆生世間に及び、社会を浄化し、やがて依報たる国土世間をも変革し、仏国土と化していくのであります。反対に、衆生の生命が謗法によって濁れば、その濁りが国中に充満し、依報たる国土の上に様々な変化を現じ、天変地夭となって現れてくるのであります」「天変地夭・飢饉・疫癘あるいは戦争の前には、個々の幸せは全く無力となってしまうのであります。それは、現実に今起きている戦争、また世界の歴史を見れば明らかであります。こうした天変地夭・飢饉・疫癘、戦争等は、すべて『立正安国論』にお示しの通り、「世皆正に背き人悉く悪に帰す」(御書234ページ)ゆえに起きる現証であり、まさしく謗法の害毒によるのであります」「邪義邪宗の間違った教えは、個人を無間大城に堕とすのみならず、一国をも世界をも地獄に堕とすことになるのであります。この邪義邪宗の謗法を対治し、途端の苦しみに喘ぐ多くの人々を救い、仏国土実現を果たしていく最善の方途こそ折伏であります。したがって、今、我ら本宗僧俗は、一天広布を目指して大折伏戦を展開し、異体同心・一致団結して、たくましく前進していくことが肝要であります」Spring General Tozan atHead Temple Taisekiji— AttendingHigh Priest Nichinyo Shonin’s Sermon on “Rissho Ankoku Ron”According to Mr. F, who participated in the general meeting, has there ever been an occasion when the call for world peace was proclaimed with such strength and urgency?At the Spring General Tozan, Sixty-eighthHigh Priest Nichinyo Shonin quoted from “Rissho Ankoku Ron” and delivered a powerful sermon declaring that, precisely in this present age of war and turmoil, we must establish the True Law and thereby bring peace and security to the land.Truly, though he has passed the age of ninety, the overflowing vigor and spiritual force he displayed were such that the several thousand members of the audience were all overwhelmed with awe.The “land” (koku) in Rissho Ankoku Ron refers first of all to Japan, but ultimately encompasses every country and the entire world. Although it was offered to the world of the Kamakura period, these golden words constitute guidance that reaches far into the future. Moreover, while the treatise specifically refutes the Nembutsu teaching of Honen, in its broader sense it refutes all erroneous ideologies—including the provisional sutras that have exhausted their benefit, the outdated theoretical teaching (shakumon) of Tiantai. Although the original recipient was the Hojo regent, ultimately these are words of admonition addressed to all sentient beings in the Latter Day of the Law.When we view the objects of refutation in light of present world conditions, it becomes clear that “all erroneous teachings” further include the monotheistic doctrines of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In this connection, the words of the Reverend at the March Propagation Promotion Meeting also come to mind. The nations most deeply involved in the recent Iran-related conflict—Israel, the United States, and Iran—are, religiously speaking, rooted in Judaism, Christian evangelicalism, and Shia Islam, respectively. 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What is truly ominous is that, if one earnestly desires this Second Coming of God, one also accepts the outbreak of war itself as part of God’s will. The reality is that no small number of people embrace such thinking. While some defend it theologically by claiming it is merely an error of interpretation, we must recognize that the very teaching of God—which expounds the Second Coming after the end-times war—is fundamentally a fabrication that should rather be called demonic. This can be said to be living proof that when thoughts become turbid, the land itself falls into disorder.At theGeneral Meeting, High Priest Nichijo Shonin gave detailed guidance on the principle of Esho Funi (the oneness of person and environment), instructing us with warm and repeated emphasis.He taught that by establishing the True Law, purifying the mind of even a single individual, and allowing that purity to spread to the whole, we can change society and the nation. In this way, we can prevent every kind of disaster in the world and construct a peaceful and secure land and society.The Difficulty and Ease in Practicing the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras (Gosho, p. 1469) states:“When the Buddhist teachings are overturned, the world also becomes defiled and chaotic. The Buddhist teachings are like the body; the world is like its shadow. If the body is bent, the shadow is crooked.” Zuiso Gosho(Gosho, p. 928) states: “The ten directions are the environment (eho); living beings are the person (sho). The environment is like the shadow; the person is like the body.”The term “positive retribution” (shoho) refers to the reward one receives as the fruit of past karma—namely, the mind and body of the living subject. “Environmental retribution” (eho) refers to the surrounding world upon which that mind and body depend. Both are called “retribution” (ho) because they arise from past karma. The subject that receives the retribution is the person (shoho), while the environment that supports it is eho. Therefore, all the actions performed by us living beings—who are the person—directly exert a great influence upon the land and society that constitute our environment.Zuiso Gosho (Gosho, p. 919) also states:“When people’s eyes and ears are startled, there are changes in the heavens. When people’s minds are moved, the earth trembles.”Zuiso Gosho(Gosho, p. 920) goes on to say:“When people’s joy is abundant, auspicious omens appear in the heavens and the earth shakes with the movement of Taishaku. When people’s evil minds flourish, evil portents appear in the heavens and calamities arise on earth.”The High Priest continued his guidance as follows:“This principle of Esho Funi (the oneness of person and environment) is the clear insight of the Buddha, the absolute wisdom of the Original and Eternal Buddha who surveys the three existences and the ten directions—that is, infinite time and space. Therefore, it is impossible to rescue today’s extreme confusion and misery or to achieve a true solution if we ignore this great principle of Esho Funi.“"In other words, when viewed in the light of the true meaning of ‘Rissho Ankoku Ron,’ if we living beings—who are the person—abandon all slander of the Law and take faith in the Dai-Gohonzon of the High Sanctuary of the Essential Teaching, which is the foremost of the Three Great Secret Laws and the one supreme good of the True Vehicle, then, through the inconceivable and boundless power of the wonderful Law, the life of each individual will be purified. That purity will extend from the individual to the whole, from living beings to society, purifying the world of men. Eventually it will transform the environment—the land and society—into a Buddha land. Conversely, if the lives of living beings become defiled through slander of the Law, that defilement will spread throughout the country and manifest various changes upon the land that is our environment, appearing as heavenly calamities and earthly disasters.“"Before heavenly calamities and earthly disasters, famine, pestilence, or war, the happiness of any single individual becomes utterly powerless. This is clear from the wars now actually occurring and from the whole history of the world. All such heavenly and earthly disasters, famines, pestilences, and wars arise, exactly as ‘Rissho Ankoku Ron’ teaches, because ‘the people of the world all turn their backs on the correct teaching and everyone becomes attached to evil’ (Gosho, p. 234). They are none other than the poisonous harm caused by slander of the Law.“"Erroneous teachings and erroneous religions not only cast individuals into the great citadel of the Avici Hell; they also cast an entire country and even the whole world into hell. The most excellent way to subdue these erroneous teachings and slanders of the Law, to save the many people who are suffering in immediate anguish, and to realize the Buddha land is none other than shakubuku. Therefore, now, we priests and lay believers of the True School must single-mindedly aim for the widespread propagation of the True Law throughout the world, launch a great shakubuku campaign, and, united in the spirit of many in body but one in mind, advance vigorously and courageously with our entire being.”