January 20, 2025
LOTUS JEWELS（Nichiren Shu News NO262）
T’ien-t’ai states that various sutras other than the Lotus Sutra preach the attainment of Buddhahood only by men, not by women. Truthfully speaking, even men cannot become Buddhas through those sutras.
— Nichiren Shonin, Treatise on Subhakarasimha, Zemmui-sho (ST 46)
Among the innumerable merits of the Lotus Sutra, its declaration that women are equally capable of reaching the enlightenment of the Buddha, continues to bring people into the practice of the Wonderful Dharma. As Nichiren shows in this writing on Shingon Master Subhakarasimha, or in Chinese Shan Wu-wei, the teachings that exclude anyone from enlightenment exclude everyone from enlightenment.
—Rev. Shinkyo Warner