{"id":296,"date":"2025-01-20T10:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/?p=296"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:23:56","slug":"id296","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/read\/id296\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTUS JEWELS\uff08Nichiren Shu News NO262\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><br>T\u2019ien-t\u2019ai 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.<br><br>\u2014 Nichiren Shonin, Treatise on Subhakarasimha, Zemmui-sho (ST 46)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2014Rev. Shinkyo Warner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u2019ien-t\u2019ai 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. \u2014 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. \u2014Rev. Shinkyo Warner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read","tag-study"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}