{"id":313,"date":"2025-01-20T10:17:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/?p=313"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:17:48","slug":"id313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/read\/id313\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTUS JEWELS\uff08Nichiren Shu News NO255\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>I have harshly criticized the followers of Pure Land, Zen, and Shingon priests as well as the rulers of the country only because I want to correct their mistakes in order to save them from hell. Therefore, I worry about them as they persecute me only to accumulate more bad karma.<br><br>\u2014Nichiren Shonin, A Response to Lay Priest Takahashi, Takahashi Nyudo-dono Gohenji (ST 187)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br>When we read Nichiren Shonin\u2019s warnings that anyone who slanders the Lotus Sutra is bound for hell, we can misunderstand that he wants such people to be punished. Though his words can be harsh, Nichiren Shonin speaks from compassion. Like him, we must be careful to keep minds of compassion, especially towards those who criticize and persecute us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2014Rev. Shinkyo Warner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have harshly criticized the followers of Pure Land, Zen, and Shingon priests as well as the rulers of the country only because I want to correct their mistakes in order to save them from hell. Therefore, I worry about them as they persecute me only to accumulate more bad karma. \u2014Nichiren Shonin, A Response to Lay Priest Takahashi, Takahashi Nyudo-dono Gohenji (ST 187) When we read Nichiren Shonin\u2019s warnings that anyone who slanders the Lotus Sutra is bound for hell, we can misunderstand that he wants such people to be punished. Though his words can be harsh, Nichiren Shonin speaks from compassion. Like him, we must be careful to keep minds of compassion, especially towards those who criticize and persecute us. \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-313","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\/313","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=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/315"}],"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=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}