On false sutras and devotion

PG sama

Nice to meet you, I'm Inoue Hirofumi from hasunoha.

When I was in college, I was shocked when I heard from my teacher that many of the Mahayana sutras were false sutras, and I have a bitter memory of not being able to pass through my throat for a while. lol.

No Sanskrit or Tibetan versions have been found for the Jodo Sanbu Sutra in particular, and there is a high possibility that it was written in China.

When I was young, I had a hard time thinking about how to connect academic facts to faith is extremely difficult.

While having such problems, I majored in Pure Land Studies.

And it took a long time to overcome that question.

My conclusion is as follows.

Even if the Gujing were written in China, I think the writer compiled this sutra based on a deep understanding of Buddhism.

In other words, I came to think that this sutra was compiled with the same vector as Buddha.

Of course, it is important that Buddhism is directly explained by Gautama Siddhartha.

However, it means that the discourse of later generations of Buddhists who adored Gautama Siddhartha is just as important as Gautama Siddhartha.

It can also be said that the voices of the nameless Buddhists are contained in sutras that have been handed down until now.

In other words, Buddhism is constantly evolving based on the truth discovered by Shakyamuni.

It can be said that this is particularly evident in Mahayana Buddhism.

My view of Buddhism changed because I thought so.

Nowadays, I also gratefully read “Chikara Onjūkyo,” which is said to have a stronger false sutra.

It's like that.

Gassho

It's difficult for an ordinary person to destroy the afflictions of anger and sadness, isn't it?
However, it is possible to control anxiety to a certain extent.
When a sense of mercy arises, anger subsides.
Sympathizing with Amitabha Buddha's equal mercy described in the sutras actually leads to controlling anger and sadness.
So, even if the story written in the sutras is fiction, I don't think it's useless if you sympathize with fiction and have a positive impact on your heart.
There's a metaphor for Nikawa Hakudo that Master Zendo explained. It has also been illustrated. On both sides of the white road aiming for paradise of the past, there is a river of fury fire and a river of greed.
I believe that even when a person's heart is swept away by waves of anger or greed, if they remember nembutsu, their mind can move instantaneously onto the white path. Being caught by the waves is Nembutsu, being kidnapped is Nembutsu, and the lifestyle of returning to the white path is effective even if the sutras are fiction.

PG

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

Honestly, Shakyamuni was not allowed to leave teachings in letters, so it is highly doubtful whether the sutras expressed and handed down in letters to future generations can be taken as true teachings of Shakyamuni if said without fear of misunderstanding, and if anything expressed in letters is not Shakyamuni's teachings, then it is no exaggeration in a sense to say everything “false sutras.”

Why wasn't Shakyamuni allowed to write his teachings...

In my humble opinion, I think it's because there is such a thing as “transcription → fixation of concepts → perception of reality → obsession → hesitation and suffering.”

Also, even if you conceptualize the denial of transcribing as “outrageous,” “far-fetched,” “far-fetched theory,” “far-fetched theory,” the same thing could happen, and after all, it would be inappropriate.

However, when it comes to how exactly we should study and practice Buddhism with the teachings of Shakyamuni, there is no way for us to learn and practice those teachings other than relying on the sutras.

Of course, the scriptures are not unfounded teachings. It can be thought that there is a convenient position in each sutra, such as being one aspect of the myriad teachings of Shakyamuni, which is said to be 84,000, summarized or promised.

Master Asanga uses the term “the purest Dharma equivalent flow” in “The Theory of Regent Dharma,” but I believe that it is necessary to carefully examine and handle the contents of the sutras, assuming that it is a teaching flowing out of the pure world of truth.

The problem is, then, it is necessary to carefully determine which sutras and the teachings in them can or should be relied upon (for oneself and each sentient being). Regarding this, I hope you can also refer to the humble answer below.

Question “Types of sutras”
http://goo.gl/jMyf57

Question “Dragon Tree and Consciousness”
http://goo.gl/GnWUpc

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

Humans can be enlightened even if they are not sutras.
Kagon Osho was cleaning the garden and was amazed when a stone hit the bamboo.
Bankei Zenji became enlightened by coughing and vomiting bloody phlegm.
There are also people who can truly achieve enlightenment without a sutra or a true mentor, even though they are actually exceptional.
I also hated things that are regarded as false sutras, such as Onshitsune, such as “Nanda, were there false sutras,” and for a while.
However, if you read it with the eyes of the correct law, only the power that the sutras possess can be pure ingested.
When it comes to false sutras, Disney anime and Japanese anime are false sutras.
However, if this side has an eye to discern the correct law, even Japanese anime and internet information will be living sutras and 600 living golden documents.
Scholars classify it as “this is a false sutra; this is a true sutra because (3) the four laws have been explained.”
Even if it is a sutra where the four laws are explained, the reason why the person reading it cannot understand it no matter how much they read it is not because it is a false sutra or not a false sutra.
If you read things in vain based on your own opinions, that is more than a false sutra.
Sages extract Daigo from it, even if it's a false sutra.
Even if all sutras disappear from this world, there is no separation between false sutras and true sutras in the sutra called Tenchi Yamakawa.
Right now, the sutras of Joze are always being turned.
You can't read the sutras without reading it. I can't “read.”
This is because Manako, who tries to read letters, is no longer in brain mode to pick up sutras.