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A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering
When I asked him about what you told me the other day, I found it to be exactly as you said. You should therefore strive
in faith more than ever to receive the blessings of the Lotus Sutra. Listen with the ears of Shih K'uang and observe with
the eyes of Li Lou.
In the Latter Day of the Law, the votary of the Lotus Sutra will appear without fail. The greater the hardships befalling
him the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith. Doesn't a fire burn more briskly when logs are added? All
rivers run to the sea, but does its fullness make the rivers flow backward? The currents of hardship pour into the sea of
the Lotus Sutra and rush against its votary. The river is not rejected by the ocean; neither does the votary reject suffering.
Were it not for the flowing rivers there would be no sea. Likewise, without tribulation there would be no votary of the Lotus
Sutra. As T'ien-t'ai stated, "All rivers flow to the sea, and logs make a fire roar."
You must realize that it is because of a deep karmic relationship from the past that you can teach others even a sentence
or phrase of the Lotus Sutra. The sutra reads, "It is extremely difficult to save those who are deaf to the True Law." The
"True Law" means the Lotus Sutra.
A passage from the Hosshi chapter reads, "If there is someone, whether man or woman, who secretly teaches to one person
even a single phrase of the Lotus Sutra, let it be known that he is the envoy of the Buddha." This means that anyone who teaches
others even a single phrase of the Lotus Sutra is clearly the Buddha's envoy, whether he be priest or nun, lay man or woman.
You are a lay believer and one of those described in the sutra. One who hears even a sentence or phrase of the Lotus Sutra
and cherishes it deep in his heart may be likened to a ship which navigates the sea of suffering. The Great Teacher Miao-lo
stated, "Even a single phrase cherished deep in one's heart will without fail help him reach the opposite shore. To ponder
one phrase and practice it is to exercise navigation..."
A passage from the Lotus Sutra reads, "...as though one had found a ship to make the crossing." This "ship" might be described
as follows: The Lord Buddha, a shipbuilder of infinitely profound wisdom, gathered the lumber of the four tastes and eight
teachings, planed it by honestly discarding the provisional teachings, cut and assembled the planks, using both right and
wrong, and completed the craft by driving home the spikes of the one, supreme teaching. Thus he launched the ship upon the
sea of suffering. Unfurling the sails of the three thousand conditions on the mast of the Middle Way doctrine, driven by the
fair wind of "all phenomena reveal the true entity," the vessel surges ahead, carrying all believers who can enter Buddhahood
by their pure faith. Shakyamuni Buddha is the helmsman, Taho Buddha mans the sails, and the four Bodhisattvas led by Jogyo
strain in unison at the creaking oars. This is the ship in "a
ship to make the crossing," the vessel of Myoho-renge-kyo. Those who board it are the disciples and followers of Nichiren. Believe this wholeheartedly. When you visit Shijo Kingo, please have an earnest talk with him. I will write you again.
With my deep respect,
Nichiren
The twenty-eighth day of the fourth month
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