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Chimes Of Freedom
"Peace on earth." was all it said
The Long Surfer
Yatogi Falls with Lee
Hyuga Caves Natural
Long Beach Nobeoka Slide Shoe July 7, 2009
Long Beach Nobeoka Sand Dunes
Keiko Ahner's New Piece - July 4, 2009
Asahigaoka Nobeoka Beach July 4, 2009
Tsurugaoka Nobeoka July 4, 2009
July 2, 2009
I missed "Bata" Matsuri.
I really think this is a cool house in Hyuga, except for the rust.
Introducing Hands On Politics in Japan. Does anyone know what this guy stands for?
Some Will Always Prosper in Hitotsugaoka
Hitotsugaoka Paradise
Alien Hitotsugaoka
Hitotsugaoka Plants
The Best of Hitotsugaoka
Let's have a picnic at our house in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
He was banished to Kyushu Island.
We shared a few laughs in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
Miyazaki Prefecture has something to offer the citizens of Nobeoka...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking it is?
Dr. Kudou gave me an "L" shaped scar when I asked for an "S" shaped scar. And, he saved my life.
Yellow Slide Show in Kyushu, Japan
Yellow Socks in Kawaminami Cho
No Swimming Near the Dams in Japan
Logging in Kyushu, Japan
Hi no Chi, Miyazaki Ken, Japan
Japanese Kindergarten
Kindergarten Hideout
Oh, Peace Train, Soundin' Louder. Everyone Get on the Peace Train.
Kindergarten Clean Up Area
Kindergarten Five Year Olds
Kadogawa Wind Power
Hitotsugaoka Flower Power
Great Hitotsugaoka Leaves
I finally stepped down this Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka mountain pass on June 19, 2009.
New Nobeoka Hair
The City of Nobeoka invested in Green Space.
The Lone Yellow in Nobeoka
I gave Ed Ahner a call on SKYPE on June 19, 2009.
Take a look at the best looking tree in Shiohama, Nobeoka.
This is what is on the back side of our house in Tsurugaoka, Nobeoka.
Slide Show of Nobeoka, June 19, 2009 by Howard Ahner
Motorcycling Around Nobeoka Slide Show
Night Views of Nobeoka by Howard Ahner June 16, 2009
June 16, 2009 Photo Around in Kawaminami, Tsuno, Mimitsu and Heisei Youchien
Encouragement to a Sick Person
What does Kadogawa Beach look like?
Kikuno Yanagita lives in Nobeoka.
Hososhima Ships
Actually, it's "Bita Matsuri" and it's in Hyuga under a "canopy" somewhere. I missed it by a day.
Come and visit us at Myodenburaku in Nobeoka!
Nobeoka Gakuen's baseball team beat a Miyazaki team on June 13, 2009!
I was told that Amerika Sarugami is a funny movie to watch.
Hotaru No Haka is an animated movie, and I was told that it makes one sad.
Someone liked the movie, My Girlfriend is Cyborg with Haruka Ayase
The Softbank white dog is named Otosan. Did you know he has a black brother?
Gamba-Nobeoka!
Good times just outside of Disneyland with the Ahner's and Dodge's.
Captain Harris Kent Kutsunai
What happened to Edward James Ahner and Howard Clifford Ahner?
My Mitsubishi Delica only lasted a few months. The computerized-Four-Wheel-Drive-System Blew.
This one might look like someone wading in a river?
It's the first time I've seen this particular view of Mimitsu Bay, Miyazaki, Japan
I thought it was so amazing how this river came to an end in Mimitsu, Japan.
I cut my own hair.
If you lose something in Japan, you might be able to find it if you backtrack your steps.
A very few people shoot hoops in Kawaminami, Japan
What's new in Kawaminami Cho?
I met a nice man on a secluded beach in Kawaminami Cho. He had overcome heart failure.
Kawaminami Heisei Youchien Lettus looks so delicious!
The beaches in Kawaminami Cho, Miyazaki appeared to be much more litter-free.
Japan can be wide-open at times.
Is this what you want from your life?
The Third Set of Turtle Tracks on Nagahama Beach, Nobeoka June 14, 2009 by Howard Ahner
What eventually becomes of broken-down farming equipment in Tsuno Cho, Miyazaki, Japan!
They're growing in Kawaminami Cho, Miyazaki, Japan
I thought it amazing how an old air-conditioner was left hanging in an artistic way.
Everyone can prosper!
The Wise Nobeoka Threesome
Welcamu, Nobeoka
The Great Louie Watches Over Nobeokers
Light Blue Nobeokers Are Spreading Out
A New Driftwood Piece in Nobeoka by Howard Ahner
Nobeoka Farmers Are Growing Corn These Days
Ducks Mate Too in Nobeoka
Hey, Bud? Where can I find a disco in Nobeoka?
The Black Branches Are Commanding Their Territory
Come and join our Dead Tree Society in Nobeoka.
This is the nicest part of Osegawa (Ose River) in Nobeoka.
Here an example of the great, civic pride in Nobeoka.
I think this is a "Bora". It's a bottom eater. This one swam up the Ose River. (Osegawa)

I am devoted to chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo.

The Proof of the Lotus Sutra


Nichiren, the votary of the Lotus Sutra

 


A person who, in the evil world of the latter age, believes in the teachings of the Lotus Sutra just as they are set forth in the sutra-how does the mirror of the Lotus Sutra portray him? Shakyamuni Buddha has left us words from his golden mouth revealing that such a person has already made offerings to a hundred thousand million Buddhas in his past existences. But ordinary persons in the latter age might well doubt the words spoken by one Buddha only. With this thought in mind, Taho Buddha expressly came all the way from his world of Treasure Purity, many lands to the east. Facing Shakyamuni Buddha, he gave his words of testimony to the Lotus Sutra, saying, "All that you have expounded is the truth." If this is so, then there can be no room for doubt about the matter. Nevertheless, Shakyamuni Buddha may have felt that ordinary persons in the latter age would still be skeptical. Hence he summoned all the Buddhas throughout the ten directions to come and join him in the magnificent act of extending their long broad tongues, which had told nothing but the truth for countless kalpas, until they projected into the sky as high as Mount Sumeru.

 

Since this is the case, when an ordinary person in the latter age believes in even one or two words of the Lotus Sutra, he is embracing the teaching to which all the Buddhas in the ten directions have given credence. I wonder what good karma we created in the past to have been born as such persons, and I am filled with joy. Shakyamuni’s words which I have mentioned above indicate that the blessings that come from having made offerings to a hundred thousand million Buddhas are so great that, even though one may have believed in teachings other than the Lotus Sutra and as a result of this slander been born poor and lowly, one is still able to believe in this sutra during this lifetime.

 

T’ien-t’ai states, "It is like the case of a person who falls to the ground, but who then pushes himself up from the ground and rises to his feet again."   Those who slander the Lotus Sutra will fall to the ground of the three evil paths or of the human and heavenly realms, yet through the help of the Lotus Sutra they will in the end attain Buddhahood.

 

Now since you, Ueno Shichiro Jiro, are an ordinary person in the latter age and you were born into a warrior family, you should by rights be called an evil man, and yet your heart is that of a good man. I say this for a reason. Everyone, from the ruler on down to the common people, refuses to take faith in my teachings. They inflict harm on the few who do embrace them, heavily taxing or confiscating their estates and fields or even in some cases putting them to death. So it is a difficult thing to believe in my teachings, and yet both your mother and your deceased father dared to accept them. Now you have succeeded your father as his heir and, without any persuasion from others, you too have wholeheartedly embraced these teachings. Many people, both high and low in rank, have advised or threatened you, but you have refused to give up your faith. Now that you appear certain to attain Buddhahood, the devils of heaven and the demons are trying to use this illness to intimidate you. But remember that life in this world is limited. Never allow yourself to be intimidated!

 

"And as for you evil spirits -- will you cause this disciple of mine to suffer and swallow a sword point first, or embrace a raging fire, or become the archenemy of all the Buddhas of the ten directions in the three existences? How terrible this will be for you! Now, will you cure this man’s illness immediately and hereafter give him your protection instead, in this way escaping from the grievous sufferings that are the lot of evil spirits? If you fail to do so, then you will have your heads broken into seven pieces in this life and after your death fall into the hell of incessant suffering! You should absolutely free yourself from this fate; if you ignore my words, you will regret it later.

 

The twenty-eighth day of the second month in the fifth year of Koan (1282)

 

Handed to you by Hoki-bo.

  

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