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Dr ueki

Dr. Masatoshi Ueki, a Buddhist thought researcher, has a very hard to believe theory about the Lotus Sutra. He claims that the Lotus Sutra is a sutra for training, even though it does not preach how to practice at all. The Lotus Sutra uses the word "Ku - emptiness" but does not preach anything about emptiness. It also uses the word "samadhi" but does not preach anything about how to practice samadhi. The Lotus Sutra preaches about almsgiving, called the "Goshuhossi - five kinds of priests," but does not preach anything about how to practice. Therefore, it is clear that the Lotus Sutra was established as a sutra for the benefit of the Buddha. The Lotus Sutra was established more than 500 years after the death of Shakyamuni. At the time the Lotus Sutra was written, Shakyamuni was already a legendary figure. The author of the Lotus Sutra probably did not even know where Vulture Peak was. Shakyamuni, the founder of the Lotus Sutra, is a superhuman who distorted the historical Shakyamuni. Indians, who love the protection of gods and Buddhas, are indifferent to history and arbitrarily created Shakyamuni and made him into a superman. That is Indians. Dr. Ueki's ideology is that he is a member of the Soka Gakkai, and I think his family is either Jodo Shinshu or Christian.
Dr. Ueki's master was Professor Gen Nakamura of the Jodo Shinshu. Professor Gen Nakamura's family temple is Shinkoji (Jodo Shinshu) in Okutani-cho, Matsue City, and his funeral was held at Tsukiji Honganji. Scholars should disclose their sect, but Ueki Masatoshi has not disclosed his affiliation to the Soka Gakkai. There are also suspicions that he was a Christian. There are many puzzling points, such as how Ueki met Dr. Nakamura and why Dr. Nakamura, who is supposed to be an authority on Sanskrit, did not translate the Lotus Sutra himself. Despite being an authority on Sanskrit, Dr. Nakamura asked Ueki Masatoshi, who has a science background, to translate it. Ueki dropped out of the Graduate School of Letters at Toyo University, majoring in Buddhist Studies. If he had graduated, he would have been able to obtain a doctorate in Buddhist Studies, but he dropped out of Toyo University and became the first man to obtain a doctorate by dissertation at the Graduate School of Gender Studies at Ochanomizu University. The title of his dissertation was "A Study of Gender Equality in Buddhism: From Indian Buddhism to the Lotus Sutra," and although it was about Buddhism, his major was not Buddhism. Dr. Ueki claims that the ideas of the latter six parts of the Lotus Sutra are different, but this is incorrect. The concept of incarnation in the Lotus Sutra originates from Brahmanism and is preached throughout the Lotus Sutra, and appears in the preface. Not only Kannon Bodhisattva, but also Shakyamuni Buddha and Myo-on Bodhisattva are incarnations. Dr. Ueki states that the belief in Kannon was added to the Lotus Sutra. However, there is no archaeological evidence. Dr. Ueki tries to separate the Kannon Sutra from the Lotus Sutra. The reason is that in Soka Gakkai, it is believed that the Lotus Sutra is executed by Bodhisattva Jogyo. The Lotus Sutra is a sutra that provides benefits in this world, and Kannon Bodhisattva is the guardian deity of practitioners of the Lotus Sutra. And it was the author of the Lotus Sutra who introduced the Kannon faith, which was a folk belief, into Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra is the "central sutra of Kannon faith" and the "pioneer sutra that introduced mantras." Furthermore, Dr. Ueki states that the Lotus Sutra satirizes fictional Buddhas. However, it is the Lotus Sutra that created fictional Buddhas. The Lotus Sutra was created as a sacred text, and is even equipped with defenses against external enemies (guardian deities and dharani). Dr. Ueki also states that the Lotus Sutra was created to eliminate prejudice between Hinayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. However, there are few Mahayana sutras older than the Lotus Sutra. Furthermore, Mr. Ueki claims that the Lotus Sutra has nothing to do with esoteric Buddhism. However, Kukai of the Shingon sect is a person who understood the true value of the Lotus Sutra. Esoteric Buddhism cannot exist without the Lotus Sutra. It is a lie that esoteric Buddhism is a powerful sorcery that can kill people, or that esoteric Buddhism's sorcery is dangerous. It is the Lotus Sutra that is dangerous. The true teaching of the Lotus Sutra is, as Kishimojin and Rakshasa say, "If you interfere with the followers of the Lotus Sutra, your head will explode into seven pieces." It is written that anyone who interferes with the Lotus Sutra or its followers will "have their head explode into seven pieces." This is also written in the Soka Gakkai mandala. Wikipedia says that the role of the Prajnaparamita Sutra as a bridge to esoteric Buddhism cannot be ignored, but this is not true. The Prajnaparamita Sutra was esotericized around the 7th century, but it was not involved in the esotericization of Mahayana Buddhism. It was the Avatamsaka Sutra that bridged the gap to esoteric Buddhism. Many religious groups that believe in Nichiren claim that the Lotus Sutra is the teaching of Shakyamuni and has nothing to do with esoteric Buddhism. This may be convenient for temples involved in Kannon faith. However, if we ignore faith, it is clear that the Lotus Sutra is the origin of esoteric Buddhism. The Lotus Sutra is a sutra that preaches the "Tathagata system," so it contains a lot of fiction. The reason the Lotus Sutra developed into the Avatamsaka Sutra and then into esoteric Buddhism is because at the beginning of the Avatamsaka Sutra, there is an expression that "a majesty emerges from between the eyebrows of Vairocana Buddha," which is clearly an imitation of the Lotus Sutra. Other imitations of the Lotus Sutra can be found everywhere. For this reason, the Avatamsaka Sutra was created in an attempt to surpass the Lotus Sutra. The Lotus Sutra boldly fictionalizes Shakyamuni Buddha himself. However, in the Avatamsaka Sutra, Vairocana Buddha is introduced as Dharmakaya Buddha, an incarnation of the law (the truth of the universe itself) that surpasses Shakyamuni Buddha. In other words, they tried to surpass the Lotus Sutra by establishing Vairocana Buddha. However, Dharmakaya Buddha cannot preach. There is no way that an incarnation of the law can preach. If all beings are ordinary, only Shakyamuni Buddha, who has a human body, can preach so that all beings can hear. For this reason, in the Avatamsaka Sutra, Vairocana Buddha is called the Buddha of Silence. Instead, Vajrayana Bodhisattva, another name for Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who appears in the Lotus Sutra, mediates between Vairocana Buddha and Shakyamuni Buddha. However, in the Mahavairocana Sutra, the story is changed to one in which Vairocana Buddha breaks his silence and preaches to Vajrayana Bodhisattva. The opening line of the Mahavairocana Sutra, "I have heard," refers to Vajrayana Bodhisattva. So who was listening to this conversation? For this reason, in Shingon Buddhism, it is said that Nagarjuna received the sutra from Vajrayana Bodhisattva at a tower in South India. In this way, esoteric Buddhism overcame difficulties and developed from the Lotus Sutra to the Avatamsaka Sutra and the Mahavairocana Sutra, completing esoteric Buddhism. In the Shingon sect's "Unsolved Documents," the Nara period monk Tokuichi asks who the "I" in the opening of the Mahavairocana Sutra is. Tokuichi asked Kukai, who only mentioned the eleventh question in the Kofu Hoden, "The Doubt of the Iron Tower," and ignored the rest. As a result, he was repeatedly refuted not only by the Shingon sect but also by the later Tendai sect. Also, Amida Buddha is a new Buddha that was created to counter the Zoroastrian god of light Ahura Mazda when Buddhism headed westward and encountered it. It was created to attract local people to Buddhism by appealing to the Pure Land of the Buddha's land, and preaches salvation after death rather than worldly benefits. Only Jodo Shinshu is a monotheistic religion, and Ikkoshu means monotheistic. Also, only Jodo Shinshu temples do not issue "shrine seals." Jodo Shinshu completely prohibits fortune telling, magic, psychic powers, amulets, prayers, telekinesis, and training. Therefore, you cannot receive a temple seal even if you visit any Jodo Shinshu temple. In Jodo Shinshu, you are only allowed to listen to the sermons of wise people (those who understand the teachings of Buddha well). The Prajnaparamita Sutra preaches "emptiness," and the Lotus Sutra preaches, so to speak, "branching out." For example, let's say there is a ramen shop called "Nyorai." The owner is Nyorai. The disciples train there, and when they are able to reproduce the taste of the shop, the owner allows them to "branch out."