![]() From his seemingly contradictory statements emerges an essential point in the Daishonin’s Buddhism: Our faith must be self-reliant, but not selfish. While the Daishonin cautions us not to depend on someone else’s prayer, he encourages us to pray for the sake of others. ![]() For example, to his persecuted followers, the Daishonin writes from exile: “I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground” (WND, 444). At the same time, however, he encourages us to pray for the happiness of others as he, himself, constantly did.
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