1. In order to expand and
strengthen the power of good
deeds that individuals do
What happens in the international
community often happens on a huge
scale that the hands of the individual
does not reach, so in many cases,
people sometimes think
“Those problems can not be solved
by the power of individuals.”
For example, large-scale confrontation,
war and conflict between the country
and the country, and Huge Trade Friction
Problem as seen in recent US-China
relations and so on. The problem of
Coronavirus in recent years which spreads
worldwide, is also one of them.
The coronavirus originated in Wuhan, China
in January 2020, and as of February has
been confirmed in 28 countries. Even today,
the WHO and other international communities
are working together to eradicate them.
In such cases, how can an individual be
able to deal with large-scale problems
like international problems, in a manner
that is effective?
First of all, individuals do good.
Do good without doing evil.
This is the most basic. Also, that is
the starting point.
However, what to do when the effect of
good acts performed by individuals is
not widely affect society.
For instance, if evil or act of evil is done
in a distant place where the individual’s
action range can not reach, how an
individual prevents them?
Also, when those are done in the world
of giant capital and huge scale by a big
force, how does an individual prevent
them?
Conflict and war is the case.
In fact, terrorist incidents occur in
distant places where individual hands
will not reach.
The same goes for virus issues.
And it puts out many victims, bringing
many obstacles and misfortune to the
international community.
Therefore, we must strengthen the good
acts of each individual and make the
effects of that acts to extend to every
corner of society.
2. Use the power of law
In order to solve this problem, we use
“power of the law.” Because law has
the power to greatly expand and
strengthen the power of actions that
individuals perform and their
effectiveness.
For example, there are various laws
in the world such as laws of science,
laws of medical science, Social law,
laws of economy and business, or
professional law when doing artistic
activities and various volunteer
activities etc. These laws are capable
of expanding and strengthening the
power of human wisdom and acts in
each specialized field.
You use this “Effect of the Law itself.”
For example, since lawyers exercise
their wisdom based on the “Power of
Law,” so that he can lead to solving
various social problems and complex
problems difficult to solve by amateurs.
Of course, in that case, it is largely due
to the power of the lawyer himself to
solve the problem, but behind that
wisdom, the social law’s “power of law”
is working.
Even in the medical field, the doctor
exercises wisdom based on the laws
of medicine, so it becomes possible to
cure various diseases and intractable
diseases. Of course, outcome of
treatment depends largely on the
power and talent of the doctor himself,
but it is an undeniable fact that the
“Power of the Law of Medicine”
established by accumulation and
devising of research for many years,
is acting on treatment.
This is more prominent in the field of
science and technology.
In this respect, it is said that the history
that today’s science and technology has
expanded human power and ability, can
be classified into three periods.
The first period is that science and
technology acted on behalf of human
“Muscle” work. That is, it began with
automobiles, aircraft and household
appliances that appeared in the
beginning of the 20th century, and
recently from the extension, industrial
robots and others were developed, and
workers’ hard work was alleviated.
The second term is that science
and technology acted on behalf of
human “Nerve.” “Sensor” to measure
various things such as sound, light,
temperature, pressure, etc. has
appeared and those acted as a
substitute for human “nerve and
sensory organ.” Also they expanded.
With a cell phone or a single electronic
card, you can pass through the ticket
gate at the station or pay shopping
and can search a vast net world by
touching the mobile screen, and use
various applications. These depend on
its work.
The third term is the time when “Brains”
that accumulate knowledge of human
beings were greatly expanded by today’s
spread of AI and the Internet.
The emergence of supercomputers
and quantum computers is trying to
further expand the horizon of the brains
of human society widely.
As described above, the “the power of
the law” existing in various specialized
fields has the power to expand and
strengthen human’s action power and
wisdom power, respectively.
However, the extent to which the power
of these specialized law acts is often
limited to each specialized field.
It is not Versatile. Its range of action is
partial. Taking this fact into account,
you need to use them.
3. The existence of
Buddha-nature
Next, in order to solve various large-scale
problems such as those occurring
in the international community, and also
to solve complicated, diversified and
rooted problems, it is required a more
powerful law that acts more globally,
widely and smoothly, as well as using
specialized laws as told above.
It is the existence of “Buddha-nature.”
All phenomena have Buddha-nature.
Moreover, Buddha-nature exists
as a “law” in the phenomenon world.
Buddha Nature is usually translated
as the “Characteristics of the Buddha.
“However, its entity is defined as follows.
“Law of Origin of the universe and life”
“The main body of all laws existing in
this world”
“Law of Origin that governs the process
of phenomena generation and extinction.”
Everyone’s mind has the law of this
Buddha-nature. However, not only the
mind of people but also all phenomena
have it. For example, a desk in front of
you, a pen on the desk, an ashtray,
a substance, a space in the surroundings,
a behavior of a person, a movement of
a car, a trend of society, a wind, a cloud,
a weather, the earth, a planet, a star,
a galaxy, and to the endless outer space.
Where there is the occurrence of
material, energy, phenomena, the law
of Buddha-nature, which is the law of
its origin, exists.
Therefore, for example, if an individual
can connect with that “Buddha-nature’s
law”, it will be possible to expand and
strengthen the effectiveness of the
good deeds that each individual performs
(at their respective living level) to the
whole phenomena world. In principle,
it is the same as the case of a lawyer or
a doctor I told earlier.
Because individuals do good through
the Buddha-nature’s law which exists
throughout the phenomena world,
the effectiveness of that good deed
rides on the Buddha-nature’s law and
extends to the whole phenomena
world. It is such a principle.
4. Talk with an example
However. the meaning that “Buddha-nature exists in all the phenomena world”,
if I talk with an example, is as follows.
Since Buddha-nature is in all the
phenomena world, it is not difficult to
move or rearrange actual phenomena
for Buddha-nature. “Buddha-nature exists
in all the phenomena world” is such meaning.
Suppose, for instance, a salesman is
walking outside looking for work.
Alternatively, he may be that engaging in
sales activities by telephone within the
company.
In that case, if Buddha-nature wishes,
Buddha-nature can rearrange the
movements of the phenomena and
direct good customers to that salesman,
or bring rare business opportunities to him.
Also, if the relationship of husband and wife,
Buddha-nature can make her husband,
who is often usually difficult and bad mood,
to be in a good mood. Conversely, it is also
possible to change the attitude and
wording of the wife into a polite, heartfelt
thing.
In this case, the important point is,
in order to make better mood of her
husband, Buddha-nature rearrange
all the events of that background,
such as for example, the events and
human relationships within the
company, economic trends surrounding
the company, social and international
circumstances, and until the natural
phenomena such as weather.
Rearranging one phenomenon is
exactly such a thing.
Conversely speaking, the economy of
the world is bad and the company’s
management status is not good.
Salaries are also reduced. In that state,
how can you make your husband’s
mind to be in good mood?
Therefore, in order to change one
phenomenon, it is necessary to
rearrange the myriad of phenomena
related behind it. Without the ability
to freely reorganize such innumerable
phenomena, it is impossible to
rearrange one phenomenon. When it
comes to such reorganization,
you have to connect with the
Buddha-nature existing in the phenomena
world in general, or move Buddha-nature.
However, what I want you to notice is
that, in order to realize the above-
mentioned things, it is the case that
if you could make Buddha-nature
“wish to help you”.
If you could not make Buddha-nature
wish to do so, there is no reason
for Buddha-nature to help you or cheer
you.
Then, how can you make Buddha-nature
wish to do so ?
To do that, it is OK if you do what Buddha-
nature wishes from daily.
Then what does Buddha-nature wish for?
Buddha-nature wants more people to
be happy. In addition, Buddha-nature
wants to lead the people of the whole
world to happiness.
If it is, each individual do initiatory in
each respective positions, a concrete
task for that purpose. Then you can
make Buddha-nature to your ally.
Then, what kind of work is “a concrete
task”?
5. Two acts to please
Buddha-nature
In summary, the work that Buddha-
nature’s wishes for people to do is
basically the next two acts.
Act①
One is to “emit heart of mercy wishing
for the happiness of all citizens.”
However, as an act of moving the
wishes of Buddha-nature, it is better
“To emit the heart of mercy on
all living existence.” That is more
appropriate.
Because that is closer to the meaning of
Buddha-nature’s character “Mercy on
all things.” In addition, humans are not
the only life existence living on earth.
In order for human beings to live happily,
there are facts that humans coexist with
living existence other than human beings,
as well as events, substances and
phenomena. Therefore, to say “emitting
the heart of mercy on all living existence,”
it includes happiness of all citizens and
the mercy heart on all substances and
events related to it. Also, included
“heart of protection for animals and
plants” and “love for all things.”
The important point is the fact that
when the citizen emits this
“mercy heart on all living existence,”
Buddha-nature reorganizes the
phenomena world and create
“Good situation” and “New trend”
in the international community.
Why does Buddha-nature do so?
It is because “To emit mercy heart
on all living existence” including
human happiness, coincides with
the intention and desire of Buddha-
nature “to lead all people to happiness”
as I said above.
When this heart is emitted among
people, Buddha-nature recognizes as
“This person materialized my wish.”
And, as a returning thanks, Buddha-
nature creates a new good trend
among the social environments
in which those people live. Of course,
there is also a time when Buddha-nature
creates a “good situation” in the living
environment of individuals who have
emitted mercy heart.
In any case, Buddha-nature will do so
because those things work positive
and happiness for these people.
Also, I said in a previous post that the
“heart of mercy covers a wide world
like a canopy.” This is also because the
power of mercy heart that the citizen
emitted, will be widely expanded and
strengthened through Buddha-nature
existing in all phenomena world.
Act②
The second is to read well, think well and
understand well the “Correct information
about Buddha-nature.” Also, it is to write
about it, explain it to people, or do the
work to print and leave. Or it is to do one
of them.
Why is that to please the Buddha-nature?
And why is that be acceptable for
Buddha-nature’s intention and desire?
Here are two reasons.
One, if you arrange the correct
information about Buddha-nature,
print it, leave it as data, or leave it
by telling it, that will remain for a
long time in the future. And those
who read it after a year, ten years,
a hundred years, a thousand years,
know the “existence of Buddha-nature”
from that information. Also, they
obtain the method of connecting
to Buddha-nature from that information,
and expand and strengthen
the “power of good deed” that they
will do. And they will solve various
problems inside and outside. Also
they will open their own happiness.
Therefore, if you do those things,
the work is consistent with the
Buddha-nature’s desire to “lead more
people to happiness from now to the
future”, and that makes the
Buddha-nature pleasing.
Second is because that the task
mentioned above, of summarizing the
correct information about Buddha-nature
and leaving it as a future data, supports
the act of mercy of Act① well.
Just by merely emitting the heart of
mercy, people can not know the reason
Why is it necessary to emit the mercy
heart. Even if you emit only the mercy
heart without knowing the reason,
power does not enter. Therefore, it is
the job and role of Act② to correctly
and logically convey the reason.
That is, Acts② is an act of wisdom, while
Acts① is an act of mercy . Acts① can
powerfully emit “mercy heart on all living
existence” for the first time when it
receives support of the wisdom power
of Act②. And also Buddha-nature does
not return thanks unless you do powerfully,
deeply and continuously when you
emit mercy heart on all living existence.
In this way, it depends largely on the
power of wisdom that you will emit
mercy heart strongly, deeply and
continuously.
For the above reasons, when you
perform the acts of both ① and ②
in a well-balanced manner, Buddha-
nature reorganizes the phenomena
world for the first time as a thank you
for those acts. And improves the
company situation and social situation
surrounding you. At the same time,
your human relationship will be
improved in a good direction.
6. Shapes when Buddha-nature
is improving your relationship
Why is human relationship?
This is because there is a reality that
the majority of misery and suffering
in modern society arise from human
relations.
For instance, if you are a person with
a social status, you can see how
important is the relationship with
your boss, relationship with your
colleagues. If the relationship with
your boss progresses smoothly and
you are loved by your colleagues,
it will be a good condition. However,
if you are disliked by your boss,
secretly planning your dismissal or
relegation, or being despised by
your subordinates, or targeting
your position, you will taste
“Suffering like drinking blood” in
your mind, even if you are standing
upright and keeping yourself calm.
Alternatively, while working in the
same workplace, similar suffering
will occur if non-cooperative people
are nearby, or if there are those who
secretly think in a different schemes
for important things on work, etc.
These are the suffering experienced
by many of the people in the leadership
of society including middle managers.
As a result, Buddha-nature makes
people around you and those you
touch at the company to be “favorable”
to you. And for that, Buddha-nature
induce movement of phenomena and
sometimes support you in order not
to make your mistake as much as
possible. Because Buddha-nature exists
in everyone’s heart and in every
phenomena’s movement, Buddha-nature
can do like that.
However, for “mistakes or accidents”,
you can never rely on (dependence on)
Buddha-nature. First of all, it is
important for you to have a strong
determination that
“I never make mistakes or accidents”.
Then, if you act and work seriously
so as not to cause mistakes or accidents,
Buddha-nature will surely protect you
in the form as above.
In addition, Buddha-nature sometimes
cover your presence with veil
if necessary, so that making your
presence become not to anxious in
the minds of people around you.
Because that way you can get a more
stable mind and can concentrate on
your work intensively.
Alternatively, Buddha-nature may
change the person you touch at the
workplace, making arrangement to
keep malicious people or people
who do not match with you away,
not to touch you, a good person
come and let them touch you.
However just occasionally, Buddha-
nature may not stop a malicious
individual from approaching you.
This is not that “Buddha-nature brings
a bad guy closer to you,” but Buddha-nature
does not dare stop a malicious individual
from approaching you. (Buddha-nature
can be stopped if try to, but does not
dare stop)
Buddha-nature opens the gate
a little only in that part of the wide
phenomena world. If the gate is opened,
evil / bad guys will definitely come in.
Then they touch you. And in order to rob
the things you have, they will come in
soft form.
Why does Buddha-nature do so?
Because Buddha-nature knows that
you have enough power to find out
the malice of that malicious person
and prevent it.
Buddha-nature wants you to become
strong against evil. Through that contact,
Buddha-nature wants you to treat evil in
a splendid way and cultivate a strong heart,
strong power.
As mentioned above, Buddha-nature
properly defends and supports your
human relationships by using various
methods on a case-by-case basis
appropriately.
Buddha-nature wants you to acquire
“Heart of strong goodness” “Power
of strong goodness” “Stable heart”
as a final objective. And wants to
create “a situation where you can
demonstrate your concentration
and do your job.”
In order to realize that, Buddha-nature
will reorganize the human relationships
surrounding you, company circumstances,
social conditions and until weather,
if necessary.
Question
I wish to know more about the
relationship between Act① and Act②.
In particular, I’d like you to explain the
difference in the effectiveness of both
acts.
Answer
In answering that question, Act①
of mercy is united with perseverance.
Based on that, the fundamental
difference between the two is
Act① is an act performed mainly
by Mercy and Perseverance.
Act② is an act performed mainly
by Wisdom.
The main work of Act①’s mercy and
perseverance is “To stand well / To plant
a source of wealth well.”
The main work of Act②’s wisdom is
“To break well / To lead well / To transform
well.”
Therefore, if you create a new situation with
act①, act② lead and develop that situation
well.
So “if act① questions, act② answers well.”
On the contrary, if it is only act②’s wisdom,
there is nothing to maintain or develop.
Therefore, at that time, act① creates a new
situation and lets act② to maintain and
develop it.
So, in this case, “if act② questions,
act① answers well.”
7. Why do you need perseverance
when you emit the heart of mercy?
Question
There was a remark of “act ①’s mercy line
is united with perseverance”. Why do you
need perseverance when you emit the
heart of mercy?
Answer
When you emit the heart of mercy,
if you have an antipathies, dislike, or
angry to a certain person,
“emitting the heart of mercy” can be
extremely difficult.
Because if you emit the heart of
mercy on all living existence, you will
think that the “mercy heart I emitted
will turn around and lead to the wishes
for the happiness of the person who
I dislike.”
“I can not do that very much”.
“Absolutely, Not ! !” You will say.
In this way, occasionally the mind of
recoiling works when you emit mercy
heart.
Therefore, when it works,
perseverance exerts good power.
And with perseverance you can
suppress the emotions of the place
and can be calm. If you calm down,
you will be able to work wisdom of
Act② and you will be able to think
deeper into the correct meaning of
emitting mercy. You will be able to
think “If I emit mercy, it means that
that person changes and grows to
a person I can feel favorable.” Then,
you will emit mercy heart on all living
existence with a comfortable mind,
and can carry out act of mercy.
The “recoiling mind” as told above is
collectively called “Bonnō.” It refers
to the action of the heart which
bothers the spirit of a person. Also,
when you perform good, this Bonnō
often occurs.
Basically, there are five kinds of Bonnō:
“greedy, anger, grumble, arrogant,
doubt.” Basically it is the power of
wisdom of Act② to treat these Bonnō.
Wisdom breaks Bonnō well, leads them
in a good direction and transforms to
“advance energy.” Thus the work of
wisdom well supports the mercy and
perseverance of Act① here too.
As mentioned earlier, the main work
of wisdom of Act② is “To break well /
To lead well / To transform well.”
8. The relationship between
Buddha-nature and people is
made by a contract
Due to the reasons mentioned above,
when a person performs two acts of ①
and ②, Buddha-nature starts to
reorganize the phenomena world in
such a way that the individual becomes
happier. However, to be more precise,
“Buddha-nature reorganizes the
phenomena world according to the
quality and quantity of good deeds done
by that individual.” In other words,
It means Buddha-nature will support you
as much as you have done (the act that
suits Buddha-nature).
Because the relationship between
people and Buddha-nature is “contract”
to the last. This relationship is
established by contract. If you want to
make the power and work of the
mighty Buddha-nature work for
everyone’s happiness including
yourself, you must establish this
contract. And you must act to
establish it. Once you establish a
contract, you can move Buddha-
nature in that direction. The same
can be said about “connection
with Buddha-nature.”
Then, what about the general good
acts that each citizen conducts in
everyday life, “polite service to
customers” done in the workplace,
or good faith acts done in volunteer
activities and so on?
Also, what about the work that
people do in each specialized
workplace?
Will these actions fit the intention
and desire of Buddha nature?
What about intelligent work that
edits general knowledge and
information more accurately, and
summarizes it as excellent
information? Or what about the
work of exploring the truth?
Will these fit the intention and
desire of Buddha-nature?
Of course, these good deeds and
intellectual work also fit the
intention and desire of Buddha-nature.
Therefore, it is better to continue
these works proactively.
However, if you feel “insufficiency”
only with these works, it is good to
do the two Acts ① and ② above.
These two Acts expand and strengthen
the power of good deeds as you do day
by day, consistent with Buddha-nature’s
intentions and desire, so the
“insufficiency” you feel is eliminated
and the various problems surrounding
you will be solved by those powers.
In addition, in order to retrieve
information about Buddha-nature
of Acts ②, writing it correctly, and
talking to people, that information
source is necessary. Where do you
ask for it? At that time, please use
this website.
9. Distinguish between
Passive and Active
Until now when I’ve talked about
the Buddha-nature, I draw a case
example among the sentence, and
talked about Buddha -nature as if it
is an “existence with intention and
desire ” like a human being. That is
because if I do not speak in such a
form, I could not convey to you the
fact that “that is a contract.” However
in fact, Buddha-nature is not an
“existence with intention.” Because
the essence of Buddha-nature is
“law” to the last. There is no intention
or desire as people have, in the law.
In this case, there is a distinction
named 所成 Shosei and 能成 Nousei
between “law” and a “person with
intention.”
Shosei is a “Nature that establish
by being worked from outside.”
Conversely, Nousei is a “Nature that
establish by working from itself.”
That is, Shosei is Passive, while Nousei is
Active.※
※ Shosei and Nousei
“Sho” of Shosei means passive,
“sei” means “establish.” Therefore,
both are combined to become a
“nature that establish by being
worked from outside.”
“Nou” of Nousei means active,
“Sei” means “establish” as above,
so it will be a “nature that establish
by working from itself.”
Since Buddha-nature is a law, it is the
former “Shosei=Passive.” Therefore,
if it does not receive Nousei ‘s approach
of “human wisdom and behavior,”
its existence will not be established.
Moreover, even if Buddha-nature has
the mighty power and the power to
overcome, those powers will never
be demonstrated forever as long as
it dose not receive “human approach.”
In general, the nature of law is such.
For example, “Law of science and
Medical Law” mentioned earlier,
even if there are only them, the power
is not demonstrated. When the wisdom
and actions of scientists and doctors
actively work on them, the power of
those laws will be demonstrated for
the first time. Social law is also the same.
Even if society has law only, the power
of the law will not be exerted to society,
unless there are active resolve and
actions of people who “keep the law.”
Buddha-nature is also the same.
Since Buddha-nature is a law,
its power will be exerted for the
first time by receiving “wisdom and
actions of people.” When you use
“Buddha-nature’s law” which shows
strong effect in international society
and the world, you need to understand
the relationship between this
“law and people” well.
10. The essential characteristics
of Buddha-nature is mercy
Question
However, you mentioned earlier that
“Buddha-nature wants to lead
people and society to happiness.”
If there is no such desire or intention
in Buddha-nature, no matter how
much people do good, the contract
can not be established?
Answer
In Buddha-nature, there is no desire
nor intention like people have, but the
essential characteristic of the law of
Buddha- nature is “Mercy.”
If I talk about this with a case example,
all the laws in the world are made with
a useful direction for people’s lives and
happiness. For example, the laws of
politics and economics, or the laws of
science that discovered various forms
of energy and enabled its use, are also
the same. If there is a deficiency in the
content of these laws and how to deal
with the law, it will be improved in that
direction, that is in the direction to help
people’s happiness. Because “being
useful for people’s happiness” is the
mission and role of social law. And at
the same time, that is the “Essential
Characteristic” of those laws.
Likewise, the essential characteristics
of Buddha-nature’s law is also “Mercy.”
This is a characteristics that
Buddha-nature originally has. Therefore,
if a person acts and exercises wisdom in
such a way that it adapts to the
characteristics of its mercy, it can
realize cooperation with Buddha-
nature, and can exert the power of
Buddha-nature. Also, “Being able to
do that” become an empirical proof,
you can see that the essential
characteristics of Buddha-nature is
mercy.
Even in this form, the “Contract
between the law and people’s act ”
mentioned earlier is maintained.
11. How to act when both passive
law and active wisdom are in yourself
Buddha-nature that is “the law of the
origin of the whole phenomenon world”
exists also in the outside phenomenon
world, but also exists in your mind.
When considering that the Buddha-
nature (law of of the origin) exists
in yourself, “Passive Buddha-nature’s
law” and the “act actively working
on that law” will be both present in
yourself. I will talk about how to act
in that case here.
The process will be mainly as
follows―
In the beginning, you can know
for the first time the fact that the
“law of Buddha-nature is within
you” by touching the information
and knowledge that it exists.
Next, once you know it exists,
you will work on it by the
“Good deeds that you do in daily
life and work place” and “Acts of
mercy and wisdom of ① and ②,”
and draw out treasure and power
from the treasure house of that law.
In that case, the law is a treasure
house and it is full of treasure and
power, but since it is passive to the
last, you can not draw out them
unless it receives the approach of
an active your actions. Even if both
are inside of you, this principle will
not change. Just because you have
a treasure house in your hand,
if you do not do anything, treasure
cannot be withdrawn.
Next, if you draw out treasure and
power from the treasure house of
law (by your action), their power
(efficacy) will solve many problems
both inside and outside and lead
yourself to happiness.(2)
(2) The point to note in this
process is that treasure and
power exists in “law” to the last.
The law is a treasure house.
On the other hand, the role of
person’s good deeds and of the
Act of mercy and wisdom of ①
and ②, are to open the door of
treasure house of the law and
draw out treasure and power.
The above process is that both
“passive law” and “Active acts of
person” exist in yourself and is the
course that you recognize both of
those existence well, guide them
skillfully, and exert their power.
Based on this progress, we will
move on to the next professional
stage. Talking professionally on
the course that I told above, this
process is classified into the
following types of processes.
1 Name
2 Main body
3 Essentials
4 Effect
5 Identification of information
