The Gakkai says that the passage from "Hyaku Rokka Sho (One Hundred Six Articles)" which reads,
"Since Nikko and the direct successors are the High Priests who have inherited the Law, they are to be looked up to as the Head Priest by all, from the central figures to the newest disciples unanimously, until the end of time, as when I was alive,"was later arbitrarily added by someone, so it is not part of the Daishonin's Gosho. Is That True?
A statement like, "This passage from 'Hyaku Rokka Sho (One Hundred Six Articles)' is not part of the Gosho" are the words of someone who is ignorant of the Buddhism bequeathed to Nichiren Shoshu. **The Gosho Zenshu incudes many Gosho not written in the Daishonin's own hand.** These include "Ryusenji Moshijo (Petition to Ryusenji Temple)," the latter part of which was written by Nikko Shonin on behalf of the Daishonin, and "Hakiri Dono Goho (Report to Lord Hakiri)," the entirety of which Nikko Shonin wrote on behalf of the Daishonin. There are also oral teachings, such as "Ongi Kuden (Record of the orally Transmitted Teachings)" and "Verbatim Lecture Notes (Oko Kikigaki)." That is all the more reason why it is quite natural for transfer documents such as "One Hundred Six Atricles" to explicitly state what is implicit in the Daishonin's doctrines, and for them to appear in a form that differs from the Daishonin's usual literary style.
If one says that, "Unless a document was written in the Daishonin's own hand, it cannot be called the Gosho," then none of the extant copies of transfer documents are the Daishonin's Gosho. Concerning the passage in question, Fifty-ninth High Priest Nichiko Shonin stated in "Collection of Study Essentials for the Fuji School,"
"In terms of doctrine, it's justifiable." (Ibid., Vol. 1, p. 25)
As this passage indicates, a High Priest who inherited the entirety of the Daishonin's Buddhism through the bequeathal of the lifeblood received by only a single person himself recorded this as the Gosho, so it contains no mistakes in its doctrine. For example, even if it were not written by Nichiren Daishonin or Nikko Shonin, in terms of its orthodox spirit and meaning, One Hundred Six Articles is an excellent Gosho.
- [c. 1996, Nichiren Shoshu Temple]
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