The New York herald., 1870-05-23
JAPAN.
The Keiigion OF the East la tho Besiuuing-
Legend PREDATORY OF the Chrisiinn His
t0ry-rhc sect OF Nichiren, the Buddhist

A"o A-en2ion OF tnc East Ia tho Beginning
N Legend PREDATORY OF the Christian His
tory-fhe sect OF Nichircn, the buddhist
Saint.
[From the Yokohama (Japaa) Weekly Mali, April o. /,
u the eXculsioDist On Yokohama VINO has
haied at hatlse, VIII take the trouble 60 out OF
enter the ,e iple grounds opposite, AID mounting
ABOVE IN building, ieach an elevation from which
MAT hess Cnen or the .ich scno however IT,
is To be reaub rising up IN the midst, ne VIII be
amp, repaid III Clear weather. On his way down he
can vi l. the, temple bsiow, which l. caIei Riy0-
koJi or JaAko-z IN, where with a little search, he
Wii iind u curoas AMI old. diapiated picture, hang
lug ~ IN IN worst OF ligh.s. T.is picture repre-.
sents man squattlng on the ground waiting Ia ALI
resisnatiol for the execut.onei's sword, which ls
raised Oh high to sever his e,l from his body. But
tbe sword was nor q sstnel to iaI. IL was stayed
by the ram anu lire whch We SEQ desc sndng ftOm
heaven. so, too says the legend. ana of that ie-
benefit OF tn Sc who m " ana from It tne means OF
Wnlliny away an Idle moment at I'll Il Tie 500 after
tney nave ,slted the temples aud cave OF Eaoshia,
ana, ylng azliy upon the sands, have gazed AZ the
gorous view IN the distance. The story is written
by one Of tie SECT OF Nichiren and the reader will
be slruck by It's similarity to the legends which
abound in early Christian history. IL reads as iUl-
lows
81 NSW the Of = ssns1, ps holy of
m Sdsn ss IN y ts summer Of the year Which
amsatas sSrss %iRea
upon the Minister ToAmun called On his reverence
At priests that temple were srea.y reocsd
spread the Virtues OF Rswan Vent " nn To sae o
der and recouned what ma happened Our Founder hav
81 AssTea have been ali ne studying the sacred
as in Japan men scohng at the religion of Buddha
seven % b samss s ~ are surely somng upon u.s. THIS Is mat
treat man for disease The OF which you did NOT
& M Sssn s % Voice
70 s .v o r. full SSssn tee days and had Ms utmost
was nothing Tor bu. to leave the altar and to return
the e heavily And the seeing s: es
But Ry kwan harboei evar increasing against
Nchiren and wishing compass his DEATH brought many
false charges AGAINST MIN to the Of the Minister k
guhn the right from the wrong ordered Nichren to be
wheTsnpon the twelfth day Of the ninth month"; OF
Founder placed him horse about QUIZ Rana
kura boween twelve and two in the night they
Iatsuno.kacht and there they seated hin upon carpet
Then sh Yorimoto Kinsol knelt before our Founder
having arealy determined TO share his be his
attendant to kyozan he waited In readiness for what might
ii this time Founder joining bis hands in prayer.
"Now the end Of tae drAweth nigh. Even though
heads OF honest Nishiren, the exponent
%Sses Or s' @ er the @ n. q our
Riyozan, and wlthhod their projection from me-"
Snos6ire had raised his long aofs, when Ola
NH mrace suddeoy the esh auaked the thunder rolled and
brpSeo in hIse pieces and he could MOI stir hand or
sword of faihon long shall be broken in pieces
Now bad this not m ;aksn Place the revelation Of the
would havs been falslhei.
In the whole thundered and iightened
son meteors were seen the sky and voice proceding
be lei the land or Nippon will be destroyed" Whercat
soul in the palace from Tokimune downwaris,
amazed "Nch!ren must he parionel at once" they cried
q" swift horse forthwith be despatched
with a letter Of full pardon."
This is what is found IN the sacred books heart
Transformed, aud he forthwith sent od
Verify every title of his holy sulerings
Is wrl ten in the Sacred Books.
~ this time many converts were made and 1t recorded
thls:-- a
.ln the land Of Nippon Is the Province of sagam in the
Chi There Nichirers life stayed by the divine
Hoske Kyo and hence the place snail also be called Jak-
kodo."
Fearing this mind his Reverence hippo carved holy
image OF Founder and begc that he might
pri ilese OF setny In Tat3u kuch. Our Founder
shed tears for and F0rasnuch this 10 the
where Nchens life was stayed soul shall stay in thg
image" HNt.
and the holy image After that It was set
up in this temple and became renowned for It's divine
cheney heaing.
Is said boo s'Bessed all those who retain
mercul feelings In their hearts, Bearing his In mind
all worshppers who will their devotons with
the feen. they woTshippng his the
calanltes Of all kinds. They will without doubt by
Divine grace ENJOY happiness in this world and ther
souls hereafter
These things are to be seen written in detail in the holy
biography OF the Founder
These calame Plague, invasion, rebellion
portents, eciipses, and nundatODs drought.
80 part OF kamakUra, then a great city.
The dragons mouth, where the temple now stands In
Katase.
Criminals who going to be beheaded were formerly
made to sit upon skias.
1t does not appear who this man was Probably Sam
ura who followed the teaching OF Ncheren.
The Mountain OF Spirits where Shake the founder OF
Buddhism, Is said to have taken his abode after death
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