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SGI Intro Exam: SGI President Ikeda;sstudy lecture series Questions and
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In "The Dragon Gate," what does Nichiren
highlight through the example of the carp struggling
to climb the waterfall to turn into a dragon? - Answers -Tokimitsu that remaining
steadfast in one's buddhist practice to the very end is an undertaking fraught with as
many diffculties as a carp faces in climbing the dragon gate and turning into a dragon
Regarding the strong currents of the waterfall
that drive the carp back, what does President
Ikeda say these currents can be likened to? - Answers -to the conditions of an evil age
defiled by the five impurities as described in the lotus sutra; while the birds of prey and
fisherman can be likened to the three obstacles and four devils and the three powerful
enemies that hinder one's efforts to attain buddhahood
In this writing, Nichiren says, "My wish is that
all my disciples make a great vow." In his lecture,
how does President Ikeda connect living based on
a great vow to bringing about our practice of the
Mystic Law to a successful completion? - Answers -we must eagerly and joyfully
embrace the mission of taking on the suffering of still more and more people and of
challenging even greater difficulties in our cause for peace and happiness
President Ikeda offers a detailed explanation
of Nichiren's words "revere Myoho-renge-kyo
inherent in our own life as the object of devotion."
What does he say is key to activating the "Myohorenge-kyo
inherent in our own life"? And what
does he say will happen if we were to lose sight of
this important point? - Answers -Our buddhist practice runs the risk of lapsing into the
subservient worship of some absolute being outside of us
4. In this writing, Nichiren offers an analogy,
saying, "When a caged bird sings, birds who are
flying in the sky are thereby summoned and gather
around, and when the birds flying in the sky gather
around, the bird in the cage strives to get out." How
does President Ikeda explain this analogy as it
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