"From the Writings of Nichiren DaishoninFriday, August 6, 2010: Though numerous, the Japanese will find it difficult to accomplish anything, because they are divided in spirit. In contrast, although Nichiren and his followers are few, because they are different in body, but united in mind, they will definitely accomplish their great mission of widely propagating the Lotus Sutra. The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 618Many in Body, One in Mind Written to the lay priest Takahashi on August 6, year unknown"
This passage holds the key to why the United States of America is the place for kosen-rufu, the widespread accomplishment of a change in the human mind from a warlike, limited and depressed/cynical view and lifestyle to a peace-rich, limitless and positive/challenging view and lifestyle--because whereas the Japanese are same in body but not always the same in mind, Americans are very different in body, coming from all over the world seeking, in one mind, the greatness of a better life and a better and more inclusive and embracing dynamic. This one, united mind, namely that "all men [and women] are created equal", ever striving "to form a more perfect union", not a perfect union that just stays as it is but one ever improving, "more perfect" than the previous perfection--that is the "one mind" of which the Daishonin speaks. Let us never let this torch go out, which is the key to our accomplishing and leading the way for kosen-rufu in America and throughout the world. America today is like China at the beginning of the Middle Day, a totally Confucian country, with some touches of Taoism, at the time that Buddhists seeking to spread the great teachings of their mentor ventured across the treacherous Himalayas armed with their idealism. But the Chinese viewed Buddhism as a foreign religion, alien to their country and found no use for it. Obviously, history shed a very different light on it than was apparent at the time. America's mission is far greater than any of the Buddhist countries of the past, India, China, Japan or the other Asian countries--America's mission is to completely change the thinking and living of the human race as it's never been changed before. What has occurred in our initial 235 years is merely prep work, laying the foundation. The true great drama and glory will be seen when all the citizens of the United States of the World are living truly free because they have all unearthed from their life the endless fruits of supreme wisdom.
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