Prayer for Love and Mercy

Last time, I said that there are many absurd things in this world, and that sometimes I wonder, "Does God exist?" I'm sure you all agree, but there's something I must say in God's honor. Even considering the absurdity of this world, God's grace far surpasses it. Looking at the big picture, God's grace is overwhelming. How much has the human population grown since the dawn of humanity? According to recent research, the modern human population was at its lowest at around 100,000. Now it's at 8.4 billion. Just how much has it grown? If I complained to God about the absurdity of the world, He would probably respond, "Do you realize how many people I've helped to increase?" If aliens from a distant galaxy were to look at Earth, they would surely describe it as "humankind's unprecedented prosperity." And not just humans. Since life first appeared 4 billion years ago, Earth has teemed with life. There have apparently been several p...

What's the point of knowing that "all people will be saved," or in other words, "you will be saved in the end?" I think there's a big difference between knowing this and not knowing it. It's true that there are many seemingly absurd things in the world, and there are times when I wonder, "What is God (Buddha) doing?" But there is salvation when you realize that in the end, we will be saved, and that God will eventually make up for all these absurdities. I'm already looking forward to seeing how He makes up for all of this from the afterlife, but for some reason, my faith in God (Buddha) remains unwavering. I might almost be sick. Do I have a mental illness? So, if you know that "all people will be saved," or in other words, "you will be saved in the end," then what happens? You stop worrying about money, money. You stop comparing yourself to others and feeling jealous. After all, you will be saved in the end, so there...

 "All will be saved." I've even gone so far as to think that this is the same as what Bodhisattva Never Disparaging, who appears in the Lotus Sutra, already proclaimed: "I do not despise you. You will all become Buddhas." Isn't it the same thing when I say "All will be saved" and when Bodhisattva Never Disparaging says "All will become Buddhas"? So what I'm doing is just copying Bodhisattva Never Disparaging. It's an honor. This bodhisattva was always spreading the word, "I do not despise you. You will all become Buddhas," so everyone found him annoying, and he ended up being persecuted by people throwing stones at him and hitting him with sticks. So what did this bodhisattva do? "He ran away to avoid them and shouted from afar, 'I do not despise you. You will all become Buddhas.'" Not cool. Instead of facing them with dignity, he cowardly runs away, turning his back on the enemy and howling from afar l...

 I've gone through Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Ramakrishna (Hinduism?), reading each of their sacred texts. But for some reason, God (Buddha) sealed them away, and I haven't been able to open them for the past 15 or 20 years. They're still on the bookshelf on the left, though. Naturally, I gradually forgot the words of the scriptures, and only two things remained. 1. God(Buddha) loves us. 2. God (Buddha) is  the only one who is omniscient and omnipotent  . And from these two theorems, we can deduce: "All people will be saved." Perhaps we should call people sentient beings. In other words, all life. It's a natural conclusion. It's as self-evident as saying that 1 + 1 = 2. If we are loved by God (Buddha) and that God (Buddha) is omnipotent and omniscient, then of course we will be saved. That's what I'm here to say, but I'm not the first person to say it. Shinran said it, Nichiren reluctantly acknowledged it, Origen also said it in Christi...

 To summarize all the scriptures, I believe they can be summed up in two theorems: 1. God (Buddha) loves all of us. 2. The God (Buddha) who loves us all is the only one who is omniscient and omnipotent. First, if God (Buddha) does not love us, then we are finished. We would be hopeless. No matter how omniscient and omnipotent God may be, if He does not love us, He has no meaning to us. It is precisely because He loves us that He has meaning to us. Next, second, no matter how much God loves us, if He is not omniscient and omnipotent, then He is meaningless. If God is not omniscient and omnipotent, then we can imagine situations where "even God cannot save this person." And the exception clause "this person is impossible" is always over-interpreted, weakening God's love, leading to "this person, this person, too, cannot be saved," and ultimately to "no one can be saved." "This person is the only one He can't save." When we say thi...

 I said I'd write about Christianity next, but it looks like I'm straying from the story of the sealed scriptures again. Whenever I write a blog, I find myself wondering, "Which way should I go next?" It's like the parallel worlds of quantum mechanics. Each time a particle's position is determined, the world branches off. Now, going back to the original point, I think I mentioned that the scriptures were sealed and haven't been opened in about 15 or 20 years. They're still there, within reach, on the bookshelf on the left. So, what happens then? Of course, "You gradually forget." Right? The contents of the scriptures become increasingly unclear, and the details become vague, like, "I'm sure the Buddha said this," "I'm sure the Bible says this," "I'm sure the Quran says this," or "Ramakrishna said this." And in the end, all that's left is Love and Mercy. In the end, I'm likely to forg...

 I said I'd turn to Christianity next, but I have something to say before that. The quotes from the scriptures and saints on this site are always arbitrary. They don't clearly state the exact source, saying which scripture and which chapter it is from. They just write things like, "I think it said something like this." I intend to continue this style as ever. I think I wrote about this in an earlier post, but it's because I've decided to stop quoting certain passages from the scriptures and praise about them. To be honest, I did a lot of praises by quoting scripture and clearly stating the exact source over 20 years ago. When I looked at the scriptures, I could see the light of mercy and the light of love, and I couldn't help but stick sticky notes on those passages. I ended up with several sticky notes on one page, and my wife even told me I was stupid. There was a time when I would blog about every single one of these. So even now, the scriptures are sti...