User talk:Tommy 33

Hi Tommy.

Thank you for editing the article on Nichiren adding the word Daishonin. Although I agree with you a 100%, this however is creating a problem as the word Daishonin was given to the Buddha by the priests of some but not all Nichiren sects, There are perhaps more than 10 sects in Japan which add Shonin to the name Nichiren. To call Nichiren by name as he called homself in thousands of times in the Gosho - this is acceptable and it is not disrespectful. To call him Daishonin - does not mean that he is respected or properly follwed. We call Gandhi as Gandhi not necessarily the Mahatma to show more respect. We call Shakyamuni as Shakyamuni not always as Buddha. Our respect for Nichiren is in the heart and the heart is what really matters. If we keep putting one view - even if it is correct - then the article would be claimed to be biased and problematic. This has happened already. I think it is better to leave the word Daishonin as in identifying Nichiren by the ShoShu, SGI and very rearly by N Shu. (to point out that Nichiren was a priest not a Buddha - but usually they call him Shonin. Wikipedia has crirticised the article as relying on one source. But if one has to quote a sentence from the Gosho, then the only applicable source on the net is SGI publication. I have added the section: Nichiren Teachings and Mahayana Buddhism for various important reasons and also to clarify the claim that Nichiren was merely a Tendai priest, while the quote I presented abolished this. regards, Safwan SafwanZabalawi (talk) 02:34, 18 May 2012 (UTC)