Shakubuku
Shakubuku: "Shakubuku means to break (Shaku) delusion (Buku) — to cut suffering — to empower.
Critics of Nichiren's Buddhism commonly mistranslate the word Shakubuku as 'to break and subdue.' The problem with this 'translation' is that the word 'and' (ni in Chinese) does not appear in the word Shakubuku. If it did, it would read Shakunibuku.
Shakubuku is not breaking and subduing people, it is stopping suffering and awakening to life's potential.
Another point: It is better not to say: 'This is John, my Shakubuku.' It makes a new person sound like a possession.
It sounds better to say 'This is my friend John' or 'This is John — he's new to the practice.'
As you may or may know,Shakubuku does not stop when a person receives a Gohonzon. Everyday we must break (shaku) the cycle of suffering (buku). Introducing others to the practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism keeps us in practice for fighting our own interior and exterior demons. "
Critics of Nichiren's Buddhism commonly mistranslate the word Shakubuku as 'to break and subdue.' The problem with this 'translation' is that the word 'and' (ni in Chinese) does not appear in the word Shakubuku. If it did, it would read Shakunibuku.
Shakubuku is not breaking and subduing people, it is stopping suffering and awakening to life's potential.
Another point: It is better not to say: 'This is John, my Shakubuku.' It makes a new person sound like a possession.
It sounds better to say 'This is my friend John' or 'This is John — he's new to the practice.'
As you may or may know,Shakubuku does not stop when a person receives a Gohonzon. Everyday we must break (shaku) the cycle of suffering (buku). Introducing others to the practice of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism keeps us in practice for fighting our own interior and exterior demons. "
