Nissen Shonin, the founder of HBS, stated:"Greed for money and sex is a worn, that is man himself." That is surely true. Human beings may be likened to a greedy slave of money and sex. There are some people that will abuse friendship to accumulate money. There are some people that will go out of their way to gain favors of women they take a fancy to even if they have to break the law. Nissen Shonin is referring to those types of people.
In short, Shakymuni Buddha appeared in the world to awaken mankind to lead a life worthy of living through proper thinking and observation. The Lotus Sutra's elucidated: "To open 'Butchiken’ for the salvation of mankind is to have mankind understand ‘Butchiken’ and enter the path of ‘Butchiken’. However, to the common people that have become prisoners of greed, it is difficult to "open the door to Buddh-wisdom, or to reveal it, or to let all beings know it and to let them enter into it. (Kai-ji-go-nyu)."
Thus, Shakamuni Buddha, while preaching the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, used various similes and parables to get people to comprehend the correct way of observing and thinking about things.
The following parable is next:
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