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Podcast: Gosho Reading (Nichiren Buddhism)
Episode: 149 The Treasure of a Filial Child
Description: Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter at Minobu in the seventh month of the third year of KĹan (1280) to the lay nun Sennichi, who lived on Sado Island. Sennichi was the wife of Abutsu-bĹ Nittoku, who had passed away the year before.
Abutsu-bŠhad originally been a Nembutsu believer, but soon after encountering the Daishonin, together with his wife, became his sincere follower and helped provide him with food and supplies during his stay on Sado.
After the Daishonin was pardoned from his exile and had taken up his residence at Minobu, Abutsu-bĹ, despite his advanced age...