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Podcast: Gosho Reading (Nichiren Buddhism)
Episode: 006 The Four Debts of Gratitude
Description: Nichiren Daishonin wrote this letter while he was in exile in ItĹ on the Izu Peninsula. It was addressed to KudĹ Sakon-no-jĹ Yoshitaka, known also as KudĹ Yoshitaka, the lord of Amatsu in Awa Province.KudĹ Yoshitaka is said to have converted to Nichiren Daishoninâs teachings around 1256, about the same time ShijĹ Kingo and Ikegami Munenaka did, a few years after the Daishonin first proclaimed his teachings. While the Daishonin was in exile on Izu, Yoshitaka sent offerings to him and continued to maintain pure faith. He was killed defending the Daishonin at the time of the K...