From Religious Activities to Social Activities – Agon Shu's Gedatsu Kuyo
I would like to explain the point of Agon Shu’s decision to develop Gedatsu Kuyo throughout Japan.
In the past, Agon Shu conducted Gedatsu Kuyo services to liberate people from their innen. In order to accomplish this, one’s restless ancestral spirits and disembodied spirits must be resolved.
In the past, it has usually taken six months (with one service of Gedatsu Kuyo per month) for the disembodied spirits to attain complete Buddhahood. However, when I performed Jobutsu-ho with authentic Buddha relics received from Sri Lanka as the object of worship, something marvelous happened. That is, the power of Jobutsu or attaining Buddhahood is quite different. Restless and disembodied spirits can completely attain Buddhahood after two months or two services (presently in one month). When this happened, I realized something:
Why did authentic Buddha’s relics come to Agon Shu?
What are the missions that Buddhism must accomplish?
It is spiritual purification.
It is restoring of human spirituality.
This is it.
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Agon Shu did not request for Sri Lanka to donate the authentic Buddha relic. Sri Lanka stated that Agon Shu is the only Buddhist order that upholds the Agon Sutras, the direct teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha. I was genuinely happy and accepted it as the Buddha’s spirit. It was truly the Buddha’s intention.
Even if it is an authentic Buddha’s relic, unless the dharma is conducted properly and the virtues of the Buddha and the dharma are widely propagated to the society to save people, it would be a waste of treasure.
The Buddha desired for Agon Shu with the dharma to enshrine authentic Buddha’s relics, which lead to the authentic Buddha’s relic being brought over to Japan. We must purify the world spiritually and restore human spirituality with this authentic Buddha’s relic and the Jobutsu-ho.
That is the Buddha’s will.
This is what I realized.
Agon Shu’s motto is "We must expand from religious activities to social activities."
Activities within the frame of religious activities cannot save this world alone. We must expand to social activities. That is Agon Shu’s motto.
With the Buddha’s decree, Agon Shu is entering into the path of social purification activities with authentic Buddha’s relics as the object of worship.