This teaching wasn't
new. Even before Buddha started to tell the Lotus Sutra, Kandrasuryapradipa
appeared and told the same teaching. And one after another, Kandrasuryapradipa
Buddhas appeared in the same name and left the same teaching. That is what
Manjusri saw, actually, in his previous life. This is your homework. What does
it mean? You may wonder if this is just a fairy tale or if it means something.
This is, I think, good homework for you. And if you want to ask this on the
final day of the training period, during question and answer, you can ask me.
Be careful not to get a big slap, okay? What does it mean? One after another,
Buddhas appeared in the same name, Kandrasuryapradipa, and told the same
Saddharma Pundarika Sutra. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-02-00-D as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
