EXAMPLES OF WRONG ATTITUDE IN FAITH

EXAMPLES OF WRONG ATTITUDE IN FAITH

  

President Ikeda enumerates five erroneous attitude in faith, which are in sharp contrast to seeking the law within ourselves:

  

1. Shifting responsibility to others

2. Escapism

3. Disbelief, Grudges and Complaints

4. Ill feelings and resentments towards fellow members

5. Cowardice

  

All the above mentioned life tendencies reflect the pattern where we seek the Law outside ourselves and these attitudes function to deepen and strengthen our innate fundamental darkness. Therefore what we need to do is exactly the opposite of all these five negative attitudes which is:

  

1) Faith with which we stand alone

2) Self Challenge

3) Conviction

4) Unity

5) Courage

  

The true and correct attitude that we must have is to seek the law within our life.

  

Source: Blue Deeper Than Indigo - Pg: 74 - 79 (Excerpt from the Explanation of the Gosho 'On Attaining Buddhahood in this Lifetime').