The Opening of the Eyes
(Monthly Gosho Passage – May 2010)
It is already over twenty years since I began proclaiming my doctrines. Day after day, month after month, year after year I have been subjected to repeated persecutions. Minor persecutions and annoyances are too numerous to be counted, but the major persecutions number four. Among the four, twice I have been subjected to persecutions by the government itself. The most recent one has come near to costing me my life. In addition, my disciples, my lay followers, and even those who have merely listened to my teachings have been subjected to severe punishment and treated as though they were guilty of treason.
Gosho, p.539; MW Vol.2, p.114)