Great Construction

The Door of Mystery Has Been Opened (2nd version)

     That many of the views I express are of unexplored areas of humanity would probably be fair to say. I am sure that there is a large number of individuals who, in the good sense of the word, most likely have doubts about these views, so as simply as possible I will write about these doubts and why I teach as I do.
     Constantly I advocate the construction of paradise on earth, but this is not a concept which came to me on my own. The time has arrived and God has indicated to me the plan and conditions for how to manifest paradise on earth and has also provided me with tremendous powers to accomplish this goal. Among those powers, the teachings I expound are based on manifestation of the power to know things. Enigmas that had been enclosed by dark curtains and that which has been covered in the mists of ignorance and darkness have come to reflect clearly to my senses of spiritual perception. Because I write exactly as has been revealed to me, the time has come for all to become open and clear. Until today has been the world of night, so it is only natural that there be no visibility in the darkness of night. To speak of the light of the moon, moonlight is not sufficient to see things clearly. Such has been the actual state of the world until the present.
     From about the middle of 1931, however, has begun a period of dawn. Since that time forward, the sun has gradually been ascending, and the world has entered the world of daylight. The world of bright, divine light is now approaching. Paradise on earth is starting to appear. It is in this sense that all enigmas, mysteries, and social ills will be exposed to the divine light. What is opaque has become transparent and evil has no place to hide.
     The cause of the three great sufferings of human beings, that is, disease, poverty, conflict is generated from evil, so it is not unusual that with the elimination of evil would be borne a world with no disease, poverty, or conflict whatsoever.
     As the principal suffering of the three sufferings just mentioned is of course that from disease, it is only natural that the source of disease be clarified, thus bringing about a world without disease.
     Until now, because education, philosophy social thought, and all such fields, including religion, have not been able to interpret everything in the universe above a certain point, it was that the innermost core was unable to be touched. It is said that at the age of seventy-two, Shakyamuni declared that he saw the truth. Nichiren is said to have seen the truth when he was around fifty years of age. Seeing the truth means touching the innermost core to which I just referred. What became clear with these experiences was that Shakyaumuni saw the end of Buddhist law and the descent of the Maiterya and that Nichiren saw that after six hundred and fifty years, the Boddhisattva of the Pure Land would appear and that it would become the world of righteous agriculture. Christ did not utter the words “seeing truth,” but he declared that the kingdom of heaven was at hand and foretold the second coming of Christ, which he could not have done without being able to see the truth. We can imagine other examples of various saints who although they did not see the truth, they did approach levels close to seeing the truth. In terms easy to understand, think of seeing the truth as having climbed the summit of a pyramid. Seeing the truth is the same as looking down upon all below while standing on the highest point of the pyramid. The higher the elevation, more is visible.
     Here, it is only right that I speak about myself. I became able to see the truth at the age of forty-five. Once the state of seeing the truth is attained, past, present, and future become completely clear. Of course, along with all the mistakes of the past that emerge, the future of the world and what people will be like then all appear distinctly as well. Nevertheless, even now I cannot relate all of what I learned. This is because Satan, Devadatta and the Pharisees all continue to obstruct and hinder. Therefore, it is unavoidable that I announce what I have learned only within certain limits. The time is near, but it is not as if I do not anguish about not being able to speak. Such also is inevitable from the viewpoint of divine economy. From what I have written so far, however, readers will recognize that what I have to say differs remarkably from anyone or anything previous.
     Thus, as the title states, already the door of mystery has been opened.

Narratives, Jikan Library, Volume 12, pages 31, January 30, 1950 
translated by cynndd

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The titles of previously published translations of “Shinpi no Tobira ga Hirakare tari” are cited below for reference.

“Door of Mystery Opened,” The Glory, Number 001, November 1, 1954.


“Door of Mystery Opened,” Teachings of Meishu and Kyoshu, page 1, no date.