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The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin - Page 951

THE DRUM AT THE GATE OF THUNDER

(lesser vehicle) a flexible interpretation to indicate successive levels of comparison.

7. “A thousand ri” here simply indicates a very long distance.

8. A gate located at Hui-chi in Shao

hsing of Chekiang Province in China. The sound of the drum from this place was said to reach all the way to the distant capital of Lo-yang.