how some Buddhist can promise such great merits and in the end excuse with the words "It is your fault"?

Question

I have been promised great merits and happy destiny and now all that has gone in deep water. Now Buddhist search for a new votary of the Lotus Sutra who will gain all my merits and I have suffered all condemnation because of the Lotus Sutra.
for sure this proverb is true: "because one will see the dark, the other will see the light" it means that some people are happy because some others suffers for them.
I am deeply dissapointed by Buddhism.

Answer 1

You should talk to a Buddhist teacher who is respected by the Buddhist community about this.
I'm very sorry for your disappointment. My very faulty understanding of what my teachers have told me would make me ask you how do you know that you didn't generate great merit? Surely you know if you did.
Our mind is very fast and changeable and merit is very fragile, full and happy and altruistic one instant and, by the play of attachment or repulsion or just dullness of mind, full of pride or envy or anger in the next instant. Generating merit isn't like casting a spell. The best way to make sure that merit isn't destroyed by our negative states of mind is not to own it. If it's given away for the benefit of all, it can't be destroyed by our state of mind because we don't own it.

Answer 2

Are these conclusions that you have drawn from independent studies, or are these the result of your participation in a sangha and under the guidance of a teacher?

I'm rather confused by your claims, too.

Answer 3

Buddhism is within. If you are disappointed with Buddhism, you are disappointed with yourself.

"Your wavering, questioning self must be silenced at the still point of concentrated consciousness." (see above)

Answer 4

When the Buddha announced his impending exit from the sphere of mortality, his dear disciple Ananda burst into tears. “Lord, you have been the polestar of our spiritual path so far. Whom should we contact for guidance and higher instructions when you will not be there in the land of the living?” he asked.

The Buddha replied: Atmadeepo bhava - Be light unto yourself.

Your wavering, questioning self must be silenced at the still point of concentrated consciousness. Amidst the darkness of worldly delusion only the emanation of radiance from within - like the full moon - can bring enlightenment. Guru Purnima symbolises emanation of inner illumination, the awakening of the sleeping Buddha within.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna advised his dear disciple Arjuna: “Lift yourself up with the help of your self ”. You are your best friend, philosopher and guide, at the same time you can be your worst enemy as well. Arjuna was never advised to seek refuge in a guru. Rather, he was advised to rise above all religious rituals and seek refuge in Him, the embodiment of eternal Being, the pure Consciousness, and real Self behind the apparent ripples of delusion.

The concept of seeking the light within is perfectly in tune with scientific spirituality. Whenever we sincerely seek intuitive guidance from within we create a magnetic pool to attract the requisite energy vibrations of infinite potentiality hidden within us. Each soul is potentially divine and we need to awaken this divinity through concentrated efforts and continuous aspiration. This is spirituality. No one else can make us gain the same; we need to source it from inside.

In the Mahabharata, when Dronacharya refused to accept Eklavya as his disciple, the boy made an image of Dronacharya and started practising archery in front of the image. Consequently, he mastered the art of archery as good as Arjuna who was the best direct disciple of Dronacharya, through assiduous practice and intuitive skills. The secret lies in intense aspiration leading to requisite release of the potential hidden within through the psychology of faith in a guru despite the physical absence of the guru in the learning process.

Aurobindo had an experience in cosmic consciousness due to his intense aspiration and soul searching. He never had a guru. Although he received instructions on yoga from Bhaskar Lele, he never accepted him as his guru and his teachings did not lead him to self-realisation.

A true guru can be instrumental in transformation of our ego into divine self and release of divine consciousness through the mechanism of faith. But the dogmatic claim of the essentiality of a guru in the spiritual path falls apart on closer scrutiny. The life of the Buddha, Christ, Ramakrishna, Aurobindo, Ramana Maharshi and others bear ample testimony to the fact. Guru Purnima, therefore, is an occasion for awakening of our inner illumination in full beam for manifestation of the divinity already within us.

Answer 5

You need to meditate more, you got Buddhism all wrong.