Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho states: "..polished rice is not polished rice; it is life itself."
The sincere seeking spirit of the noble members in this practice
is certain to be praised by Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law!
The benefits and great good fortune that we accumulate in our lives will continue to radiate for all eternity.
* Gosho: The Gift of Rice, WND-1, Page 1126. "The blessings from this are in no way inferior to those Bodhisattva Medicine King gained by burning his arms, or the boy Snow Mountains gained by offering his body to a demon. Thus, what is appropriate for sages is offering in actuality [offering one's life itself for the Law]. What is appropriate for ordinary people is offering in principle [sincerely offering what is important to one's own life]. ... It [the Lotus Sutra] teaches that the mind itself is the great earth, and that the great earth itself is the grasses and trees. The meaning of the earlier sutras is that clarity of mind is like the moon, and that purity of mind is like a flower. But it is not so with the Lotus Sutra. It is the teaching that the moon itself is mind, and the flower itself is mind. You should realise from this that polished rice is not polished rice; it is life itself."
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province. It is stated that 'the seeds of Buddhahood sprout as a result of conditions, and for this reason they preach the single vehicle'"
(The Properties of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1117)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Nov. 25th, 2009
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"How it fills my heart with delight
to see the smiling faces of those
who have achieved resounding victory
through surmounting the tempests
of the three obstacles and four devils.
"Winter turns to spring. This is a universal truth that nothing can stop. If we base our lives on the Mystic Law, we can definitely change the most painful winter of karmic suffering into a beautiful springtime of hope. This is an unfailing certainty.
"The life of Nichiren Daishonin, who triumphed over the most extreme persecution, is in itself irrevocable proof that winter always turns to spring.
Founding Soka Gakkai president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi declared that proof of faith in the Mystic Law is absolutely guaranteed to be forthcoming to all practitioners, calling it 'a principle that never misses the mark.' And he broadly proclaimed that by practising the Daishonin's Buddhism everyone could attain happiness without fail."
SGI Newsletter No. 7886,Winter Always Turns to Spring, from the Dec. 2009 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translated Nov. 19th, 2009
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
[HAKUMAI WA HAKUMAI NI WA ARA
ZU. SUNAWACHI INOCHI NARI]
TOTOKI DOSHI NO SHINJIN NO KOKOROZASHI O
GOHONBUTSU GA SHOSAN!
EIEN NO DAI KUDOKU GA KAGAYAKU
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO WA KIHEN NI MAKASE TATEMATSURI SORO ZO BUSSHU WA EN NI YOTTE
OKORU KONO YUENI ICHIJO O TOKU NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1467)
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