Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"I'm going to win, no matter what!" is such an important attitude to have.
It is precisely when we do make such a decision to win
that we are able to experience a wellspring of
great wisdom and courage in our lives!
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, Dec. 16th, 2009
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
A consistent piece of advice the Daishonin gave Shijo Kingo was not to be fawning or servile. Servility is tantamount to destroying one's own dignity or self-esteem. Even worse, behaving in a cowardly or servile manner towards devilish functions will prevent one's Buddhahood from shining forth.
"We must firmly stand up to devilish functions that bring misery to people. When confronted by the dauntless behaviour of people of dignity and integrity, devilish functions will always make a fast retreat. This is just like foxes fleeing when they hear the mighty roar of the lion king, or like darkness vanishing the instant the sun comes out.
"Let us live with unshakable confidence and pride, and without the least servility. The Daishonin repeatedly teaches his followers that this is where the true brilliance of human dignity is to be found."
SGI Newsletter No. 7891, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY [10] 'The Three Kinds of Treasure'--Part 1 [of 3] The Essence of Buddhism Lies in One's 'Behaviour as a Human Being.' From the October 2009 issue
of the Daibyakurenge translated Dec. 11th, 2009
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---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
[WATASHI WA DANJITE KATSU!]
KONO KETSUI GA DAIJI DA.
KATSU TO KIMETA ICHINEN KARA
IDAI NA CHIE TO YUKI GA
WAKI IZURU NO DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURUTOMO OOZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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