Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We who recite the mystic law are treasure towers in ourselves!
There is no obstacle, no wall that cannot be toppled.
Let us believe in ourselves wholeheartedly,
and unleash our unlimited potential from within!
*Gosho, On the Treasure Tower, WND-1, Pg 299, "At present the entire body of the Honourable Abutsu is composed of the five elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and space. These five elements are also the five characters of the daimoku. Abutsu-bo is therefore the treasure tower itself, and the treasure tower is Abutsu-bo himself. No other knowledge is purposeful."
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra."
(A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 824)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun,November 10th, 2010
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Allow me to clarify here that falling ill is not a sign of weak faith or defeat. No one can escape the four universal sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death. If, when we fall ill, we summon up powerful faith to battle the devil of illness, our illness itself can become an opportunity for us to achieve a life imbued with eternity, happiness, true self, and purity--the four noble virtues of the Buddha. It can serve as a chance for us to strengthen our faith even more so that we can triumph over devilish functions. And when we have the strong, invincible faith to withstand any onslaught of the three obstacles and four devils, nothing will be able to stop us from attaining the life-state of Buddhahood.
"The three obstacles and four devils descend in force when an ordinary person is close to attaining Buddhahood. The Daishonin notes that when these obstructing forces appear, 'the wise will rejoice while the foolish will retreat' (WND-1, 637). Do we have the faith of the wise, our hearts filled with a dauntless fighting spirit, or the faith of the foolish, our minds filled with alarm and doubt?
"In the case of sickness, having the spirit to fight through to the end against the devil of illness is vital. Are we determined to win over the devil of illness or allow ourselves to be defeated by it? When we encounter illness or other painful suffering, we stand at a crossroads of great spiritual growth and inner development."
SGI Newsletter No. 8098, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [20] 'The Proof of the Lotus Sutra' The Prayers of a Votary of the Lotus Sutra to Overcome Illness, from the September 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Nov. 5th, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & 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 ---
MYOHO O TONAERU
WARERAWA [HOTO] NARI!
YABURENU KABE WA NAI.
JIBUN O SHINJINUKU
MUGEN N CHIKARA O HIRAKE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ISSHO WA YUME NO UE ASU O GOSEZU IKANARU KOTSUJIKI NIWA NARUTOMO HOKEKYO NI KIZU O TSUKE TAMAU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1163)
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