Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Victory is born from strong determination and deep inner resolve!
With the fierce resolve "as though to produce fire from damp wood"*
and a prayer imbued with great conviction,
let's completely transform our adversities into victories!
* Gosho, On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins - WND-1, page 444, "I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground."
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever. Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue dye comes from indigo, but when something is repeatedly dyed in it, the colour is better than that of the indigo plant. The Lotus Sutra remains the same, but if you repeatedly strengthen your resolve, your colour will be better than that of others, and you will receive more blessings than they do."
(The Supremacy of the Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 615)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", December 2nd, 2010
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Bodhisattva Never Disparaging triumphed through courage, sincerity, and perseverance.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: 'When one faces a mirror and makes a bow of obeisance, the image in the mirror likewise makes a bow of obeisance to oneself' (OTT, 165). Though the people of overbearing arrogance among the four kinds of believers--monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen--persecuted Bodhisattva Never Disparaging, their Buddha nature was actually bowing in reverence to him.
"Similarly, when we engage others in dialogue and show respect for their Buddha nature, though they might reject our words at the time, their Buddha nature is in reality venerating our Buddha nature in response. When we sincerely convey the message of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, the seeds of Buddhahood are planted in the other person's life and their lives begin to move on a course towards positive change.
"When we speak out courageously, our Buddha nature is also powerfully manifested. It also activates the innate Buddha nature of the other person. The sincere dialogues we have contribute to our mutual enrichment, happiness, and victory. The only way to actualise kosen-rufu and world peace is in such steadfast efforts in dialogue.
SGI Newsletter No. 8111, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, The People Are the Foundation, from the June 30th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Nov. 26th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SHORI WA TSUYOKI ICHINEN KARA!
[SHIMERERU KI YORI
HI O IDASHI]
DAIKAKUSHIN NO INORI DE
GYAKKYO NI UCHIKATE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IYOIYO GOJO NO ONKOKOROZASHI ARUBESHI KORI WA MIZUYORI IDETAREDOMO MIZU YORIMO SUSAMAJI AOKI KOTO WA AI YORI IDETAREDOMO KASANUREBA AIYORIMO IRO MASARU ONAJI HOKEKYO NITEWA OWASUREDOMO KOKOROZASHI O KASANUREBA TANIN YORIMO IRO MASARI RISHO MO ARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1221)
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