Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Buddhism is based upon reason and common sense.
Aligning ourselves to the rhythm of "Faith Equals Daily Life"
is the wisest and most direct path to victory.
Let's advance boldly ahead with a strong resolute prayer!
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even if one should fall into hell, because one has heard the Lotus Sutra, which leads to Buddhahood, with this as the seed, one will invariably become a Buddha."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 882)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, November 16th, 2011
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"' [Among the disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha,] Chudapanthaka was unable to memorize a teaching of fourteen characters even in the space of three years, and yet he attained Buddhahood. Devadatta, on the other hand, had committed to memory sixty thousand teachings but fell into the hell of incessant suffering. These examples exactly represent the situation in the world in this present latter age. Never suppose that they pertain only to other people and not to yourselves.'
From "Three Tripitaka Masters Pray for Rain" (WND-1, 602).
"In the realm of Buddhism, those who are honest and sincere will undoubtedly win in the end. There is no way that those who strive for kosen-rufu with dedication, perseverance, and earnestness throughout their lives will fail to become happy. The victorious lives of our honourable fellow members are the most powerful testimony to this truth. In contrast, arrogant people with positions of great responsibility who forget their debts of gratitude, only seeking personal fame and fortune, travel a path that leads to misery in accord with the strict law of cause and effect.
"The key to attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime is faith alone."
SGI Newsletter No. 8377, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (57) Faith Is the Key, translated Nov. 15th, 2011, from the October 22, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
BUPPO WA DORI DA.
[SHINJIN SOKU SEIKATSU] NO
KENMEI NA "RHYTHM" KOSO
JINSEI SHORI NO JIKIDO!
TSUYOKI INORI DE SUSUME!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JIGOKU NIWA OTSURU TOMO HOTOKE NI NARU HOKEKYO O MIMI NI FURENUREBA KORE O TANE TO SHITE KANARAZU HOTOKE NI NARUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 552)
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