* There is a Japanese national press holiday today so there is no edition of "To My Friends" …but we go on, no matter what! Hope you have a successful week!
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World
- WND, Vol. 1, page 681)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu",
Selection Source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shinbun, Sep. 9th, 2018
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Though you may be struggling with illness or perhaps caring for an ill or ageing family member, there is no reason to harbour doubts and question why this is happening when you or your family have practised Nichiren Buddhism for many years.. As the Daishonin explained to one of his disciples: 'Could not this illness… be the Buddha's design, because [the sutras] teach that sick people will surely attain Buddahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way' (WND-1, 937). The key is to find the deeper meaning in the experience, change poison into medicine, create enormous benefits and forge a great, invincible life state for the sake of your family members and friends. This is the purpose of faith."
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Though you may be struggling with illness or perhaps caring for an ill or ageing family member, there is no reason to harbour doubts and question why this is happening when you or your family have practised Nichiren Buddhism for many years.. As the Daishonin explained to one of his disciples: 'Could not this illness… be the Buddha's design, because [the sutras] teach that sick people will surely attain Buddahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way' (WND-1, 937). The key is to find the deeper meaning in the experience, change poison into medicine, create enormous benefits and forge a great, invincible life state for the sake of your family members and friends. This is the purpose of faith."
Living Out Our Lives with Unwavering Faith, from the July 2018 Editorial of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released August, 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IYOIYO GOJONO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
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