* From Dec. 7th-11th "The Daily Encouragement" was NOT from the headquarters leaders meeting in October but instead from "The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, [2] The Purpose of Buddhist Study—Parts 2 and 3, 3 A Shared Tradition of Studying the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin," from the February 2018 edition of the Daibyakurenge. Our apologies for the wrong labelling!…
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS--
The Daishonin states,
"The votary of the Lotus Sutra
is like the sun or the lion."*
Brightly and cheerfully
Brightly and cheerfully
just like the sun
and fearlessly and courageously
and fearlessly and courageously
just like the lion,
let's challenge ourselves
let's challenge ourselves
and take every opportunity to
help others to form a connection
help others to form a connection
with Nichiren Buddhism!
*Gosho: "If a dog barks at a lion, its bowels will rot. The asura demon who shot an arrow at the sun had his head split into seven pieces. The True Word teachers are like the dog or the asura, while the votary of the Lotus Sutra is like the sun or the lion." - WND-I, page 613
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA
NICHIRIN TO SHISHI TONO GOTOSHI"
TAIYO NO GOTOKU HOGARAKANI
SHISHI NO GOTOKU YUKAN NI
BUTSUEN KAKUDAI NI IDOMI YUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UENO TSUYU HYAKUNIJU MADE MOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173)
*Gosho: "If a dog barks at a lion, its bowels will rot. The asura demon who shot an arrow at the sun had his head split into seven pieces. The True Word teachers are like the dog or the asura, while the votary of the Lotus Sutra is like the sun or the lion." - WND-I, page 613
Thursday, December 12th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure
- WND, Vol. 1, page 851)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 12th, 2019
Friday, December 13th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'What defines a practitioner?' -- President Makiguchi wrote these words firmly in the margin of his personal copy of the Daishonin's writings. On the same page, he had underlined in red a passage from 'the opening of the eyes': 'if there exists a votary [or practitioner] of the Lotus Sutra, then the three types of enemies are bound to exist as well' (WND – 1, 278).
"As practice progresses, devilish functions arise. They invariably assail those who genuinely uphold the Buddha's teachings. Battling those devilish functions is what defines a votary, or practitioner, of the Lotus Sutra and also a Buddha."
Friday, December 13th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'What defines a practitioner?' -- President Makiguchi wrote these words firmly in the margin of his personal copy of the Daishonin's writings. On the same page, he had underlined in red a passage from 'the opening of the eyes': 'if there exists a votary [or practitioner] of the Lotus Sutra, then the three types of enemies are bound to exist as well' (WND – 1, 278).
"As practice progresses, devilish functions arise. They invariably assail those who genuinely uphold the Buddha's teachings. Battling those devilish functions is what defines a votary, or practitioner, of the Lotus Sutra and also a Buddha."
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, [2] The Purpose of Buddhist Study—Parts 2 and 3, 3 A Shared Tradition of Studying the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, from the February 2018 edition of the Daibyakurenge, translation released November 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA
NICHIRIN TO SHISHI TONO GOTOSHI"
TAIYO NO GOTOKU HOGARAKANI
SHISHI NO GOTOKU YUKAN NI
BUTSUEN KAKUDAI NI IDOMI YUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UENO TSUYU HYAKUNIJU MADE MOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173)
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