February 8th-14th, 2021
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The benefits of daimoku are
"like the vast ocean."*
They are
They are
"like the sun and the moon."*
Brightly and powerfully,
calmly and with confidence,
let's create value indomitably.
Brightly and powerfully,
calmly and with confidence,
let's create value indomitably.
*Gosho: "The benefits of the former are like one drop of water, while the benefits of the daimoku are like the vast ocean. ... The benefits of the former are like the light of a firefly, while those of the daimoku are like the sun and the moon." - WND, Vol.2, page 1074
Monday, February 8th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' cannot be false in any way."
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
- WND, Vol. 1, page 217)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 8th, 2021
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"'The term "daimoku" has two meanings: one indicates the daimoku of the Former and Middle Days of the Law, and the other indicates that of the Latter Day of the Law.*
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"'The term "daimoku" has two meanings: one indicates the daimoku of the Former and Middle Days of the Law, and the other indicates that of the Latter Day of the Law.*
"'During the Former Day of the Law, [the Indian Buddhist scholars] Bodhisattva Vasubandhu and Bodhisattva Nagarjuna chanted the daimoku, but they did this solely as a practice for themselves and went no further than that. In the Middle Day of the Law [the Chinese Buddhist teachers] Nan-yueh** and T'ien-t'ai likewise chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo; they did so as a practice for their own benefit, but they did not expound it widely for others. These examples may be called the daimoku and meditative practice.
"'Now, however, we have entered the Latter Day of the Law, and the daimoku that I, Nichiren, chant is different from that of earlier ages. This Nam-myoho-renge-kyo encompasses both practice for oneself and the teaching of others. It's five characters are the five major principles of name, essence, quality, function and teaching.'***
- (WND –2, 986: "On the Receiving of the Three Great Secret Laws")****
"This passage from the Daishonin's writing 'On the Receiving of the Great Secret Laws teaches the nature of the practice of daimoku, or chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, in the Latter Day of the Law.
"The Buddhist teachers who advocated the Lotus Sutra in the Former and Middle Days of the Law chanted daimoku for their own benefit, but did not teach it to others, the Daishonin says. In contrast, the daimoku he established involves not only practice for oneself. It is the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo both for oneself and for others, the way to relieve the suffering of all humankind in the Latter Day of the Law."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [58] Creating a Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine—Part 2 [0f 5], The Practice of Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter Day of the Law Is for Oneself and Others, February 2020 issue of Daibyaku Renge, translation released December 2020
* The time after Shakyamuni's death is divided into three periods known as the Former, Middle and Latter Days of the Law.
** Nan-yueh: The teacher of T'ien-t'ai.
*** Five major principles of name, essence, quality, function and teaching: the five viewpoints from which T'ien-t'ai interprets the Lotus Sutra in his treatise, The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra. "Name" signifies the meaning of the title of a sutra. "Essence" signifies the ultimate principle of a sutra. "Quality" indicates the principal doctrines of a sutra. "Function" indicates the benefit and power of the sutra. And "Teaching" refers to the position and influence of a sutra with respect to other sutras.
**** Addressed to Ota Jomyo (1222-83), "On the Receiving of the Three Great Secret Laws" explains the Three Great Secret Laws, which are the core principles of Nichiren Daishonin's teaching. They are: the object of devotion of the essential teaching, the daimoku of the essential teaching and the sanctuary of the essential teaching.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
DAIMOKU NO KUDOKU WA
"TAIKAI NO GOTOSHI"
"NICHIGATSU NO GOTOSHI"
TSUYOKU AKARUKU YUYUTO
FUKUTSU NO KACHI SOZO O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KAKO NO SHUKUEN OIKITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMOKA SHAKA
TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME ZAIZAI SHOBUTSUDO JOYO SHIGUSHO YOMO
SORAGOTO SORAWAJI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1338)
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