* Today is a Japanese national monthly press holiday to give all those involved in making and delivering a newspaper a rest! So "Words of the Week" was published yesterday. Still lots to read and enjoy today...
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"You should not have the slightest fear in your heart. It is lack of courage that prevents one from attaining Buddhahood, although one may have professed faith in the Lotus Sutra many times since innumerable kalpas ago.
"There is definitely something extraordinary in the ebb and flow of the tide, the rising and setting of the moon, and the way in which summer, autumn, winter and spring give way to each other. Something uncommon also occurs when an ordinary person attains Buddhahood. At such a time, the three obstacles and four devils will invariably appear, and the wise will rejoice while the foolish will retreat."
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils
- WND, Vol. 1, page 637)
Selection Source: "Myoji no Gen",
Selection Source: "Myoji no Gen",
Seikyo Newspaper, Nov. 14th, 2021
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mr. Makiguchi placed great importance on members experiences in faith. He cited the experience of a woman who overcame family and work difficulties to triumphantly create a happy, harmonious family applauded by all her neighbours; and also that of a man who, through his Buddhist practice, was able to inject new life into his printing business that had been operating at a loss for over a decade. Mr. Makiguchi describes such inspirational dramas of renewal as 'the result of all-out effort' and likened them to diamonds or to gold nuggets discovered in sand.*
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mr. Makiguchi placed great importance on members experiences in faith. He cited the experience of a woman who overcame family and work difficulties to triumphantly create a happy, harmonious family applauded by all her neighbours; and also that of a man who, through his Buddhist practice, was able to inject new life into his printing business that had been operating at a loss for over a decade. Mr. Makiguchi describes such inspirational dramas of renewal as 'the result of all-out effort' and likened them to diamonds or to gold nuggets discovered in sand.*
"He saw these experiences of members translating faith into daily life as 'actual proof of a life of great good' and 'evidence of attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime.'
"Mr. Toda also taught us that through our efforts to put faith into practice in daily life while grappling with all kinds of problems, we can establish a state of absolute happiness in which being alive itself is a joy. Nothing pleased him more than hearing the experiences of fellow members advancing in their human revolution and changing their karma."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World. [69] Advancing Our Movement by Demonstrating the Principles of "Faith Equals Daily Life" and "Buddhism Is Manifested in Society," Experiences Are a Driving Force for Spreading the Mystic Law, January 2021 issue of Daibyaku Renge Study Journal, translation released October 2021.
* Translated from Japanese. Cf. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo Zenshu (Collected Writings of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi), vol. 10 (Tokyo: Daisanbunmei-sha, 1987), p.144.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SUKOSHI MO OSORURU KOKORO NAKARE KAKO ONNONGO YORI HOKEKYO O SHINZE SHIKADOMO HOTOKE NI NARANU KOTO KORE NARI SHIO NO HIRU TO MITSU TO TSUKI NO IZURU TO IRU TO NATSU TO AKI TO FUYU TO HARU TONO SAKAI NIWA KANARAZU SOI SURU KOTO ARI BONPU NO HOTOKE NI NARU MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI KANARAZU SANSHO SHIMA TO MOSU SARARI IDE KITAREBA KENJA WA YOROKOBI GUSHA WA SHIRIZOKU KORE NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1091)
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