May 23rd-29th, 2022
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
"The benefit of one day's practice"
surpasses
"a hundred years of practice
"a hundred years of practice
in the Land of Perfect Bliss".*
Today (and this week) again,
Today (and this week) again,
with overflowing courage,
let's devote ourselves
let's devote ourselves
to both achieving kosen-rufu
and developing our lives!
Let's write a golden journal
Let's write a golden journal
of our daily practice!
*The Daishonin also asserts: "A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world" (WND-1, 736). Practising Buddhism just a single day in this "impure world" filled with suffering, he says, brings greater benefit than doing so for a whole century in the Land of Perfect Bliss, a realm free of pain and sorrows. The Daishonin is speaking of the immense benefit of Buddhist practice in the Latter Day of the Law, and his words underscore how noble it is to strive in a place that is so challenging and demanding.
(ref.- https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-wisdom-for-creating-happiness-and-peace/chapter-15-17.html)
Monday, May 23rd, 2022
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Never seek this Gohonzon outside yourself. The Gohonzon exists only within the mortal flesh of us ordinary people who embrace the Lotus Sutra and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The body is the palace of the ninth consciousness, the unchanging reality that reigns over all of life's functions."
(The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"GOKURAKU HYAKUNEN NO SHUGYO" NI MASARU
WARERA NO "ICHINICHI NO KU" DA.
KYO MO YUKI NI MOETE
KOFU TO JINSEI NO KAITAKU O!
OGON NO NIKKI MONJO O TSUZURE.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KONO GOHONZON MATTAKU YOSO NI MOTOMURU KOTO NAKARE TADA WARERA SHUJO NO HOKEKYO O TAMOTTE NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAURU KYOCHU NO NIKUDAN NI OWASHIMASU NARI KORE O KUSHIKI SHINNO SHINNYO NO MIYAKO TOWA MOSU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1244, New Gosho Zenshu page 2088)
-- *The Daishonin also asserts: "A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world" (WND-1, 736). Practising Buddhism just a single day in this "impure world" filled with suffering, he says, brings greater benefit than doing so for a whole century in the Land of Perfect Bliss, a realm free of pain and sorrows. The Daishonin is speaking of the immense benefit of Buddhist practice in the Latter Day of the Law, and his words underscore how noble it is to strive in a place that is so challenging and demanding.
(ref.- https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-wisdom-for-creating-happiness-and-peace/chapter-15-17.html)
Monday, May 23rd, 2022
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Never seek this Gohonzon outside yourself. The Gohonzon exists only within the mortal flesh of us ordinary people who embrace the Lotus Sutra and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The body is the palace of the ninth consciousness, the unchanging reality that reigns over all of life's functions."
(The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon
- WND, Vol. 1, page 832)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, May 23rd, 2022
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
-- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT --
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: "If you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the Mystic Law"
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
-- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT --
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: "If you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the Mystic Law"
(WND –1, 3). Similarly, holding our mentor firmly in our hearts is the essence of Buddhism. The strength of the mentor-disciple bond is not determined by physical proximity. We forge an invincible connection when we live with our mentor always in our hearts. That is the great path of the oneness of mentor and disciple."
The New Human Revolution - Volume 27, Seeking Spirit 66, translation released April 2022.
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"GOKURAKU HYAKUNEN NO SHUGYO" NI MASARU
WARERA NO "ICHINICHI NO KU" DA.
KYO MO YUKI NI MOETE
KOFU TO JINSEI NO KAITAKU O!
OGON NO NIKKI MONJO O TSUZURE.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KONO GOHONZON MATTAKU YOSO NI MOTOMURU KOTO NAKARE TADA WARERA SHUJO NO HOKEKYO O TAMOTTE NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAURU KYOCHU NO NIKUDAN NI OWASHIMASU NARI KORE O KUSHIKI SHINNO SHINNYO NO MIYAKO TOWA MOSU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1244, New Gosho Zenshu page 2088)
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