Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Good connections with
our neighbours are the very basis
for safe and secure surroundings.
Cherishing the daily greetings
Cherishing the daily greetings
we give,
let's further strengthen
let's further strengthen
our heart-to-heart bonds
of support and encouragement
of support and encouragement
we have for each other!
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - WND, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - WND, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, Sep. 28th, 2022
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the portion of the 'expedient means' chapter of the Lotus Sutra that we recite morning and evening is the phrase 'exerting themselves bravely and vigourously (Jpn. Yumyo shojin)' (cf. LSOC2, 56). It can also be translated as 'proceeding with courage and diligence' and is given as one of the reasons why the Buddha himself has been able to attain enlightenment.
"'Courage' (yumyo) means bravely grappling with difficulties and summoning all our wisdom and creativity to achieve the impossible. The Great Teacher Miao-lo* explains shojin (diligence) as follows: 'Sho (pure) means unadulterated and unsullied; and jin (exertion) mean ceaseless effort.' It means advancing straight ahead, undistracted by other things. The Lotus Sutra declares that the Buddha himself attained enlightenment through 'courage and diligence,' or 'exerting himself bravely and vigourously,' over many lifetimes."
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the portion of the 'expedient means' chapter of the Lotus Sutra that we recite morning and evening is the phrase 'exerting themselves bravely and vigourously (Jpn. Yumyo shojin)' (cf. LSOC2, 56). It can also be translated as 'proceeding with courage and diligence' and is given as one of the reasons why the Buddha himself has been able to attain enlightenment.
"'Courage' (yumyo) means bravely grappling with difficulties and summoning all our wisdom and creativity to achieve the impossible. The Great Teacher Miao-lo* explains shojin (diligence) as follows: 'Sho (pure) means unadulterated and unsullied; and jin (exertion) mean ceaseless effort.' It means advancing straight ahead, undistracted by other things. The Lotus Sutra declares that the Buddha himself attained enlightenment through 'courage and diligence,' or 'exerting himself bravely and vigourously,' over many lifetimes."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [78] Advancing on the Great Path of Kosen-rufu with Unwavering Lifelong Courage, Words That Epitomise the Daishonin's Great Compassion, October 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released July 2022.
*Mia-lo (711-782): Also known as The Great Teacher Ching-hsi, after his birthplace. A patriarch of the T'ien-t'ai school in China. He is revered as the school's restorer. His commentaries on T'ien-tai's three major works are titled The Annotations on "The Profound Meaning of the Lotus Sutra," The Annotations on "The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra" and The Annotations on "Great Concentration and Insight."
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KINRIN TONO TSUNAGARI GA
ANSHIN ANZEN NO DODAI DA.
HIGORO NO AISATSU O TAISETSU NI
SASAE HAGEMASHI AU
KOKORO NO KIZUNA O TSUYOMEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO
MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA
NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU
(New Gosho Zenshu page 592,
Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
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