Today there is a Japanese national press holiday! "Words of the Week" appeared in yesterday's issue. Today we have everything BUT WoW! tomorrow though we'll be fully up to speed again. Enjoy…
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra. Since it will be the same in any event, do not betray grief. Just as you have written in your letter, you must act and speak without the least servility."
(A Warning against
Begrudging One's Fief
-- - WND, Vol. 1, page 824)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
Heart Sounds of Great Compassion
- Letters to Disciples,
Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 11th, 2022
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin's declaration that 'when one gives them strength, one gives oneself strength, too' (WND–2, 1066), brilliantly describes how benefiting oneself and benefiting others are one, and the same. With these simple words, he illustrates for us, the unrivalled way of life in which benefiting oneself and benefiting others are seamlessly and naturally merged.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin's declaration that 'when one gives them strength, one gives oneself strength, too' (WND–2, 1066), brilliantly describes how benefiting oneself and benefiting others are one, and the same. With these simple words, he illustrates for us, the unrivalled way of life in which benefiting oneself and benefiting others are seamlessly and naturally merged.
"Here we find no egoism concerned solely with one's own welfare while disregarding others; no narrow, self-absorbed mindset that places rigid boundaries between self and others. Duty or social propriety are not the motivators. It is a way of life that embodies compassion, the spontaneous desire to help others.
"A one-sided focus on benefiting or helping others, however, can easily turn into condescension or self-sacrifice. Precisely because acting for the benefit of others also benefits ourselves, it brings us appreciation and joy.
"Without seeking to escape from the suffering-filled saha world, those who strive with sincerity and wisdom, just as they are, for the welfare and happiness of others, as well as themselves are living as genuine bodhisattvas. As the Daishonin states in a well-known passage: 'The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being' (WND–1, 852). Showing respect for all people, behaviour exemplified by the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, is the true essence of the Buddha's teachings."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [81] Advancing Courageously towards Kosen-rufu While making Dynamic Progress in Our Lives, the Merging of Benefiting Oneself and Benefiting Others, January 2022 issue of Daibyaku Renge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released October 2022.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
ISSHO WA YUME NO UE ASU O GOSEZU IKANARU KOTSUJIKI NIWA NARUTOMO HOKEKYO NI KIZU O TSUKE TAMO BEKARAZU SAREBA ONAJIKUWA NAGIKITARU KESHIKI NAKUTE KONO JO NI KAKITARUGA GOTOKU SUKOSHIMO HESURAWAZU FURUMAI OSE ARUBESHI
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
ISSHO WA YUME NO UE ASU O GOSEZU IKANARU KOTSUJIKI NIWA NARUTOMO HOKEKYO NI KIZU O TSUKE TAMO BEKARAZU SAREBA ONAJIKUWA NAGIKITARU KESHIKI NAKUTE KONO JO NI KAKITARUGA GOTOKU SUKOSHIMO HESURAWAZU FURUMAI OSE ARUBESHI
(New Gosho Zenshu page 1583,
Gosho Zenshu page 1163)
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