To My Friends & Daily Gosho Oct. 8th 2023 + Daily Encouragement Oct. 9th

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.

Sunday, October 8th, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
In our faith, 

it is vital to be self-motivated 

and proactive.
"Ok, let's do it!"
Let's always take action 

with a protagonist spirit!
Aiming towards the peak 

of glorious victory,
let's consistently 

challenge ourselves 

bravely and resolutely.

Sunday, October 8th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"These Ten Worlds are born from the mind of the individual and constitute the eighty-four thousand teachings. Here a single individual has been used as an example, but the same thing applies equally to all living beings."

(The Unanimous Declaration 

by the Buddhas of the Three Existences
regarding the Classification of the 

Teachings and Which Are to Be
Abandoned and Which Upheld 

- WND, Vol. 2, page 844)
Selection Source: Buddhist study, 

Seikyo Newspaper, October 8th, 2023

Monday, October 9th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In preparing for study exams and also in sharing Buddhism with others, I'm sure many of you deeply consider how best to explain that the life state of Buddhahood is inherent within us.

"How does the Daishonin explain this? He writes: 'That ordinary people born in the latter age can believe in the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] is due to the fact that the world of Buddhahood is present in the human world' (WND-1, 358). The very fact that ordinary people of the Latter Day of the Law can have faith in the Lotus Sutra proves that the world of Buddhahood is inherent in the world of human beings.

"The Lotus Sutra is a teaching preached in accord with the Buddha's own mind,* directly revealing the truth to which he became enlightened. It is the great teaching for the enlightenment of all people, leaving no one behind. Through the principle of

'substituting faith for wisdom,'** believing in the Lotus Sutra is equivalent to awakening to the truth that the Buddha's wisdom is inherent within us. In Nichiren Buddhism, believing in the Lotus Sutra is the same as embracing the Mystic Law, which itself constitutes revealing the life state of Buddhahood."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [90] A Hope-Inspiring Life Philosophy for the Real World, An Ever-Changing Whirl of Emotions, October 2022 Daibyaku Renge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released August 2023.

* Preaching in accord with one's own mind: The Buddha's direct preaching of his enlightenment, irrespective of the capacity of his listeners. It contrasts with "preaching in accordance with the minds of others," or preaching that accords with the capacities of the listeners.

** Substituting faith for wisdom: The principle that simply by having faith in and practising the correct teaching to which the Buddha awakened through wisdom, we can without any wisdom attain the same benefit and life state as the Buddha.

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN TOWA JIHATSU NODO DA.
"SA YARO!" TO
TSUNENI SHUTAISHA NO KOKOROIKI DE!
EIKO NO MINE O MEZASHI
YUMO KAKAN NI IDOMI YUKO.

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KONO JIPPOKAI WA HITORI NO KOKORO YORI IDETE HACHIMAN YONSEN NO HOMON TO NARU NARI HITORI O TEHON TO SHITE ISSAI SHUJO BYODO NARU KOTO KAKUNO GOTOSHI

(New Gosho Zenshu page 714, 

Gosho Zenshu page 564)

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