MONTH AFTER MONTH --
Who is it
It's someone who fights
always dedicating themselves
with the Sokka Gakkai
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore a person who upholds the Lotus Sutra is repaying the debt of gratitude owed to father and mother. Even if one does not feel in one's own heart that one can do so, one can repay it through the power of this sutra."
(The Four Virtues and
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Monday, November 27th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Soka Gakkai founding president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi deeply read The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings and put it into practice in his life. His copy of it, which he always kept at hand, along with his cherished copy of the Daishonin's writings,* were both confiscated during his persecution by the wartime militarist authorities.
"According to prison interrogation records, in response to the question 'What kind of teaching is the Lotus Sutra?' he confidently answered: 'The Law is without beginning or end. Extending from the infinite past without beginning to the eternal future without end, it is always in motion and ceaselessly activating all phenomena in the universe. Acting in rhythm with this Law itself is Buddhism, the way of life of the Mystic Law'"*l
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, Key Passages from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, [1] Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Hold High the Banner of Respect for the Dignity of Life! Freely and Dynamically Lecturing on the Lotus Sutra! Daibyakurenge, November 2022, translation released October 2023.
* Mr. Makiguchi's copy of the Daishonin's writings was the so-called Ryogon-kaku edition. It was published under the title Nichiren Shonin go-ibun (Writings of the Sage Nichiren).
EIEN NO KOFUKU O KIZUKU NOWA DAREKA.
SOREWA, SHOGAI O, KOFU TO TOMONI,
GAKKAI TO TOMONI IKI,
SHINKEN SHOBU DE TATAKAI NUITA HITO DESU.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
https://www.seikyoonline.com/article/0487ACED111075C6F1C2C207FAD91C1C
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SAREBA HOKEKYO O TAMOTSU HITO WA CHICHI TO HAHA TONO ON O HOZURU NARI
WAGA KOKORO NIWA HOZURU TO OMOWANEDOMO KONO KYO NO CHIKARA NITE HOZURU
NARI
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