8th Dec. 2023 Daily Gosho + 9th Dec. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Daily Encouragement, both using official translations

Friday, December 8th, 2023

-- DAILY GOSHO --

Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring.

(Winter Always Turns to Spring 

- WND-1, page 536)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Newspaper

- Friday, Dec. 8th, 2023

Saturday, December 9th, 2023

--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"In its journey during Buddhism's eastward transmission, the Lotus Sutra was translated into many languages. It illuminated the lives of countless people with its compassionate light of hope and revitalisation, transcending ethnic, cultural, and regional differences. With that in mind, while exiled on Sado Island in the Latter Day of the Law-an evil age rife with the five impurities* the Daishonin predicted the westward transmission of Buddhism.** He asserted: 'I say that without fail Buddhism will arise and flow forth from the east, from the land of Japan' (WND-1, 401).

"This is the Daishonin's great declaration that the Mystic Law would spread around the world with him at the vanguard."

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! Founding Presidents Makiguchi and Toda Constantly Referred to The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Daibyakurenge, November 2022, translation released October 2023.  

*Five impurities: Also, five defilements. Impurity of the age, of desire, of living beings, of thought (or view), and of life span. This term appears in the

"Expedient Means" (2nd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra. (1) Impurity of the age includes repeated disruptions of the social or natural environment. (2) Impurity of desire is the tendency to be ruled by the five delusive inclinations, i.e., greed, anger, foolishness, arrogance, and doubt. (3) Impurity of living beings is the physical and spiritual decline of human beings. (4) Impurity of thought, or impurity of view, is the prevalence of wrong views such as the five false views. (5) Impurity of life span is the shortening of the life spans of living beings.

** Just as the moon appears to move from west to east in the night sky, Shakyamuni's Buddhism spread from the western land of India, known as the land of the moon, to Japan in the east. This is called the eastward transmission of Buddhism. And just as the sun rises in the eastern sky and moves west, Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is destined to spread westward from the eastern country of Japan. This is known as the westward transmission of Buddhism.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --

HOKEKYŌ O SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI. FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU.

New Gosho Zenshu page 1696, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1253

And the Japanese kanji for Tsukizuki Hibini in Seikyo Shinbun web-site https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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