Thursday, January 25th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"From this single element of mind spring all the various lands and environmental conditions."
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 843
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 25th, 2024
Friday, January 26th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The Daishonin states: 'Therefore, after the title of the sutra, Myoho-renge-kyo, comes the chapter entitled 'Expedient Means'" (OTT, 22). In other words, the title of the chapter itself—Myoho-renge-kyo hoben-pon [literally Lotus Sutra Expedient Means Chapter]—expresses the 'secret and wonderful expedient means.'
Friday, January 26th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The Daishonin states: 'Therefore, after the title of the sutra, Myoho-renge-kyo, comes the chapter entitled 'Expedient Means'" (OTT, 22). In other words, the title of the chapter itself—Myoho-renge-kyo hoben-pon [literally Lotus Sutra Expedient Means Chapter]—expresses the 'secret and wonderful expedient means.'
"The portion of this chapter we recite in gongyo contains the profound principle showing that we all possess the potential for Buddhahood. However, when we look at our lives, we're likely to have questions and doubts about this, wondering how, with all our problems and suffering, we could possibly be Buddhas.
"Mr. Toda explained this in a way that was easy to grasp. He pointed out that while we are all ordinary people, in truth we are Buddhas. Enlightenment is nothing other than knowing that we ourselves are inherently Buddhas, though this is 'secret' and its wonder hidden. That's the meaning of 'secret and wonderful.' We deliberately take on the form of ordinary people and, while dealing with various struggles, strive to awaken others to their innate Buddhahood. That, he said, is the principle of the 'secret and wonderful expedient means.'"
The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, Key Passages from the Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, [3] "Expedient Means" Chapter—Part 1 [of 2], The Expedient Means of the Lotus Sutra Express the Buddha's Own Mind, from the January 2023 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal. Translation released December 2023
KONO KOKORO NO IPPO YORI KOKUDO SEKEN MO SHUTTAI SURU KOTO NARI
New Gosho Zenshu page 713,
Gosho Zenshu page 563
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
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