Mon. Feb. 5th, 2024 Daily Gosho + Tues. Feb. 6th Daily Encouragement

* Apologies for there delay, Tokyo had an unusually large snowfall and we were out till very late with the local community moving all the snow!

  

Daily Gosho & Daily Encouragement, both using the latest official translations...

Monday, February 5th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life."

(The Opening of the Eyes 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 283)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, February 5th, 2024

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"We who embrace faith in the Mystic Law make our lives shine to the fullest at each moment. We tirelessly challenge ourselves in our human revolution and live with unflagging perseverance and resilience. By triumphing over adversity and changing karma into mission, we show actual proof of creating value in a way true to our unique qualities, in accord with the principle of 'cherry, plum, peach, and damson'* (see OTT, 200). Just as we are, as ordinary people, we walk the invincible path of attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime, leading the same compassionate way of life as the Buddha. This itself is proof that we embody and practice the 'secret and wonderful expedient means' and that each of us is 'the Buddha of the true aspect of all phenomena.'

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], Revealing the Principle That "Ordinary People Are Identical with the Highest Level of Being," from the January 2023 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal. Translation released December 2023

* Cherry, plum, peach, and damson" is a metaphor for life's diversity and the unique individuality and mission each living thing possesses. In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: "When one comes to realise and see that each thing— the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson—in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies [of the Buddha], then this is what is meant by the word ryo, "to include" or all-inclusive. Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-Myoho-renge-kyo-renge-kyo are the original possessors of these eternally endowed three bodies" (OTT, 200—201), In other words, just as cherry, plum, peach, and damson trees blossom beautifully according to their respective seasons, through faith in the Mystic Law we can each, just as we are reveal our inherent Buddhahood.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINEN NI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI TEN NO KAGO NAKI KOTO O UTAGAWAZARE GENZE NO ANNON NARAZARU KOTO O NAGEKAZARE

New Gosho Zenshu page 117,
Gosho Zenshu page 234

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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