Thursday, February 1st, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Now, no matter what, strive in faith and be known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and remain my disciple for the rest of your life. If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth."
The True Aspect of
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Nichiren Buddhism teaches that 'ordinary people are identical with the highest level of being.' It presents ordinary people practising the Mystic Law as the protagonists of kosen-rufu in the Latter Day of the Law.
"Ordinary people living their lives as Bodhisattvas of the Earth—this is what it means to embody and practice the 'secret and wonderful expedient means.' Those who slander the Lotus Sutra, meanwhile, remain ignorant of the truth of inherent Buddhahood. The contrast between ordinary people who have awakened to that truth and 'persons who slander the Law' (OTT, 22) is the same as that between Bodhisattva Never Disparaging* and the arrogant four kinds of believers who attacked him—arrogant monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen.
"The philosophy of ordinary people as the protagonists is a startling, revolutionary declaration not only in the history of Buddhism, but in the history of world religion and philosophy."
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
* Bodhisattva Never Disparaging appears in "The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging" (20th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra. This bodhisattva—Shakyamuni in a previous lifetime—lived at the end of the Middle Day of the Law following the death of the Buddha Awesome Sound King. He would bow to everyone he met and say: "I have profound reverence for you, I would never dare treat you with disparagement or arrogance. Why? Because you will all practise the bodhisattva way and will then be able to attain Buddhahood" (LSOC20, 308). He persevered in his practice of showing respect for all people, even when he was verbally and physically attacked by arrogant monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen. The sutra explains that this practice became the cause for Bodhisattva Never Disparaging to attain Buddhahood.
IKANIMO KONDO SHINJIN O ITASHITE HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NITE TORI NICHIREN GA ICHIMON TO NARI TOSHI TAMO BESHI NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA
New Gosho Zenshu page 1791,
Gosho Zenshu page 1360
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