Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 Daily Gosho + Wednesday, Feb 7, Daily Encouragement

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

Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Nichiren alone took the lead in carrying out the task of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth."  

"The True Aspect of All Phenomena," 

WND-l page 385

Selection Source: Buddhist Teachings 

Seikyo Newspaper, February 6th, 2024

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"[Regarding the Lotus Sutra passage: 'You should understand that these people voluntarily relinquish the reward due them for their pure deeds and, in the time after I have passed into extinction, because they pity living beings, they are born in this evil world so they may broadly expound this sutra' (LSOC10, 200).] The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings says: The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra. ...

The persons who 'are born in this evil world' are Nichiren and his followers. 'Broadly' means to expound the sutra throughout the southern continent of Jambudvipa [the entire world]. 'This sutra"' refers to the daimoku. Now the above passage refers to Nichiren and his followers, who chant the daimoku, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

— From The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, p. 82.

"We are the direct heirs of Nichiren Daishonin's teachings. We have appeared in this evil age to fulfil the great vow to spread the Mystic Law for the happiness of all people.

"I wish to convey my boundless appreciation to my dear friends of the Soka Gakkai's International Department [in Japan],* whose spirited international endeavours are helping many people forge connections with Nichiren Buddhism.

"The unseen virtue of working tirelessly to support and treasure each person shines as the brilliant visible reward of the simultaneous global development of kosen-rufu.

"Uniting as world citizens with the proud mission of Bodhisattvas of the Earth, let's make the sound of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo reverberate powerfully to enfold our entire planet!"

President Ikeda's Words of Encouragement, The Great Vow of Soka Embraces the Entire World, translated from 31st August, 2023, issue of the Seikyo Newspaper,

* August 29th marks International Division Day in the Soka Gakkai in Japan. On that day in 1968, President Ikeda met with and encouraged a group of members working as interpreters and translators. The International Division was officially founded on February 11th, 1971. It was expanded and renamed the International Department in 2002, with four divisions: Interpreters and Translators Division, International Volunteers Division, International Exchange Division and Foreign Residents International Groups Division.

-- KYO NO GOSHO -- 
CHIYU NO BOSATSU NO SAKIGAKE NICHIREN HITORI NARI.

New Gosho Zenshu page 1790,  

Gosho Zenshu page 1359

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

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

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