Sunday, March 24th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
A bow of obeisance acknowledging the fact that "self" and "others" are in fact not two different things. For this reason, when the bodhisattva Never Disparaging makes his bow of obeisance to the four kinds of believers, the Buddha nature inherent in the four kinds of believers of overbearing arrogance bows in obeisance to the bodhisattva Never Disparaging. It is like the situation when one faces a mirror and makes a bow of obeisance: the image in the mirror likewise makes a bow of obeisance to oneself.
(The Bodhisattva Never Disparaging chapter,
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Monday, March 25th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"It is said that Goethe's mother once wrote to him saying that there are many joys in this world, if only one knows how to look for them?
"The joy of living is the key to happiness in life. There is no greater treasure than the wisdom to freely find and bring forth joy and inspiration from the depths of one's life.
"In the Lotus Sutra, there are many expressions of rejoicing such as 'dancing for joy' (see LSOC3, 105) and 'their hearts were filled with great joy' (LSOC3, 89).
"None express greater joy than Shakyamuni's voice-hearer disciples when they learn, through the Buddha's wisdom, of their true inherent potential—that they are not excluded from attaining enlightenment [as they were taught in the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings], but in fact are destined to attain it and then go on to help others do the same.
"Let us, too, as Soka Gakkai members who believe in and uphold the Mystic Law, each write a triumphant history pervaded with great joy by revealing our originally inherent life state, awakened to our true mission, through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."
THE BUDDHISM OF THE SUN-ILLUMINATING THE WORLD, Key Passages from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings [5] "Simile and Parable" and "Belief and Understanding" Chapters, "There Are Many Joys in This World, March 2023 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released February 2024
JITA FUNI NO RAIHAI NARI SONO YUE WA FUKYO BOSATSU NO SHISHU O RAIHAI SUREBA JOMAN NO SHISHU NO SONAURU TOKORO NO BUSSHO MO MATA FUKYO BOSATSU O RAIHAI SURU NARI KAGAMI NI MUKATTE RAIHAI O NASU TOKI UKABERU KAGE MATA WARE O RAIHAI SURU NARI UNNUN
New Gosho Zenshu page 1071,
Gosho Zenshu page 769
And the Japanese kanji for
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