Sunday, March 17th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Even one seed, when planted, multiplies."
(Cloth for a Robe
Selection Source: Suntetsu,
Monday, March 18th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Awakening to the Vow 'Deep in Our Hearts from the Start' In 'The Parable of the Phantom City' chapter, Brahma kings gathered in the assembly declare to Shakyamuni: 'We beg that the merit [we have] gained... / may be spread far and wide to everyone, / so that we and other living beings / all together may attain the Buddha way' (LSOC7, 168). The Daishonin quotes this passage in letters to disciples, including Nanjo Tokimitsu.*
"These words embody a vow that is identical to the Buddha's wish to enable all living beings to attain enlightenment—in other words, to make it possible for all people to become happy. That is why it resonates as a call for 'all together' to advance towards the goal of attaining Buddhahood. Seeking to share the teaching one has awakened to with everyone so that they, too, may awaken to it—this is the essence of Buddhist humanism. Rather than just establishing Shakyamuni alone as a great being, the fundamental aim of Buddhism is to elevate all people to the same great state of life as Shakyamuni."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, Key Passages from the The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, [6] "The Parable of the Phantom City" Chapter, Awakening to the Vow "Deep in Our Hearts from the Start," April 2023 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released February 2024.
* For instance, Nichiren Daishonin cites this passage in "The Dragon Gate," addressed to Nanjo Tokimitsu (WND-1, 1003).
MONODANE TO MOSU MONO HITOTSU NAREDOMO UENUREBA TA TO NARI
New Gosho Zenshu page 1310,
Gosho Zenshu page 971
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