Sunday, March 10th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"All the characters in which the Lotus Sutra is written represent living Buddhas. But because we have the eyes of common mortals, we see them as characters. It is like the example of the Ganges River. Hungry spirits see the waters of the river as fire, human beings see them as water, and heavenly beings see them as amrita. The waters are the same in all cases, but each type of being sees them differently, according to the effects of its karma."
(Letter to Hōren
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"All the characters in which the Lotus Sutra is written represent living Buddhas. But because we have the eyes of common mortals, we see them as characters. It is like the example of the Ganges River. Hungry spirits see the waters of the river as fire, human beings see them as water, and heavenly beings see them as amrita. The waters are the same in all cases, but each type of being sees them differently, according to the effects of its karma."
(Letter to Hōren
- WND, Vol. 1, page 517)
Selection Source: Buddhist study,
Selection Source: Buddhist study,
Seikyo Newspaper, March 10th, 2024
Monday, March 11th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"I shared a passage cited in 'On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land': 'When a nation becomes disordered, it is the spirits that first show signs of rampancy. Because the spirits become rampant, all the people of the nation become disordered' (WND-1, 8).* This indicates, in other words, that social disorder is invariably a reflection of people's disordered thoughts and minds.
IMANO HOKEKYO NO MONJI WA MINA SHOJIN NO HOTOKE NARI WARERA WA NIKUGEN NAREBA MONJI TO MIRU NARI TATOEBA GAKI WA GOGA O HI TO MIRU HITO WA MIZU TO MI TENNIN WA KANRO TO MIRU MIZU WA ICHI NAREDOMO KAHO NI SHITAGATTE MIRU TOKORO ONO ONO BETSU NARI
New Gosho Zenshu page 1426,
Gosho Zenshu page 1050
And the Japanese kanji for
-- Monday, March 11th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"I shared a passage cited in 'On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land': 'When a nation becomes disordered, it is the spirits that first show signs of rampancy. Because the spirits become rampant, all the people of the nation become disordered' (WND-1, 8).* This indicates, in other words, that social disorder is invariably a reflection of people's disordered thoughts and minds.
"Often in such times, national interests take priority over people's lives, and violence driven by hatred is justified. Unfortunately, it is the ordinary people, mothers and children who usually bear the brunt of this reversal of priorities.
"The situation is even more critical today. Therefore, as people who uphold the life-affirming philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, let us work to spread our movement based on the conviction that 'Nothing brings more happiness than peace,' starting in our respective places of mission."
Our Briliiant Human Revolution, Building Castles of Capable People and Gardens of Peace throughout the World, November 15th, 2023, issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2024
IMANO HOKEKYO NO MONJI WA MINA SHOJIN NO HOTOKE NARI WARERA WA NIKUGEN NAREBA MONJI TO MIRU NARI TATOEBA GAKI WA GOGA O HI TO MIRU HITO WA MIZU TO MI TENNIN WA KANRO TO MIRU MIZU WA ICHI NAREDOMO KAHO NI SHITAGATTE MIRU TOKORO ONO ONO BETSU NARI
New Gosho Zenshu page 1426,
Gosho Zenshu page 1050
And the Japanese kanji for
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