Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Even a feeble person will not stumble if those supporting him are strong, but a person of considerable strength, when alone, may fall down on an uneven path."
(Three Tripitaka Masters Pray for Rain
- WND, Vol. 1, page 598)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, April 3rd, 2024
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Our members' rich variety of experiences in faith attest to the power of the Mystic Law. They are the stories of human revolution that inspire and offer direction for people in all different walks of life and circumstances. Buddhism teaches the principle of 'voluntarily assuming the appropriate karma'*— that we have chosen to be born into this world with all kinds of problems and that it is our mission to overcome them and show actual proof of changing our karma through Buddhist practice. Our experiences of such transformation are inspiring and uplifting dramas of victory, testifying to the dignity of each person's life. They have the power to relieve others' suffering and impart joy."
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Our members' rich variety of experiences in faith attest to the power of the Mystic Law. They are the stories of human revolution that inspire and offer direction for people in all different walks of life and circumstances. Buddhism teaches the principle of 'voluntarily assuming the appropriate karma'*— that we have chosen to be born into this world with all kinds of problems and that it is our mission to overcome them and show actual proof of changing our karma through Buddhist practice. Our experiences of such transformation are inspiring and uplifting dramas of victory, testifying to the dignity of each person's life. They have the power to relieve others' suffering and impart joy."
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, The Parables of the Lotus Sutra as Stories of Revitalisation, March 2023 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released February 2024
* * Voluntarily assuming the appropriate karma: This refers to bodhisattvas who, though qualified to receive the pure rewards of Buddhist practice, relinquish them and make a vow to be reborn in an impure world in order to save living beings. They spread the Mystic Law, while undergoing the same sufferings as those born in the evil world due to karma. This term derives from Miao-lo's interpretation of relevant passages in "The Teacher of the Law" (10th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra: "Medicine King, 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).
KAI NAKI MONO NAREDOMO TASUKURU MONO TSUYOKEREBA TAOREZU SUKOSHI KENAGE NO MONO MO HITORI NAREBA ASHIKI MICHI NIWA TAORENU
New Gosho Zenshu page 1940,
Gosho Zenshu page 1468
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
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