Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"This is not something I state now for the first time. For the past twenty years or more I have never spared my voice in shouting it out loud, Well, so be it, so be it! This letter deals with matters of great importance, so you should ask someone to read this letter and listen carefully. Though others may slander us, we are teachers of the Law who take no heed of such a thing."
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"'The truth of three thousand realms in a single moment of life too has its origins in this single word "belief" or "faith," and it is through this single word "belief" that the Buddhas of the three existences of past, present, and future attained their enlightenment.
'This word "belief" is a sharp sword that cuts off fundamental darkness or ignorance.'* (OTT, 54)
"Belief, he says, vanquishes fundamental ignorance and enables us to actualise in our lives the principle of 'three thousand realms in a single moment of life.' Belief, or faith, is what makes it possible to attain Buddhahood in one's present form.** We must always remember that even Shariputra, who was regarded as the foremost in wisdom among the Buddha's disciples, was able to
'gain entrance through faith alone'*** (LSOC3, 110).
"'Understanding' means fully grasping the Buddha's teachings. The Daishonin states: 'Understanding' is another name for wisdom' (OTT, 54)."
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, Attaining a Boundless Life State through Belief and Wisdom, March 2023 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released February 2024
*Fundamental ignorance: Also, fundamental darkness. The most deeply rooted illusion inherent in life, said to give rise to all other illusions. The inability to see or recognise the ultimate truth of the Mystic Law or the negative impulses that arise from such ignorance.
**Attaining Buddhahood in one's present form: In contrast to earlier sutras that assert long eons of arduous practice across many lifetimes are required to attain Buddhahood, the Lotus Sutra teaches that all people can attain the state of Buddhahood in this lifetime, just as they are.
***Gaining entrance to faith alone: In the "Simile and Parable" (3rd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni tells Shariputra, the foremost in wisdom among his disciples: "Even you, Shariputra, in the case of this sutra were able to gain entrance through faith alone" (LSOC3, 109-10).
IMA HAJIMETE MOSU NI ARAZU NIJUYONEN GA AIDA KOE MO OSHIMAZU YOBAWARI SORAINURU NARI, ANA KASHIKO ANA KASHIKO, KONO ON FUMI WA DAIJI NO KOTO DOMO KAKITE SORO, YOKU YOKU HITO NI YOMASETE, KIKOSHI MESE, HITO MO SOSHIRI SORAE, MONOTOMO OMOWANU HOSSHIRA NARI.
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