Daily Gosho Wed. 12th Feb. 2025 and Daily Encouragement Thurs. 13th Feb.

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"And when teacher and disciples have fully responded to one another and the disciples have received the teaching, so that they gain the awakening referred to where the sutra says, 'I took a vow, / hoping to make all persons / equal to me, without any distinction between us' (chapter two), this is what the sutra calls 'causing living beings to awaken to the Buddha wisdom.'"

(Expedient Means chapter, 

    OTT, page 30)
Selection Source: 

SGI-USA Youth Division 

   Discussion Meeting, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 12th, 2025

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The members of the Soka Gakkai have lived their lives with the conviction that the place they are now is their 'treasure realm' —the place for fulfilling their vow.

"The world is harsh. Challenges and difficulties abound. No place or situation is easy. Nevertheless, our members have persevered with grit and determination, boldly taking one step after another out of a wish to transform the place where they are into a Buddha land. They have opened the way forwards by standing up in faith with a powerful commitment to be agents of change, irrespective of their circumstances."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, When We Change Our Mindset, Our Environment Changes, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SHITEI KANNO SHITE UKETORU TOKI NYOGATOMUI TO SATORU O GOBUCCHIKEN TO IUNARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 998
Gosho Zenshu page 717

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Tues. 11th Feb. 2025 Daily Gosho PLUS Wed. 12th Feb. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law." 

("The Opening of the Eyes" 

WND-l page 280)

Source:  Buddhist Teachings

Seikyo Newspaper: Feb. 11th, 2025

Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"American futurist Hazel Henderson (1933-2022) said that her mother taught her that the happiest moments are not those of your own successes but when someone tells you that you've made a positive contribution to their life."

Buddhism of the Sun, Being Tested by Hardships, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024.

-- KYO NO GOSHO -- 
SENZURU TOKORO WA TEN MO SUTE TAMAE SHONAN NIMO AE SHINMYO O GOTO SEN

New Gosho Zenshu page 1713,  

Gosho Zenshu page 1242

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Feb. 10th Monday, 2025 Daily Gosho + Feb. 11th Tuesday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Monday, February 10th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Myō means to revive, that is, to return to life."

(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra

 - WND, Vol. 1, page 149)
Selection Source: 

  Experience in Faith, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 9th, 2025

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —
"Mr. Toda said: 'Kosen-rufu is an arduous struggle that takes place in society. The more our movement spreads its roots in society, the more all kinds of obstacles will arise to obstruct our progress. Such obstacles attest to the validity of the Daishonin's teachings, and there is absolutely no escaping them. Whatever difficulties may arise, therefore, we have no choice but to overcome them.'"

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, When We Change Our Mindset, Our Environment Changes, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 541
Gosho Zenshu page 947

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9th Feb. Sunday, 2025 Daily Gosho plus 10ht Feb. Monday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Sunday, February 9th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"When I was in Kamakura, we could keep in very close contact, but now that I am living in a remote region, I have no opportunity to meet with you in person. The thoughts I have in my heart can only be conveyed by way of messengers and letters. It is sad, sad indeed! As for this year of danger that you face, trust in me. See whether the promises made in the Lotus Sutra by Shakyamuni, Many Treasures and the Buddhas of the ten directions, emanations of Shakyamuni, are trustworthy or not. Try putting your trust in them!"

(On the Importance of the 

"Expedient Means" 

and "Life Span" Chapters -
WND, Vol. 2, page 750)
Selection Source: 

The Heartbeat of Great Compassion; 

Messages to Disciples, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 9th, 2025

Monday, February 10th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —
"Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), often regarded as the founder of modern nursing, once encouraged her fellow nurses, telling them that they were being tested by the

hardships they faced, and it was up to them whether they won over them. She gladly embraced hardships, she said, because that is how we prove our worth."

Buddhism of the Sun, Difficulties Are Opportunities for Changing Our Karma, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

* See Florence Nightingale, Florence Nightingale: The Nightingale School, edited by Lynn McDonald (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2009), p. 846.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SATEWA KAMAKURA NI SORAISHI TOKIWA KOMAGOMA MOSHI UKETAMAWARI SORAI SHIKADOMO IMAWA ONGOKU NI KOJU SORO NI YOTTE MEN-ETSU O GOSURU KOTO SARANI NASHI SAREBA SHINCHU NI FUKUMITARU KOTOMO SHISHA GYOKUSHO NI ARAZAREBA MOSUNI OYOBAZU NAGEKASHI NAGEKASHI  TONEN NO DAIYAKU OBA NICHIREN NI MAKASE TAMAE SHAKA TAHO JIPPO FUNJIN NO SHOBUTSU NO HOKEKYO NO ONYAKUSOKU NO JITSU FUJITSU WA KORE NITE HAKARU BEKI NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1375
Gosho Zenshu page 1017

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Tsukizuki Hibini 

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Saturday, Feb. 8th 2025 Daily Gosho + Sunday, Feb. 9th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Saturday, February 8th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Nevertheless, I vowed to summon up a powerful and unconquerable desire for the salvation of all beings and never to falter in my efforts."

(The Opening of the Eyes 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 240)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 8th, 2025

Sunday, February 9th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"In a letter to Shijo Kingo, the Daishonin advises his disciple to regard the new estates given to him by his lord, even if they are inferior to his previous ones, as 'excellent, excellent lands.'* The important thing, he is saying, is one's own mind or attitude.

"The Daishonin repeatedly makes the point that 'wherever we dwell and practice the single vehicle [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo], that place will be the Capital of Eternally Tranquil Light' (WND-1, 313). The key to building that Capital of Eternally Tranquil Light is the transformation of our minds, our mindsets, through our practice of the Mystic Law."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, When We Change Our Mindset, Our Environment Changes, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

* In "The Receipt of New Fiefs," the Daishonin writes: "No matter how poor these estates might be, avoid complaining of it, either to others or to your lord. If you say, 'They are excellent, excellent lands, your lord may add to your fiefs again" (WND-1,945)

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
KONDO GOJO NO BODAISHIN O OKOSHITE TAITEN SEJI TO GANJINU

New Gosho Zenshu page 70
Gosho Zenshu page 200

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7th Feb. Friday 2025 Daily Gosho & 8th Feb. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement both using official translations, all quotes are from either Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Friday, February 7th, 2025

-- DAILY GOSHO --

This is similar to a tarnished mirror that will shine like a jewel when polished. A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality.

(On Attaining Buddhahood 

in This Lifetime - WND-1, page 4)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Shinbun

- Friday, February 7th, 2025

Saturday, February 8th, 2025

--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"With the conviction that everything has profound meaning, let's challenge our problems with Buddhist faith and practice as our basis. No obstacle is unsurmountable for those who embrace the Mystic Law."

Buddhism of the Sun, Difficulties Are Opportunities for Changing Our Karma, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --

TATOEBA, ANKYŌ MO MIGAKINUREBA TAMA TO MIYURU GA GOTOSHI. TADAIMO MO, ICHINEN MUMYŌ NO MEISHIN WA MIGAKAZARU KAGAMI NARI. KORE O MIGAKABA, KANARAZU HOSSHŌ SHINNYO NO MYŌKYŌ TO NARU BESHI.

(New Gosho Zenshu page 317, 

Gosho Zenshu page 384)

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Thursday Feb. 6th 2025 Daily Gosho plus Friday Feb. 7th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Thursday, February 6th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"At the time when the Law has spread far and wide, the entire Japanese nation will chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, as surely as an arrow aimed at the earth cannot miss the target."

(The True Aspect 

     of All Phenomena 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 6th, 2025

Friday, February 7th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"We can without fail change the world we live in (the saha world),* which is filled with suffering, into an ideal Land of Tranquil Light. That is the message of transformation and philosophy of hope found in the Lotus Sutra.

"In 'On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime,' the Daishonin writes: 'There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds' (WND-1, 4). Whether a land is pure or impure is not something fixed or unchangeable."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, When We Change Our Mindset, Our Environment Changes, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

*Saha world: This world, which is full of suffering. Often translated as the world of endurance. In Sanskrit, saha means the earth; it derives from a root meaning "to bear" or "to endure." For this reason, in the Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures, saha is rendered as endurance. In this context, the saha world indicates a world in which people must endure suffering.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
AMATSUSAE  KOSENRUFU NO TOKI WA NIHON ICHIDO NI NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAEN KOTO WA DAICHI O MATO TO SURUNARU BESHI

New Gosho, page 1791
Gosho Zenshu page 1360

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Daily Gosho, Wednesday 5th Feb. 2025 plus Daily Encouragement, Thursday 6th Feb.

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase."

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 386)
Selection Source: 

Learning Buddhism, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 5th, 2025

Thursday, February 6th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The difficulties that descend on us as we deal with life's realities serve as a foundation for personal growth. Every problem we confront-illness, injury, financial hardship, family troubles, worries about our future-is an opportunity to change our karma."

Buddhism of the Sun, Difficulties Are Opportunities for Changing Our Karma, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
CHIKARA ARABA ICHIMON IKKU NARITOMO KATARASE TAMOBESHI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1793
Gosho Zenshu page 1361

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Tues. Feb. 4th 2025 Daily Gosho and Wed. Feb. 5th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"The sun breaks through the pitch-black dark.  A woman's heart is compared to the pitch-black dark, and the Lotus Sutra is compared to the sun." 

("The Gods Same Birth 

   and Same Name" 

WND-l page 315)

Source:  Zadankai

Seikyo Newspaper: Feb. 3rd, 2025

Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"The Daishonin declares that any place that is home to his disciples who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo—'whether...in mountain valleys or the wide wilderness'—is the Land of Tranquil Light, and that this is what is meant by the 'place of practice' or 'place of enlightenment.'

"This means that the communities where we have chosen to carry out our vow—where we strive for worldwide kosen-rufu and exert ourselves in our Buddhist practice as Soka Gakkai members—are our places of practise for attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, A religion for Transforming the Real World, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

-- KYO NO GOSHO— 
OYAMI OBA NICHIRIN YABURU. NYONIN NO KOKORO WA OYAMI NO GOTOSHI, HOKEKYO WA NICHIREN NO GOTOSHI.

New Gosho Zenshu page 1518,  

Gosho Zenshu page 1114

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3rd Feb. 2025 Monday Daily Gosho plus 4th Feb. Tuesday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Monday, February 3rd, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"But now you must build your reputation on the Lotus Sutra and give yourself up to it."

(The True Aspect 

    of All Phenomena 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 3rd, 2025

Tuesday, February 4th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The cherry, plum, peach and damson are beautiful because each expresses its life fully and uniquely with its magnificent blossoms. As the Daishonin states: 'Each thing-the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson— in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies' (OTT, 200). When we embrace the Mystic Law and make our innate Buddhahood shine brightly, our unique qualities blossom to their fullest. Your life, my life, is precious and worthy of respect. So let us each help one another shine our brightest in our own way. That is the practice of the Mystic Law."

Buddhism of the Sun, Revealing the Precious Jewel That Exists Within, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
TOMOKAKUMO HOKEKYO NI NA O TATE MI O MAKASE TAMOBESHI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1791
Gosho Zenshu page 1360

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Sun. Feb. 2nd 2025 Daily Gosho & Mon. Feb. 3rd Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Neither the pure land nor hell exists outside oneself; both lie only within one's own heart. Awakened to this, one is called a Buddha; deluded about it, one is called an ordinary person. The Lotus Sutra reveals this truth, and one who embraces the Lotus Sutra will realise that hell is itself the Land of Tranquil Light."

(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 456)
Selection Source: Experience in Faith, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Feb. 2nd, 2025

Monday, February 3rd, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"Nichiren Buddhism is a religion for transforming the real world. It has the power to enable individuals to demonstrate clear proof of benefit in their diverse daily lives, making it possible for all people to lead lives of supreme fulfilment and happiness."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, A religion for Transforming the Real World, June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SORE JODO TO IUMO JIGOKU TO IUMO HOKA NIWA SORAWAZU TADA WARERA GA MUNE NO AIDA NI ARI KORE O SATORU O HOTOKE TO IU KORE NI MAYOU O BONPU TO IU KORE O SATORU WA HOKEKYO NARI MOSHI SHIKARABA HOKEKYO O TAMOCHI TATEMATSURU MONO WA JIGOKU SOKU JAKKO TO SATORI SOROZO

New Gosho Zenshu page 1833
Gosho Zenshu page 1504

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Daily Gosho, Saturday Feb. 1st 2025 plus Daily Encouragement, Sunday Feb. 2nd

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Saturday, February 1st, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"

(Reply to Kyō'ō

 - WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, February 1st, 2025

Sunday, February 2nd, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"There is no doubt that we possess the supreme life state of Buddhahood, and are noble and worthy of respect just as we are. At the same time, however, practise is essential to bring forth our Buddhahood and make it shine brightly."

Buddhism of the Sun, Revealing the Precious Jewel That Exists Within, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA

New Gosho Zenshu page 1633
Gosho Zenshu page 1124

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Friday, Jan. 31st 2025 Daily Gosho + Saturday, Feb. 1st Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement both using official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Friday, January 31st, 2025

-- DAILY GOSHO --

Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person.

(Winter Always Turns to Spring

 - WND-1, page 536)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Shinbun 

   - Friday, January 31st, 2025

Saturday, February 1st, 2025

--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"Mr. Toda emphasized, however, that the religious revolution the Soka Gakkai aims to achieve is not a revolution accomplished by violent or coercive means. It can only be attained, he asserted, through the inner human revolution of each individual?*"

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [86] Expanding Our Inspiring Network of Human Harmony in the "Treasure Realms" of Our Mission, A Religious Revolution Powered by Human Revolution June 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released March 2023

* Cf. Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Jose zenshu (The Collected Writings of Josei Toda), vol. 4 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shinbunsha, 1984), p. 385.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --

HOKEKYŌ O SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI. FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU. IMADA MUKASHI YORI KIKAZU MIZU, FUYU NO AKI TO KAERERU KOTO O. IMADA KIKAZU, HOKEKYŌ O SHINZURU HITO NO BOMPU TO NARU KOTO O. 

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1696, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1253)

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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Thursday, 30th Jan. 2025 Daily Gosho + Friday, 31st Jan. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Thursday, January 30th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"A woman who embraces the lion king of the Lotus Sutra never fears any of the beasts of hell or of the realms of hungry spirits and animals. All the offences committed by a woman in her lifetime are like dry grass, and the single character myō of the Lotus Sutra is like a small spark. When a small spark is set to a large expanse of grass, not only the grass but also the big trees and large stones will all be consumed. Such is the power of the fire of wisdom in the single character myō. Not only will all offences vanish, but they will become sources of benefit. This is what changing poison into amrita means."

(The Drum at the Gate of Thunder 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 949)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 30th, 2025

Friday, January 31st, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Because we inherently possess the life state of Buddhahood, we can manifest it through our Buddhist practice, and because we can manifest it through our Buddhist practice, it becomes clear that we inherently possess it. These two aspects are non-dual, and both are indispensable."

Buddhism of the Sun, Revealing the Precious Jewel That Exists Within, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024. 

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
HOKEKYO NO SHISHIO O TAMOTSU NYONIN WA ISSAI NO JIGOKU GAKI CHIKUSHO TONO HYAKUJU NI OSORURU KOTO NASHI TATOEBA NYONIN NO ISSHO NO AIDANO ONTSUMI WA MOROMORONO KAREKUSA NO GOTOSHI HOKEKYO NO MYO NO ICHIJI WA SHOKA NO GOTOSHI SHOKA O SHUSO NI TSUKINUREBA SHUSO YAKE HOROBURU NOMINARAZU TAIBOKU TAISEKI MINA YAKEUSENU MYO NO ICHIJI NO CHIKA MOTTE KAKUNO GOTOSHI SHUZAI KIYURU NOMINARAZU SHUZAI KAERITE KUDOKU TO NARU DOKUYAKU HENJITE KANRO TO NARU KORE NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1745
Gosho Zenshu page 1316

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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