Saturday, January 18th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"A sword is useless in the hands of a coward. The mighty sword of the Lotus Sutra must be wielded by one courageous in faith. Then one will be as strong as a demon armed with an iron staff."
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 18th, 2025
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The emergence of the treasure tower, the threefold transformation of the lands, and the Ceremony in the Air* depicted in the Lotus Sutra may seem to be wild fantasies or fairy tales, but in The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: 'Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, are practitioners who are "adorned with the seven treasures'" (OTT, 89). The treasure tower resplendent with seven kinds of gems not only extols the nobility of the Lotus Sutra, but also our nobility as people who embrace and practise the Mystic Law, making the treasure of our lives shine through our Buddhist practice."
TSURUGI NANDOMO SUSUMAZARU HITO NO TAME NIWA MOCHIIRU KOTO NASHI HOKEKYO NO TSURUGI WA SHINJIN NO KENAGENARU HITO KOSO MOCHIIRU KOTO NARE ONI NI KANABO TARU BESHI
New Gosho Zenshu page 1633
Gosho Zenshu page 1124
And the Japanese kanji for
Sunday, January 19th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The emergence of the treasure tower, the threefold transformation of the lands, and the Ceremony in the Air* depicted in the Lotus Sutra may seem to be wild fantasies or fairy tales, but in The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: 'Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, are practitioners who are "adorned with the seven treasures'" (OTT, 89). The treasure tower resplendent with seven kinds of gems not only extols the nobility of the Lotus Sutra, but also our nobility as people who embrace and practise the Mystic Law, making the treasure of our lives shine through our Buddhist practice."
Buddhism of the Sun, The Ceremony in the Air Depicts the Drama of Life Itself, Daibyaku Renge June 2023, SGI Newsletter No. 11466, Feb. 9th 2024.
* Ceremony in the Air: One of the three assemblies described in the Lotus Sutra, in which the entire gathering is suspended in space above the saha world. It extends from the "Treasure Tower" (11th) chapter to the "Entrustment" (22nd) chapter. The heart of this ceremony is the emergence of the treasure tower from the earth and Shakyamuni entrusting the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, led by Bodhisattva Superior Practices, with the propagation of the essence of the Lotus Sutra in the evil latter age after his passing.
TSURUGI NANDOMO SUSUMAZARU HITO NO TAME NIWA MOCHIIRU KOTO NASHI HOKEKYO NO TSURUGI WA SHINJIN NO KENAGENARU HITO KOSO MOCHIIRU KOTO NARE ONI NI KANABO TARU BESHI
New Gosho Zenshu page 1633
Gosho Zenshu page 1124
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
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