Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO —
"Those who put into practice even a phrase or a verse of this sutra are certain to attain the way."
Wednesday, September 24th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Nichiren (1222-82), who expounded and spread the teachings of Buddhism in thirteenth-century Japan based on the Lotus Sutra, which expresses the essence of Shakyamuni's teachings, described their power as being like 'oil added to a lamp or a staff presented to an elderly person.' WND Vol2-P920 In other words, Shakyamuni did not deploy superhuman powers to save human beings; rather, he dedicated himself to offering the people with whom he engaged the kind of words that would help them reveal the strength and potential already existing within their lives.
"This same spirit animates the Buddhist teachings of Nichiren, who stressed the crucial importance of taking action to eliminate suffering and despair. His treatise 'On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land' was written against the backdrop of a series of natural disasters, famine and widespread epidemics that tormented the people of Japan. It issued from his profound desire to eradicate human misery."
IKKU ICHIGE NARI TOMO GYOZEBA, KANARAZU TOKUDO NARU BESHI
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