Monday, October 27th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Even though one neither reads nor studies the sutra, chanting the title alone is the source of tremendous good fortune. The sutra teaches that women, evil men, and those in the realms of animals and hell—in fact, all the beings of the Ten Worlds—can attain Buddhahood in their present form. [This is an incomparably greater wonder than] fire being produced by a stone taken from the bottom of a river, or a lantern lighting up a place that has been dark for a hundred, a thousand or ten thousand years."
(The One Essential Phrase
Selection Source: Zadankai,
Tuesday, October 28th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"There is one passage from Nichiren Daishonin's writings that I would like you to always keep in mind."
Shin'ichi then read the following lines from "The Opening of the Eyes," written on Sado Island: 'Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life. This is what I have taught my disciples morning and evening, and yet they begin to harbour doubts and abandon their faith. Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when the crucial moment comes. (WND-1, 283)'
Shin'ichi then said with emphasis "Please take these words as a direct message to you from Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law. He affirms that, however great your difficulties, if you persevere in faith without doubt or complaint, you are certain to attain Buddhahood. Even if only a few members live on your island, even if there are no leaders to encourage you, please resolve to stand up and fulfil your eternal mission of kosen-rufu."
SATE KONO KYO NO DAIMOKU WA NARAI YOMU KOTO NAKUSHITE OINARU ZENKON NITE SORO AKUNIN MO NYONIN MO CHIKUSHO MO JIGOKU NO SHUJO MO JIKKAI TOMONI SOKUSHIN JOBUTSU TO TOKARETE SORO WA MIZU NO SOKONARU ISHI NI HI NO ARUGA GOTOKU HYAKUSEN MANNEN KURAKI TOKORO NIMO TOMOSHIBI O IRENUREBA AKAKU NARU
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