Friday, November 14th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"The Nirvana Sutra teaches the principle of lessening one's karmic retribution. If one's heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly. And when one dies, one will obtain the blessings of the human and heavenly worlds, as well as those of the three vehicles and the one vehicle."
(Lessening One's Karmic Retribution
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Saturday, November 15th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —
"'The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings states:
Hence, although the people might "take sticks of wood or tiles and stones and beat and pelt him" (chapter twenty) [LSOC20, 309], he [Bodhisattva Never Disparaging] nevertheless persisted in his effort, "preaching to them forcefully, though it angered them" ([T'ien-t'ai's] Words and Phrases, volume ten), an action that arose from his feelings of pity and compassion. . . . [W]e are taught that the Buddha mind is a mind of great pity and compassion. (OTT, 164)'
"Helping people from all walks of life form connections with Buddhism, even in challenging or adverse circumstances, exemplifies the spirit of compassion. This is the spirit of our dialogues as Soka Gakkai members. Sharing Buddhism to the best of our ability with courage, sincerity, and genuine concern for the other person is an action embodying the Buddha's compassion. We substitute courage for compassion.
"Also, we mustn't overlook the fact that when people pelted him with tiles and stones, Bodhisattva Never Disparaging would retreat to a safe distance, then turn and call out to them in a loud voice: "I would never dare disparage you, for you are all certain to attain Buddhahood!" (LSOC20, 309). Resilient, bold, upbeat, and wise, he was unperturbed by their angry and arrogant behavior. Crucially, his response came from an underlying compassionate prayer for others' happiness.
"Later in The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: "Now Nichiren and his followers, practitioners of the Lotus Sutra who chant Nam-myoho-renge- kyo, are the bodhisattva Never Disparaging of the Latter Day of the Law" (OTT, 155). As the Bodhisattvas Never Disparaging of the Latter Day of the Law, in this saha world11 dominated by mistrust and antagonism, we continue to chant and spread Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and redouble our efforts to help others form connections with Buddhism for the sake of happiness and peace.
The 104th and final instalment of President Ikeda's study lecture series "The Buddhism of the Sun, Illuminating the World" was carried in the December 2023 issue of The Daibyakurenge. This is the 14th and last of a multipart lecture on key passages from The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings and focuses on the "Bodhisattva Never Disparaging" chapter of the Lotus Sutra. The following is the English translation, published as SGI Newsletter, No. 11597, August 14th, 2024. The Buddha Is Motivated by Compassion
11 Saha world: This world, which is full of suffering. Often translated as the world of endurance. In Sanskrit, saha derives from a root meaning "to bear" or "to endure." For this reason, in the Chinese
NEHANGYO NI TENJU KYOJU TO MOSU HOMON ARI SENGO NO OMOKI KONJO NI TSUKIZU SHITE MIRAI NI JIGOKU NO KU O UKU BEKI GA KONJO NI KAKARU JUKU NI AI SORAEBA JIGOKU NO KURUSHIMI PATTO KIETE SHINI SORAEBA NINTEN SANJO ICHIJO NO YAKU O URU KOTO SORO
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And the Japanese kanji for
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