Sunday, November 16th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain
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Monday, November 17th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The purification of the six sense organs is taught in the preceding 'Benefits of the Teacher of the Law' (19th) chapter, which encourages the propagation of the Lotus Sutra by explaining in concrete terms the benefits attained by practicing the sutra.
"Purifying the six sense organs—eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind—means purifying one's life. In contemporary terms, it is nothing other than human revolution.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin goes on to say:
'[Bodhisattva Never Disparaging's] bow of obeisance [is] acknowledging the fact that "self" and "others" are in fact not two different things.
'For this reason, when the bodhisattva Never Disparaging makes his bow of obeisance to the four kinds of believers [monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen], the Buddha nature inherent in the four kinds of believers of overbearing arrogance bows in obeisance to the bodhisattva Never Disparaging. It is like the situation when one faces a mirror and makes a bow of obeisance: the image in the mirror likewise makes a bow of obeisance to oneself. (OTT, 165)'
"Bodhisattva Never Disparaging believed in the supremely noble Buddha nature within everyone he encountered, and bowed to them out of respect and reverence. When he did so, their Buddha nature bowed back to him, as if a reflection in a mirror. Such gestures of respect form a positive connection that mutually inspires and elevates the minds of both.
"Mr. Toda said: 'For the sake of kosen-rufu and establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land, we strive to help one person after another form a connection with Buddhism and guide them to happiness, while grappling with our own problems and difficulties. That is why we can attain Buddhahood. Our efforts bring immeasurable benefit and assure victory.'"
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. Purification of the Six Sense Organs Means Human Revolution
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU
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