Friday, January 23rd, 2026
-- DAILY GOSHO --
" [Again, when Nichiren and his followers recite Nam-myoho-renge-kyo], they are burning the firewood of earthly desires, summoning up the wisdom fire of bodhi or enlightenment."
(Introduction chapter
Selection Source: Experience in faith,
Friday, January 24th, 2026
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"We are all writing the story of our own life. It is our story, and ours alone. We decide for ourselves where our narrative will begin, devise our own plot of the ups and downs we will face, what odds we will surmount, and all the rest.
"Praising the Ikegami brothers* for overcoming adversity through unity, the Daishonin writes: 'Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?' (WND-1, 499).
"Theirs was not a bitter story of being mercilessly attacked by the three obstacles and four devils.** Rather, it was a story of creating a new future. It was a story of the Ikegami brothers uniting to triumph over hardship, a story of achieving family harmony, and a story of the victory of truth and justice.
"The starting point for writing such a new story are the principles of true cause and transforming karma taught in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of the Sun."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [45] Embodying the Spirit of "True Cause"— Moving towards Victory through Daily Renewal, Writing the Story of a Victorious, Fulfilled Life, January 2019 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released August 2019.
* The Ikegami brothers: Leading disciples of Nichiren Daishonin. The elder brother, Munenaka, was twice disowned by their father, who was a follower of Ryokan, the chief priest of Gokuraku-ji temple of the True Word Precepts school, a person hostile to the Daishonin. At the same time, their father tempted Munenaga, the younger brother, to abandon his faith in the Daishonin's teaching and take his brother's place as the next head of the family. Despite these adversities, the brothers persevered in their Buddhist practice. The father later rescinded Munenaka's disinheritance, and in the end took faith in the Daishonin's teaching.
** The three obstacles and four devils are various obstacles and hindrances to the practice of Buddhism. The three obstacles are (1) the obstacle of earthly desires, (2) the obstacle of karma, and (3) the obstacle of retribution. The four devils are (1) the hindrance of the five components, (2) the hindrance of earthly desires, (3) the hindrance of death and (4) the hindrance of the devil king.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
BONNO NO TAKIGI O YAITE BODAI NO EKA GENZEN SURUNARI
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