Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Matters of minor importance arise from good, but when it comes to a matter of great importance, great disaster without fail changes into great fortune."
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Matters of minor importance arise from good, but when it comes to a matter of great importance, great disaster without fail changes into great fortune."
("A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief"
WND-l page 824)
Source: Suntetsu
Seikyo Newspaper: April 29th, 2025
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"A little further on in 'The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra,' the Daishonin explains the concept of the three meanings of myo [of myoho, the Mystic Law],* which many of you will know well.
"The first meaning is 'to open.' The Daishonin explains: 'The character myo means to open. If there is a storehouse full of treasures but no key, then it cannot be opened, and if it cannot be opened, then the treasures inside cannot be seen' (WND-1, 145).
"'The treasures inside' refers to the Buddha nature within each of us. Everyone possesses the Buddha nature. It is not limited to one group or special kind of person. By opening the treasure storehouse within us, we can all attain Buddhahood. In other words, Nichiren Buddhism opens the way to enlightenment for all people.
"The starting point of our Buddhist practice is to exert ourselves in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, firmly convinced that we possess that wonderful inner treasure."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [82] Engage in Dialogue with the Unshakable Conviction That All People Embody the Mystic Law!, Everyone Possesses the Buddha Nature, February 2022 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released November 2022
* "The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" explores the three meanings of the character myo [of myoho, the Mystic Law]—namely, to open, to be fully endowed, and to revive. "Open" means that the Lotus Sutra opens the way for the attainment of Buddhahood by all living beings and that chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the key to open the storehouse of benefits. "Fully endowed" means that the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, is the source of all phenomena and is fully endowed with all benefits. "Revive" means that the benefits of daimoku enable those who, in the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings, were excluded from achieving enlightenment to attain Buddhahood. In other words, the revitalising power of the Mystic Law can fundamentally free all people from the chains of suffering.
-- KYO NO GOSHO—
SHOJI KOSO ZEN YORI WA OKOTTE SORAE. DAIJI NI NARINUREBA, KANARAZU OOINARU SAWAGI GA OOINARU SAIWAI TO NARU NARI.
SHOJI KOSO ZEN YORI WA OKOTTE SORAE. DAIJI NI NARINUREBA, KANARAZU OOINARU SAWAGI GA OOINARU SAIWAI TO NARU NARI.
New Gosho Zenshu page 1584,
Gosho Zenshu page 1164
And the Japanese kanji for
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
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