Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"I will be the pillar of Japan. I will be the eyes of Japan. I will be the great ship of Japan. This is my vow, and I will never forsake it!"
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND-l, page 280)
Source: Zadankai,
Source: Zadankai,
Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 22nd, 2026
*It goes without saying that when the Daishonin declares he will be the “pillar of Japan,” the “eyes of Japan,” and the “great ship of Japan,” he is not expressing a Japan-centred worldview. Rather, he is underscoring the fact that Japan at that time could be described as a country where the entire populace was committing slander of the Law, a situation emblematic of the Latter Day. In his view, if he could free from suffering the people and nation enduring the greatest hardships in this strife-filled saha world, then he could do the same for all humanity.
*It goes without saying that when the Daishonin declares he will be the “pillar of Japan,” the “eyes of Japan,” and the “great ship of Japan,” he is not expressing a Japan-centred worldview. Rather, he is underscoring the fact that Japan at that time could be described as a country where the entire populace was committing slander of the Law, a situation emblematic of the Latter Day. In his view, if he could free from suffering the people and nation enduring the greatest hardships in this strife-filled saha world, then he could do the same for all humanity.
(ref. From Lectures on “The Opening of the Eyes,” published in Japanese in June 2006)
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
New Human Revolution, Vol. 29, Charging Ahead 25, SGI Newsletter 11809, 28th May, 2025
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
WARE NIHON NO HASHIRA TO NARAN WARE NIHON NO GANMOKU TO NARAN WARE NIHON NO TAISEN TO NARAN TOTO CHIKAISHI NEGAI YABURU BEKARAZU
New Gosho Zenshu page 114
Gosho Zenshu page 232
And the Japanese kanji for
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Always remember that believers in the Lotus Sutra should
absolutely be the last to abuse one another. All those who keep faith in the Lotus
Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offense'
(WND-1, 756).
"Resentment among members disrupts the harmonious community of believers. It can cause rifts in the Soka Gakkai, the organisation carrying out the Buddha’s intent, and become a devilish function working to destroy kosen-rufu from within.
New Human Revolution, Vol. 29, Charging Ahead 25, SGI Newsletter 11809, 28th May, 2025
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
WARE NIHON NO HASHIRA TO NARAN WARE NIHON NO GANMOKU TO NARAN WARE NIHON NO TAISEN TO NARAN TOTO CHIKAISHI NEGAI YABURU BEKARAZU
New Gosho Zenshu page 114
Gosho Zenshu page 232
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
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