Monday, February 23rd, 2026
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"If only you chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, then what offence could fail to be eradicated? What blessing could fail to come? This is the truth, and it is of great profundity. You should believe and accept it."
(Conversation between a Sage
and an Unenlightened Man
- WND, Vol. 1, page 130)
Selection Source: Suntetsu,
Selection Source: Suntetsu,
Seikyo Newspaper, February 23rd, 2026
Tuesday, February 24th,
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"If we remain attached to the dualism of existence and non-existence, we will adopt one of the two erroneous views, that of either annihilation or permanence.' Annihilation is the view that everything ends with death, while permanence is the view that some sort of immortal soul or spirit separate from the body continues after death.
Tuesday, February 24th,
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"If we remain attached to the dualism of existence and non-existence, we will adopt one of the two erroneous views, that of either annihilation or permanence.' Annihilation is the view that everything ends with death, while permanence is the view that some sort of immortal soul or spirit separate from the body continues after death.
"The profound perspective of Buddhism, in contrast, is that life is eternally abiding and that birth and death are just its aspects or phases. In other words, in the phase of death, life goes dormant and exists as a potential, and in the phase of birth, it becomes active and manifests itself in the physical world.
"Each individual life can be likened to a wave in the ocean. When a wave rises from the ocean, that is life, and when it merges back into the ocean, that is death. This process continues eternally, without beginning or end."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [56] Towards a Century of Health: The Wisdom of Leading a Long Life of Good Fortune and Benefit—Part 4 [0f 4], Joy in Life and Death—The Boundless State Attained by Dedicating Ourselves to Our Eternal Mission, The Wisdom Transcending the Two Extremes of Annihilation and Permanence, December 2019 issue of the Daibyaku-renge translation released September 2020
*The two views of annihilation and permanence: This refers to two erroneous ways of viewing death—two extremes. The view of annihilation is the mistaken attachment to the notion that life begins with birth and ends with death. According to this view, there is only the present life, and death represents a complete cessation of existence both physical and spiritual. The view of permanence is also the mistaken notion that what exists here in the present is permanent and unchanging. This view rejects causality, so that neither practising good nor practising evil produces any change in one's condition. Shakyamuni Buddha rejected these two extremes and expounded the Middle Way, which he taught is the true and correct path in life.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
TADA NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO DANIO TONAE TATEMATSURABA MESSENU TSUMI YA ARUBEKI KITARANU FUKU YA ARUBEKI SHINJITSU NARI JINJIN NARI KORE O SHINJU SUBESHI
New Gosho Zenshu page 577
Gosho Zenshu page 497
And the Japanese kanji for
TADA NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO DANIO TONAE TATEMATSURABA MESSENU TSUMI YA ARUBEKI KITARANU FUKU YA ARUBEKI SHINJITSU NARI JINJIN NARI KORE O SHINJU SUBESHI
New Gosho Zenshu page 577
Gosho Zenshu page 497
And the Japanese kanji for
Tsukizuki Hibini
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