Friday, May 15th, 2026
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
(Emerging from the Earth chapter
Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Saturday, May 15th, 2026
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Life is incomparably sacred, a precious treasure to be protected. Why, then, did the Daishonin write: 'Since death is the same in either case, you should be willing to offer your
life for the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 1003)?
"Death awaits us all someday. In the Daishonin’s time, countless died in famines, epidemics and armed conflicts. People also had to face the prospect of losing their lives
should the Mongol forces invade Japan.
"Life is the greatest treasure; but it is as fleeting as the morning dew. The important thing, then, is how we use our lives. Hence the Daishonin says we should not waste our precious lives on 'shallow, worldly matters' (WND-1, 301), but instead dedicate them to protecting and spreading the great, eternal, unchanging teaching of the Lotus Sutra, the teaching that enables all people to attain enlightenment and find happiness.
"This is because by doing so, we can attain the state of absolute and indestructible happiness that is Buddhahood. As the Daishonin writes: 'By offering their lives to the Lotus Sutra, they became Buddhas' (WND-2, 1073).
"Life is eternal; it spans the three existences of past, present and future. Even should we face persecution and lay down our lives for Buddhism in this present existence, our path would open to attaining Buddhahood in the future.
"Moreover, in 'Letter from Sado,' the Daishonin tells us that experiencing great hardships for the sake of Buddhism enables us to expiate in this lifetime the negative karma we have accumulated in past existences (see WND-1, 303).
"The resolve to give our lives without hesitation and to selflessly dedicate ourselves to propagating the Law is not some sort of tragic fatalism. It is a state of serene and imperturbable joy."
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
ICHINEN NI OKUGO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSA NO SANJIN NENNEN NI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI
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