Tues. 31st dec. 2024 Daily Gosho + Wed. 1st Jan. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Because you are always chanting the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, the character myo will change into an emissary to your husband, or become Bodhisattva Manjushri, Bodhisattva Universal Worthy, Bodhisattva Superior Practices, or Bodhisattva Never Disparaging." 

("Reply to the Lay Nun Myoshin" 

WND-ll page 879)

Wednesday, January 1st, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"Both the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin teach that dedicating ourselves to the great vow for kosen-rufu is the way to make our lives shine with supreme dignity, transcending the bounds of birth and death. That's why unwavering faith to persevere throughout life on the path of our Buddhist practice is so important."

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, The Great Teaching to be Treasured, translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO-- 
HOKEKYO NO DAIMOKU O TSUNEWA TONAE SASE TAMAEBA KONO MYO NO MONJI ON TSUKAI NI HENJI SASE TAMAI. ARUIWA MONJUSHIRI-BOSATSU ARUIWA FUGEN-BOSATSU ARUIWA JOGYO-BOSATSU ARUIWA FUKYO-BOSATSU TO NARASE TAMONARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1972,  

Gosho Zenshu page 1484

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30th Dec. 2024 Monday Daily Gosho + 31st Dec. Tuesday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated...

Monday, December 30th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakīrti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."

(The Good Medicine for All Ills 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 937)
Selection Source: Experience in Faith, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 29th, 2024

Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
In "The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra," the Daishonin writes: "Devadatta was the foremost good friend to the Thus Come One Shakyamuni. In this age as well, it is not one's allies but one's powerful enemies who assist one's progress" (WND-1, 770), and in the letter titled "Why No Protection from the Heavenly Gods?" he states, "Evil persons too will be good friends to me" (WND-2, 432).

The Basics of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, Part 2, Chapter 7: The Mission and Practice of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, 2. Preceiving Evil and Protecting Good, Faith for Transforming Evil Friends into Good Friends, translation released February 2019  

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
MATA KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ON HAKARAI KA SONO YUE WA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORO NARI

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Gosho Zenshu page 1480

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Sun. 29th Dec. 2024 Daily Gosho + Mon. 30th Dec. Daily Encouragement

* Apologies for yesterday's Daily Encouragement error, the guidance came not from the future but the past! "2029" should have been "2019." Thank you to those who pointed it out! Gracias!

 

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Sunday, December 29th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"

(Reply to Kyō'ō 

-  WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: Experience in Faith, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 29th, 2024

Monday, December 30th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The great teaching we should prize is the Mystic Law, a teaching of respect for the dignity of life. There is not the slightest element of disregard for life in Nichiren Buddhism. Not begrudging our lives is completely different from disrespecting or devaluing them - which is clear from this passage in The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings as well. Not allowing a single life to be sacrificed in advancing kosen-rufu is the creed of the first three Soka Gakkai presidents, including myself. It is also my firm resolve.

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, The Great Teaching to be Treasured, translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA

New Gosho Zenshu page 1633
Gosho Zenshu page 1124

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Saturday, Dec. 28th 2024 Daily Gosho + Sunday, Dec. 29th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Saturday, December 28th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"'It is like the case of a person who falls to the ground, but who then pushes themselves up from the ground and rises to their feet again.' One who has fallen to the ground recovers and rises up from the ground. Those who slander the Lotus Sutra will fall to the ground of the three evil paths, or of the human and heavenly realms, but in the end, through the help of the Lotus Sutra, they will attain Buddhahood."

(The Proof of the Lotus Sutra

 - WND, Vol. 1, page 1108)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 28th, 2024

Sunday, December 29th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
Nichiren Daishonin writes, "Therefore, the best way to attain Buddhahood is to encounter a good friend. How far can our own wisdom take us? If we have even enough wisdom to distinguish hot from cold, we should seek out a good friend" (WND-1, 598)."

The Basics of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, Part 2, Chapter 7: The Mission and Practice of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, 2. Preceiving Evil and Protecting Good, 1. Good Friends in the Realm of Buddhism, translation released February 2029  

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
HITO NO CHI NI TAORETE KAETTE CHI YORI OKURU GA GOTOSHI TO UNNUN CHI NI TAORETARU HITO WA KAERITE CHI YORI OKU HOKEKYO HOBO NO HITO WA SAN AKU NARABINI NIN TEN NO CHI NIWA TAORE SORAEDOMO KAERITE HOKEKYO NO MITE NI KAKARITE HOTOKE NI NARU TO KOTOWARARETE SORO

New Gosho Zenshu page 1931
Gosho Zenshu page 1586

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Daily Gosho Fri. Dec. 27 2024 + Daily Encouragement Sat. Dec. 28

Daily Gosho & Encouragement both using official translations, all quotes are from either Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated...

Friday, December 27th, 2024

-- DAILY GOSHO --

There should be no discrimination among those who propagate the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter Day of the Law, be they men or women. Were they not Bodhisattvas of the Earth, they could not chant the daimoku.

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena

- WND-1, page 385)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Shinbun 

- Friday, December 27th, 2024

Saturday, December 28th, 2024

--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"In order to preach this sutra 

we will bear these difficult things.

We care nothing for our bodies or lives

but are anxious [or carel only for the unsurpassed way. (LSOC13, 233)

"In other words, bodhisattvas endure all kinds of hardships because they value the unsurpassed

way above all.

"Regarding this passage, the Daishonin says the unsurpassed way refers to Nam-myoho-

renge-kyo (see OTT, 114). He highlights the importance of having a strong commitment to cherishing the Mystic Law, the fundamental Law of the universe, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

"The statements 'We care nothing for our bodies or lives' (LSOC13, 233) and 'never begrudging our bodies or lives' (LSOC13, 229) do not mean that we take our lives lightly. Rather, they stress how much we value and treasure the Law."

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, The Great Teaching to be Treasured, translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --

MAPPŌ NI SHITE MYŌHŌ-RENGE-KYŌ NO GOJI O HIROMEN MONO WA, NANNYO WA KIRAU BEKARAZU, MINA JIYU NO BOSATSU NO SHUTSUGEN NI ARAZUNBA TONAE GATAKI DAIMOKU NARI.

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1791, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1360)

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Thursday, Dec. 26th 2024 Daily Gosho plus Friday Dec. 27th Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Thursday, December 26th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"The first shi of the word shishi, or 'lion' [which means 'teacher'], is the Wonderful Law that is passed on by the teacher. The second shi [which means 'child'] is the Wonderful Law as it is received by the disciples. The 'roar' is the sound of the teacher and the disciples chanting in unison."

(Encouraging Devotion chapter,  

OTT, page 111)
Selection Source: Experience in Faith, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 26th, 2024

Friday, December 27th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Dedicated to the mission of spreading the Mystic Law and realising kosen-rufu through compassionate propagation, Soka Gakkai members are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth. They are emissaries of the Buddha. When they take action with that awareness, they undergo a profound inner trans-formation, and the powerful life force to triumph over any storm of karma flows within them."*

The Basics of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, Part 2, Chapter 7: The Mission and Practice of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, 1. The Mission and Awareness of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, The Vow of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and the Buddha's Entrustment of his Teachings,   

* Translated from Japanese. Daisaku Ikeda, Shin Ningen Kakumei (The New Human Revolution), vol. 27 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbun-sha, 2015), p. 172.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SHI TOWA SHISHO SAZUKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO SHI TOWA DESHI UKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO KU TOWA SHITEI TOMONI TONAURU TOKORO NO ONJO NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1043
Gosho Zenshu page 748

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25th Dec. 2024's Daily Gosho Daily Gosho + 26th Dec.'s Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated...

Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Nichiren's disciples, like Nichiren himself, should invariably practise the correct principles. Even though one may be a wise man or a scholar, if he falls into hell, he will amount to nothing and can be of no assistance. The essential thing, therefore, is that at each hour, at each moment, one should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(On the Eighteen Perfections 

- WND, Vol. 2, page 909)
Selection Source: Suntetsu, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 25th, 2024

Thursday, December 26th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"Kosen-rufu isn't something we undertake because we're ordered to. Without a pure initiative of our own, we cannot break through the obstacles and devilish functions in our path or attain the life state of Buddhahood. Even such terms as the 'Buddha's decree' or 'Buddha's wish' only have meaning if there are disciples willing to stand up with the same vow as the Buddha. Our own will and initiative are the essence of Buddhist faith and practice. The Buddha's wish is realised when disciples filled with determination and commitment stand up and overcome all obstacles. The ultimate expression of this is standalone faith."

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, "I Will Achieve Kosen-rufu," translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SOJITE YOGA DESHIRA WA WAGA GOTOKU SHORI O SHIGYO SHI TAMAE CHISHA GAKUSHO NO MI TO NARITEMO JIGOKU NI OCHITEWA NAN NO SEN KA ARU BEKI SENZURU TOKORO JIJI NENNEN NI NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAU BESHI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1803
Gosho Zenshu page 1367

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Tues. 24th Dec. 2024 Daily Gosho + Wed. 25th Dec. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are from Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated…

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world." 

("Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra" 

WND-l page 64)

Source:  Myoji no Gen

Seikyo Newspaper: Dec. 24th, 2024

Wednesday, December 25th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"The heart of the great vow for kosen-rufu and the life-state of Buddhahood are one and the same. Therefore, when we dedicate our lives to this vow, we can bring forth the supreme nobility, strength and greatness of our lives.

"When we remain true to this vow, the limitless courage, wisdom and compassion of the Buddha flows forth from within us. When we wholeheartedly strive to realise this vow, the 'poison' of even the most difficult challenge can be transformed into 'medicine,' and karma transformed into mission."

The Basics of Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism for the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, Part 2, Chapter 7: The Mission and Practice of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, 1. The Mission and Awareness of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, The Vow of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and the Buddha's Entrustment of his Teachings,   

-- KYO NO GOSHO-- 
KOKORO O ITSU NI SHITE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO WARE MO TONAE TA OMO SUSUMEN NOMI KOSO KONJO NINKAI NO OMOIDE NARU BEKI

New Gosho Zenshu page 519,  

Gosho Zenshu page 467

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Daily Gosho Mon. Dec. 23rd 2024 and Daily Encouragement Tues. Dec. 24th

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Monday, December 23rd, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Therefore, I say to you, my disciples, try practising as the Lotus Sutra teaches, exerting yourselves without begrudging your lives! Test the truth of Buddhism now!

(The Selection of the Time 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 583)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 23rd, 2024

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin explains the significance of the phrase 'to roar the lion's roar' (Jpn. sa shishi ku):

'The first shi [which means "teacher"] of the word shishi, or "lion," is the Wonderful Law that is passed on by the teacher. The second shi [which means "child" or "disciple"] is the Wonderful Law as it is received by the disciples. The [lion's] "roar" (ku) is the sound of the teacher and the disciples chanting in unison.

'The verb sa, "to make" or "to roar," should here be understood to mean to initiate or to put forth. It refers to the initiating of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter Day of the Law.' (OTT, 111)

"It is essential for disciples to initiate action. Taking the initiative in sharing the mentor's vow, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo together, and speaking to others about the teachings with all one's might is 'to roar the lion's roar.'"

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, "I Will Achieve Kosen-rufu," translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SAREBA WAGA DESHIRA KOKOROMI NI HOKEKYO NO GOTOKU SHINMYO MO OSHIMAZU SHUGYO SHITE KONO TABI BUPPO O KOKOROMIYO

New Gosho Zenshu page 210
Gosho Zenshu page 291

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22nd Dec. 2024 Sunday Daily Gosho & 23rd Dec. Monday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"At first only Nichiren chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, but then two, three and a hundred followed, chanting and teaching others. Propagation will unfold this way in the future as well. Does this not signify 'emerging from the earth'?"

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection Source: One Gosho, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 22nd, 2024

Monday, December 23rd, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"A student division leader spoke: 'While there are many seniors in faith who have worked hard as leaders and maintained a solid practice to the end, there are also those who have stopped practising and turned against the organisation. What is the fundamental reason for this difference?'

"Shin'ichi replied: 'Ultimately, it comes down to whether your deepest motivation is kosen-rufu or your own self-interest.'"

The New Human Revolution—Vol.30, Awaiting the Time 33, translation released February 2019

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
NICHIREN ICHININ HAJIMEWA NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAESHI GA NININ SANNIN HYAKUNIN TO SHIDAINI TONAE TSUTAURU NARI MIRAI MO MATA SHIKARU BESHI KORE ANI JIYU NO GI NI ARAZUYA

New Gosho Zenshu page 1791
Gosho Zenshu page 1360

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Saturday, 21st Dec. 2024 Daily Gosho plus Sunday, 22nd Dec. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated...

Saturday, December 21st, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"To hope to attain Buddhahood without speaking out against slander is as futile as trying to find water in the midst of fire or fire in the midst of water. No matter how sincerely one believes in the Lotus Sutra, if one is guilty of failing to rebuke slander of the Law, one will surely fall into hell, just as a single crab leg will ruin a  thousand pots of lacquer."

(The Essentials for 

  Attaining Buddhahood 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 747)
Selection Source: Myoji no Gen, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 21st, 2024

Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT —
"Today, we of the Soka Gakkai alone have steadfastly engaged in this practice of 'encouraging devotion' while experiencing all kinds of hardships and adversity. Chanting and teaching others about Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for our own and others' happiness is our noble mission as Soka Gakkai members directly connected to Nichiren Daishonin."

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, Bodhisattva Voluntarily Appear in the Most Challenging Places, translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
HOBO O SEMEZU SHITE JOBUTSU O NEGAWABA HI NO NAKA NI MIZU O MOTOME MIZU NO NAKA NI HI O TAZUNURU GA GOTOKU NARUBESHI HAKANASHI HAKANASHI IKANI HOKEKYO O SHINJI TAMOTOMO HOBO ARABA KANARAZU JIGOKU NI OTSU BESHI URUSHI SENBAI NI KANI NO ASHI HITOTSU IRETARAN GA GOTOSHI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1435
Gosho Zenshu page 1056

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Friday, 20th Dec. 2024 Daily Gosho + Saturday, 21st Dec. Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement both using official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or President Ikeda unless otherwise stated...

Friday, December 20th, 2024

-- DAILY GOSHO --

A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.

(On Establishing the 

Correct Teaching 

for the Peace of the Land 

- WND-1, page 17)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Shimbun 

- Friday, December 20th, 2024

Saturday, December 21st, 2024

--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

"The Daishonin goes on to say: 'If any of Nichiren's disciples disrupt the unity of many in body but one in mind, they would be like warriors who destroy their own castle from within' (WND-1, 217).

"The greatest offence in Buddhism is to disrupt or destroy from within the unity of 'many in body, one in mind' directed towards realising kosen-rufu. It would be as if, while waging an intense battle for kosen-rufu, our comrades-in-arms set fire to the castle we share and turned their swords against us. Those who undermine this unity, no matter how they may try to justify it, are doing the work of the devil king of the sixth heaven."

The New Human Revolution—Vol.30, Awaiting the Time 33, translation released February 2019

-- KYO NO GOSHO --

SŌYŌ, KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI, HEKIRA, SHŌTŌ NI KAKATTE ZENJIN O NOBU.

(New Gosho Zenshu page 36, 

Gosho Zenshu page 26)

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site 

https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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19th Dec. 2024 - Thursday Daily Gosho and 20th Dec. Friday Daily Encouragement

Daily Gosho & Encouragement, both using the latest official translations, all quotes are either from Nichiren Daishonin or Ikeda Sensei unless otherwise stated...

Thursday, December 19th, 2024
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"In this chapter Shakyamuni Buddha revealed the foremost point he wished to convey to us. The Buddha preached the Lotus Sutra over a period of eight years, and eight characters sum up the message that he has left behind for living beings in this later age, the Latter Day of the Law. It is in the passage that reads, 'Therefore, Universal Worthy, if you see a person who accepts and upholds this sutra, you should rise and greet him from afar, showing him the same respect you would a Buddha' (chapter twenty-eight), particularly the eight characters that make up the end of the passage, 'you should rise and greet him,' etc."

(Encouragements of the 

Bodhisattva Universal 

Worthy chapter, OTT, page 192)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 19th, 2024

Friday, December 20th, 2024
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---

" No bodhisattva or Buddha takes the easy way out. Bodhisattvas actively go to the most challenging places, and that is why their noble lives shine with the light of Buddhahood.

"That is the reason for the Daishonin's words 'Now Nichiren and his followers are encouraging others to adopt [or embrace] Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and to make it their own practice' (OTT, 110). Our practice is to courageously reach out to others and leap in among the people to share Buddhism."

Buddhism of the Sun, July 2023 Daibyakurenge, Bodhisattva Voluntarily Appear in the Most Challenging Places, translation released March 8th, 2024 in the SGI Newsletter No. 11490

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
KONO HON NO TOKI SAIJO DAIICHI NO SODEN ARI SHAKUSON HACHIKANEN NO HOKEKYO O HACHIJI NI TODOMETE MATSUDAI NO SHUJO NI YUZURI TAMO NARI HACHIJI TOWA TOKIONGO TONYOKYOBUTSU NO MON NARI

New Gosho Zenshu page 1086
Gosho Zenshu page 781

And the Japanese kanji for 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site
https://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

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