Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life."
(The Opening of the Eyes
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Thursday, January 9th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"'The Buddha dwells within our hearts. For example, flint has the potential to produce fire and gems.'
From "New Year's Gosho" (WND-1, 1137).
"The Daishonin encourages us at the start of a new year to spread happiness from our hearts.
"Our Buddhist practice and Soka Gakkai activities enable us to draw forth our own and others' Buddha nature, just as striking flint produces fire and polishing a rough gem creates a sparkling jewel.
"Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is a victory song, a jubilant celebration of our lives. Let us dance the joyful dance of life and kosen-rufu each day with a spirit as fresh and hope-filled as the sunrise on New Year's Day! Let us perform a grand and triumphant drama of positive transformation based on the Buddhist principle of three thousand realms in a single moment of life, and 'gather fortune from ten thousand miles away' (WND-1, 1137)."
Towards a Hope-filled Future with the Daishonin's Writings, The Joyous Dance of Life and Kosen-rufu, Jan. 6th 2023 issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released March 2023
WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINENNI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI TEN NO KAGO NAKI KOTO O UTAGAWAZARE GENZE NO ANNON NARAZARU KOTO O NAGEKAZARE
New Gosho Zenshu page 117
Gosho Zenshu page 234
And the Japanese kanji for
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