17th April 2025 Thursday Daily Gosho and 18th April 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, April 17th, 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 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 283)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, April 17th, 2025

Friday, April 18th, 2025
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"The Buddha is described as having a diamond-like body. We can interpret this to mean a life state that is as strong as a diamond, brimming with indestructible good fortune and

benefit and radiating noble character.

"How do we develop such a state of life? That is the theme running through Nichiren Daishonin's writings. And his conclusion is to thoroughly denounce error, or slander of the Law. In other words, it is shakubuku— refuting the erroneous and revealing the true. It is our ongoing struggle for kosen-rufu.

"Refuting slander of the Law is key to attaining a diamond-like body, to becoming a Buddha —this is the essence of Buddhism. Shakyamuni taught this and the Daishonin himself

put it into practise."

SGI Newsletter, No. 11730, Jan. 31st, 2025 from First Nationwide Young Men and Women's Div. Leaders Meeting, Jan. 11th 1997, video footage broadcast Jan. 11th 2025  

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
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 

Tsukizuki Hibini 

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

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