Thursday, February 19th, 2026
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month."
(On Persecutions
Selection Source: Experience in faith,
Friday, February 20th, 2026
--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---
"In another writing ['A Comparison of the Lotus Sutra and Other Sutras'], he states: 'The great lantern that illuminates the long night of the sufferings of birth and death, the sharp sword that severs the fundamental darkness inherent in life, is none other than the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 1038).
"The Mystic Law is the sun that illuminates the darkness of the sufferings of birth and death. It is the sharp sword that severs fundamental darkness or ignorance.* Those whose lives are illuminated by the Mystic Law will not be defeated by the fear of death. And at the deepest level, all anxiety will vanish.
"Through faith in Nichiren Buddhism, we can transform a life afflicted by the four sufferings of birth, aging, sickness and death into one brimming with the joy of the four virtues of eternity, happiness, true self and purity."
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 Mystic Law Is the Sun Illuminating the Darkness of the Sufferings of Birth and Death, December 2019 issue of the Daibyaku-renge translation released September 2020
* Fundamental darkness or ignorance: The most deeply rooted illusion inherent in life, said to give rise to all other illusions. The inability to see or recognise the truth, particularly, the true nature of one's life.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
TSUKIZUKI HIBINI TSUYORI TAMAE
New Gosho Zenshu page 1620
Gosho Zenshu page 1190
And the Japanese kanji for
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