Friendship is strong. Friendship, camaraderie and unity in faith lie at the heart of the SGI. They come before the organization. We must never make the mistake of thinking that it is the other way around. The organization serves as a means for deepening friendship, comradeship and faith. To confuse the means and the end is a terrible mistake.
From The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will be your staff to take you safely over the mountains of death. The Buddhas Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, as well as the four bodhisattvas headed by Superior Practices, will lead you by the hand on your journey. If I, Nichiren, precede you in death, I will come to meet you at your last moment. If you should precede me, I will be sure to tell King Yama all about you. Everything that I tell you is true. According to the Lotus Sutra, Nichiren is the guide who knows the passes and gorges along the way."
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 451
The Swords of Good and Evil
Written to Hojo Yagenta on February 21, 1274
The Swords of Good and Evil
Written to Hojo Yagenta on February 21, 1274
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
There is no way of life more desolate or more pitiful than one of ignorance of the fundamental joy that issues from the struggle to generate and regenerate one's own life from within. To be human is much more than the mere biological facts of standing erect and exercising reason and intelligence. The full and genuine meaning of our humanity is found in tapping the creative fonts of life itself.
Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (1954) p173
Physical condition extremely poor. Have been pondering deeply my severe destiny. Pained over the complexity of my own feelings.
The Suiko Group met at 6:00 at the headquarters. My spirits were not especially high. Like a brave soldier who has just entered a peaceful forest. The other members, though, were quite inspired. This is as it should be. Received strict guidance from President Toda. Felt as if I had been stabbed in the chest. Faith. Nothing but faith. Faith with passionate resolve.
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ReplyDelete-"FOR you to inquire about the Lotus Sutra and ask its meaning is a rare source of good fortune. In this age of the Latter Day of the Law, those who ask about the meaning of even one phrase or verse of the Lotus Sutra are far fewer than those who can hurl Mount Sumeru to another land like a stone, or those who can kick the major world system away like a ball. They are even fewer than those who can embrace and teach countless other sutras, thereby enabling the monks and lay believers who listen to them to obtain the six transcendental powers. Equally rare is a priest who can explain the meaning of the Lotus Sutra and resolve people’s doubts concerning it. The “Treasure Tower” chapter in the fourth volume of the Lotus Sutra sets forth the important principle of the six difficult and nine easy acts. Your asking a question about the Lotus Sutra is among the six difficult acts. This is a sure indication that, if you embrace the Lotus Sutra, you will become a Buddha in your present form.
from- The One Essential Phrase (gosho)