Sensei's Daily Encouragement - 12 October 2020 - Year of Advancement and Capable People

    Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda

October 12, 2020 

The Gohonzon encompasses the entire universe. Therefore, we who believe in and chant daimoku to the Gohonzon can live out our lives with the greatest serenity and composure. Please be confident that through faith in the Mystic Law we can definitely lead a wonderful and unsurpassed existence.

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1279 Nichiren Daishonin inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon for all humanity.

 

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 From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin

October 12, 2020 

This Gohonzon is also found only in the two characters for faith. This is what the sutra means when it states that one can "gain entrance through faith alone." Since Nichiren's disciples and lay supporters believe solely in the Lotus Sutra, honestly discarding the expedient means and never accepting even a single verse of the other sutras, they can enter the treasure tower of the Gohonzon. How reassuring!" 

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 832

The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon

Written to Nichinyo on August 23, 1277

 

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 Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku Ikeda

October 12, 2020 

Today there are people who have faith in the Lotus Sutra. The belief of some is like fire while that of others is like water. When the former listen to the teachings, their passion flares up like fire, but as time goes on, they tend to discard their faith. To have faith like water means to believe continuously without ever regressing - Nichiren

 

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Excerpt from Daisaku Ikeda - A Youthful Diary (22 October 1955) p. 260 

It's Saturday; the weekend is already here. People in the Meiji period called Saturday handon, a combination of Japanese and Portuguese meaning to "rest half-a-day." None can resist the tide of the times, no matter how they may try. A life based on the Mystic Law will be in rhythm with the great power of the natural law. In Europe and America, people have both Saturdays and Sundays off. Will Japan someday follow suit?

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