---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The daimoku we chant is not just simply for our own security and protection, but daimoku for achieving kosen-rufu -- the true peace and happiness for all people -- and for combating evil and injustice. Ultimately, no matter how much daimoku we may chant, unless we take concrete action -- actively fighting against the three obstacles and four devils and refuting slander and abuse directed at us as votaries of the Lotus Sutra -- wewill not be able to gain enlightenment. As the Daishonin says: 'To hope to attain Buddhahood without speaking out against slander is as futile as trying to find water in the midst of fire or fire in the midst of water' (WND-1, 747)."--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens."(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 681)
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