Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The great Uzbek poet Alisher Navoi (also Ali Shir Nava'i ; 1441-1501)wrote:"
'Be a person who illuminates the land like the sun!
Be fair and impartial like the eternal spring!
Be like lightning to the wicked!'

"Let us strive with this same spirit. We must take a firm stand against the corrupt and unjust. In particular, we must not condone anyone seeking to destroy our harmonious community of practitioners from within. If we allow such individuals to go unchecked, we will face terrible consequences. No matter what their positions in our organisation or in society, they must be stopped. Speak out resolutely against thankless individuals who, though owing so much to the Soka Gakkai, betray and inflict harm on their fellow members. For the sake of the future, I want to reconfirm this with you today."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by all the people of Kamakura, both high and low, or by all the people of Japan, as 'Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo of the Lotus school!'"
(Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,Vol. 1, page 319)

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