Saturday, May 31, 2008

Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The noted British historian Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975) was very fond of the words of the ancient Greek dramatist Aeschylus: 'Wisdom comes alone through suffering.' This is quite similar to the Buddhist principle of problems or sufferings leading to enlightenment. The more we sincerely chant and grapple with problems for the sake of Buddhism and the happiness of others, the greater the wisdom that will well forth in our lives."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring."
(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1,page 536)

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