Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"An important reason why fighting against evil in Buddhism is a part of our Buddhist practise is that if we fail to do so, we become accomplices to evil. In relation to this frightening reality, the Daishonin cites the Great Teacher Nan-yüeh, who says that those who turn a blind eye to evil will fall into hell along with those people who actually commit that evil (WND-1,747). 'Failing to do good is the same as doing evil'-- this is the undying credo of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding president of the Soka Gakkai.
"Evil friends function to intensify others' ignorance or darkness-- that is, heighten the workings of the three poisons of greed, anger, and foolishness in their lives. That is the fearful nature of such negative influences. Allowing evil to go unchallenged, therefore, ultimately spells suffering and pain for many people. As long as Buddhism is a philosophy that teaches the inherent dignity of human life, it is crucial that its practitioners fight resolutely against those tendencies that promote disrespect for human life, discrimination, and the destruction of life."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thorough bred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 17)