Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"The Buddha became enlightened to the fundamental power that connects all things in the universe -- namely, the Mystic Law. He also awakened to the fact that all people have the potential to manifest the power of this Law in their own lives. This potential is what in Buddhism is termed as the Buddha nature or Dharma nature. Only when each of us brings forth the wisdom of our enlightened Buddha nature can we truly actualise the unity of diverse individuals as taught in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. Because we each rise above our attachment to self and reveal our highest potential and individuality, the path of 'many in body, one in mind' becomes a path for absolute victory.
"We must also remember that, through manifesting the wisdom of our Buddha nature, we can break free of the darkness or ignorance that would keep us trapped in the paths of evil and suffering. The spirit of many in body but one in mind doesn't refer to the kind of unity that is achieved through external constraints or demands for conformity, but to a unity that is a manifestation of the wisdom of our Buddha nature resulting from a fundamental liberation in the inner most depths of our lives. It is a unity based on aligning our own hearts with the heart of the Buddha."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 996)