---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Buddhism is concerned with winning. This is a point that Nichiren Daishonin made emphatically clear. The law of cause and effect operating within our lives is very strict. We cannot fool ourselves; we know in our hearts when we have won or when we have given in to defeat. Those who win through faith plant the cause to attain Buddhahood deep within their beings. When we earnestly challenge ourselves and are able to declare with all our hearts, 'I have won!' the tremendous good fortune we gain as a result will adorn our lives eternally. This is the life-state, the strength, and the life-force of a Buddha.
"Those who succumb to self-defeat cannot accumulate good fortune. They create the cause to feel regret in their lives. That is why it's so important to win, to triumph in our lives. That is the direct way to experience the true power of Buddhahood within us. There is no greater joy than this."
"Those who succumb to self-defeat cannot accumulate good fortune. They create the cause to feel regret in their lives. That is why it's so important to win, to triumph in our lives. That is the direct way to experience the true power of Buddhahood within us. There is no greater joy than this."
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Winter always turns to spring."
(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 536)
(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 536)
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