---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"How noble are those who base their lives on the unparalleled philosophy of the Mystic Law. All without exception who practise as the Buddha teaches will attain Buddhahood in this lifetime. Nichiren Daishonin writes:
"'In the case of rice plants, there are three types--those that ripen early in autumn, those that ripen in a middling time, and those that ripen late--and yet all are ready to be harvested within a single year. In the same way, although persons [who follow the Buddha way] fall into three different categories of superior, middling, and inferior [capacity], allalike, within the space of a single lifetime, can come to the realization that they themselves are identical and in no way at variance with all the Buddhas, the Thus Come Ones. (WND-2, 79-80)'
"Buddhism also teaches that there are five types of vision, or five types of eyes--the physical eye, the heavenly eye, the wisdom eye, the Dharma eye, and the Buddha eye. The Daishonin writes: 'These five types of vision are naturally acquired by one who upholds the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 683).
"He also declares: 'The votaries of the Lotus Sutra, men and women alike, are all Thus Come Ones' (OTT, 83). This is an affirmation that all of you who are working selflessly for kosen-rufu are Buddhas.
"And elsewhere he says: 'All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offence (WND-1, 756). You are people worthy of the greatest respect. Anyone who ridicules or harasses you will reap stern karmic effects. From everything that I have witnessed in the course of my long practise, I can attest to this with utmost conviction."
"'In the case of rice plants, there are three types--those that ripen early in autumn, those that ripen in a middling time, and those that ripen late--and yet all are ready to be harvested within a single year. In the same way, although persons [who follow the Buddha way] fall into three different categories of superior, middling, and inferior [capacity], allalike, within the space of a single lifetime, can come to the realization that they themselves are identical and in no way at variance with all the Buddhas, the Thus Come Ones. (WND-2, 79-80)'
"Buddhism also teaches that there are five types of vision, or five types of eyes--the physical eye, the heavenly eye, the wisdom eye, the Dharma eye, and the Buddha eye. The Daishonin writes: 'These five types of vision are naturally acquired by one who upholds the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 683).
"He also declares: 'The votaries of the Lotus Sutra, men and women alike, are all Thus Come Ones' (OTT, 83). This is an affirmation that all of you who are working selflessly for kosen-rufu are Buddhas.
"And elsewhere he says: 'All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offence (WND-1, 756). You are people worthy of the greatest respect. Anyone who ridicules or harasses you will reap stern karmic effects. From everything that I have witnessed in the course of my long practise, I can attest to this with utmost conviction."
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"At such a time, the three obstacles and four devils will invariably appear, and the wise will rejoice while the foolish will retreat."
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 637)
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 637)
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