---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Tolstoy said that when we look up into the heavens, we see infinite numbers of stars and planets, similarly, when we look inside ourselves, we see something that we call the spirit, and realise that it is even greater and more wondrous than the star-filled universe. This is an idea that has much in common with the Buddhist view of life and the cosmos.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Winter always turns to spring' (WND-1, 536). Our Russian members, bracing themselves against winter blizzards, are especially fond of these words. From within our lives, we can bring the sun to shine forth, undefeated by the adversities of winter, and we can bring the flowers of spring into bloom."
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Winter always turns to spring' (WND-1, 536). Our Russian members, bracing themselves against winter blizzards, are especially fond of these words. From within our lives, we can bring the sun to shine forth, undefeated by the adversities of winter, and we can bring the flowers of spring into bloom."
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Misfortune comes from one's mouth and ruins one, but fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect."
(New Year's Gosho - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1137)
(New Year's Gosho - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1137)
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