Thursday, June 18, 2009

Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the Daishonin's Buddhism, when we chant daimoku in earnest prayer, that prayer at the most fundamental level has already been answered. Confident in this great truth-- in the power of 'this wonderful single Law that simultaneously possesses both cause and effect' (WND-1, 421)--let's forge ahead together on the noble path of kosen-rufu."
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Since childhood, I, Nichiren, have never prayed for the secular things of this life but have single-mindedly sought to become a Buddha. Of late, however, I have been ceaselessly praying for your sake to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, and the god of the sun, for I am convinced that you are a person who can inherit the soul of the Lotus Sutra."
(The Hero of the World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 839)

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