Daily Guidance

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"The only way to repel this fierce attack of the devil king is to base one's life on 'a great vow' (WND-1, 1003). We cannot bring forth the strength to withstand great hardships or persecution for the sake of the Lotus Sutra unless we make our ultimate goal the attainment of Buddhahood in this lifetime and dedicate our lives to the great vow of the Buddha for the realisation of kosen-rufu. Therefore, the Daishonin calls out from the depths of his being : 'My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow'(WND-1, 1003). A life based on a great vow is truly profound and unshakable."

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

"There were 176 persons who conveyed the sutras and treatises of Buddhism from India to China. Among these, Kumarajiva alone passed along the sutra texts of Shakyamuni, the lord of teachings, just as they were without adding any private opinions of his own."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in One's Present Form - The Writings of NichirenDaishonin, Vol. 2, page 587)