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  • Category: Buddhism
  • Founded: Oct 20, 1998
  • Language: English
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May 3, 2013
3:20 am
As direct disciples of the Daishonin, we have summoned forth the three powerful enemies of Buddhism. And defeating their schemes and repelling their...
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May 3, 2013
3:21 am
Life is the most precious of all treasures. Even one extra day of life is worth more than ten million ryo of gold. The Lotus Sutra surpasses all the other...
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May 5, 2013
2:02 am
This is what I would like to communicate to you, my young friends who are the heirs of the Soka legacy: Live out your lives together with the SGI, an...
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May 5, 2013
2:03 am
Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes...
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May 6, 2013
1:13 am
We have both a weak self and a strong self; the two are completely different. If we allow our weak side to dominate, we will be defeated. The thought, "I am...
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May 6, 2013
1:13 am
How does the mirror of the Lotus Sutra portray the people who, in the evil world of the latter age, believe in the teachings of the Lotus Sutra just as they...
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May 7, 2013
1:28 am
Many things happen in life. There are joyous days and times of suffering. Sometimes unpleasant things occur. But that's what makes life so interesting. The...
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May 7, 2013
1:29 am
Even the darkness becomes bright when a lantern is lit, and even muddy water becomes clear when the moon shines on it. (WND, 186) Easy Delivery of a Fortune...
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6:57 pm
"Anything that disturbs the harmonious unity of SGI is prohibited." (paraphrase). That's rather open-ended. Leaders could use it to harass members they don't...
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May 8, 2013
2:06 am
No one is more wonderful than a mother. And there is nothing more noble than a mother's heart. I hope you will all treasure your mothers. Truly praiseworthy...
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May 8, 2013
2:07 am
The master of the house in private treated us with compassion. Though outwardly he appeared to be fearful of the authorities, at heart he had great pity for...
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May 9, 2013
2:38 am
Buddhism is concerned with the essential nature of humanity. Buddhism is not found somewhere else separate from such beautiful expressions of humanity as...
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May 9, 2013
2:40 am
As you crave food when hungry, seek water when thirsty, long to see a lover, beg for medicine when ill, or as a beautiful woman desires powder and rouge, so...
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May 10, 2013
4:22 am
The state of mind with which we meet our death will greatly influence the course of our lives over eternity. Granted, if one is unconcerned by how one dies, or...
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May 10, 2013
4:23 am
A woman who takes this efficacious medicine will be surrounded and protected by these four great bodhisattvas at all times. When she rises to her feet, so too...
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May 10, 2013
4:29 am
Nonsense. Sent from my iPad...
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May 11, 2013
4:42 am
The Daishonin urges us to earnestly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, even just once or twice, stressing that if we do so we will definitely attain enlightenment. Now...
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May 11, 2013
4:43 am
The moon appears in the west and sheds its light eastward, but the sun rises in the east and casts its rays to the west. The same is true of Buddhism. It...
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May 12, 2013
3:17 am
I want you to understand the subtle workings of the mind. How you orient your mind, the kind of attitude you take, greatly influences both you yourself and...
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May 12, 2013
3:18 am
The Lotus Sutra is both the teaching of the Buddha and the embodiment of the Buddha wisdom. If one puts sincere faith in each character and brushstroke in it,...
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May 13, 2013
1:47 am
During our dialogue, his motto was Laboremus, Latin for "Let's get to work!" Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism focuses on the present and future; it is infused...
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May 13, 2013
1:48 am
Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form,...
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May 14, 2013
1:08 am
Kosen-rufu is a long-term struggle we are pursuing over the ten thousand years of the Latter Day. Therefore, as we strive to realize victory in the present, we...
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May 14, 2013
1:09 am
The Lotus Sutra states, "[The doctrines that they preach...] will never be contrary to the true reality." T'ien-t&#39;ai commented on this, saying that "no worldly...
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May 15, 2013
3:07 am
Ralph Waldo Emerson says, "Good-nature is plentiful, but we want justice with a heart of steel, to fight down the proud." If people are merely good-natured,...
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May 15, 2013
3:08 am
There are a few in this province of Kai who have expressed their desire to take faith. Yet I make it a rule not to permit them to join us unless they remain...
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May 16, 2013
2:41 am
Day in and day out. Today and again tomorrow. Moving of one's own accord to take action, to meet with people and conduct dialogues. This is what Shakyamuni...
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May 16, 2013
2:41 am
From a mundane view, I am the poorest person in Japan, but in the light of Buddhism, I am the wealthiest person in all Jambudvipa. When I consider that this is...
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May 17, 2013
1:28 am
"Don't be dependent on anyone" -- this is my sentiment. We each have to strengthen and develop ourselves through our own efforts. We must never surrender to...
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May 17, 2013
1:29 am
The sutra states: "If one [of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction] is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one...
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