[PassTheDoobie]

"All your efforts for kosen-rufu will become your good fortune. There will definitely come a time when you experience this for yourself. That’s why it’s important to exert yourselves energetically for the sake of Buddhism and the happiness of others."

SGI Newsletter No. 8703, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 1, Atsuta 37, translated 16th Jan, 2013

[PassTheDoobie]

"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) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, January 24th, 2013

[PassTheDoobie]

You, my dear friends who are struggling to look for employment
on the battlefield of severe financial conditions,
no matter what, never be defeated, never give in!
With sincerity and perseverance
we can all open up a victorious path towards our respective missions in life!

Daisaku Ikeda

[PassTheDoobie]

"The great life-state of the Buddha, of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, pulses in the determination to dedicate one’s life to kosen-rufu."

SGI Newsletter No. 8667, The New Human Revolution––Volume 26: Chapter 1, Atsuta 18, translated 12th Nov. 2012

[PassTheDoobie]

Our practice is the force for attaining absolute victory.
There is not a single wall or obstacle
that cannot be overcome through our faith!
Let's make a fresh departure
towards the highest pinnacle of life and of kosen rufu,
starting first of all with invincible daimoku!

Daisaku Ikeda

[PassTheDoobie]

"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all. From the time you read this letter on, strive to accumulate the treasures of the heart!"

(The Three Kinds of Treasure- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 851) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, May 23rd, 2012

[PassTheDoobie]

"In the words of the Armenian poet Avetik Isahakyan (1875–1957): 'Maintain your dignity and pride, whatever happens.'[1]

"Self-confidence is the backbone of the human spirit. People with self-confidence are strong. As long as one has confidence, one won’t be defeated by the harshest adversity."

SGI Newsletter No. 8519, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 25: Chap. 2, Shared Struggle 59, translated 17th May, 2012

[1] Translated from Russian. Avetik Isahakyan, Stikhotvoreniya i poemyi (Verses and Poems) (Leningrad: Sovetskii Pisatelj, 1975), p. 119.

[PassTheDoobie]

We are in the season again of sudden and dramatic fluctuations in the weather. Let's keep a close tab on our health and remind our friends as well to take the necessary steps to avoid catching a cold or any other sickness. Together, let's advance, keeping "our good health" as our top priority!

Daisaku Ikeda

[PassTheDoobie]

"If one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way."

(On the Three Virtues of Food - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 2, page 1060) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 1st, 2013

[easyDaimoku]

So much to study! Wow, thank you so much for transcribing this most amazing dailogue! Sensei, Mr. Endo, Mr. Saito, and Mr. Suda contributed to such deep amazingly rich study for us! Here is a snippet of what I'm focusing on:

Ikeda: Yes, time without beginning is another name for life that is without beginning or end. It pertains, not to the doctrine of time, but to the doctrine of life.

The truth in the depths of life, the very life of the universe that continues to function ceaselessly, is referred to by the term time without beginning. This can also be called the “Thus Come One originally endowed with the three enlightened properties.”

Regarding the term “time without beginning” which in Japanese is kuon ganjo, the Daishonin says, “Kuon means neither created or adorned but remaining in one’s original state” (OTT, 141). “Not created” means inherently endowed; it does not indicate a specific point in time. “Not adorned” means not possessing the thirty-two features and eighty characteristics; it refers to ordinary people just as they are. “Remaining in one’s original state” means eternally existing.

Kuon signifies Nam-myoho-renge-kyo; it signifies the Gohonzon. When we pray to the Gohonzon, that very instant is beginningless time. For us, each day is beginningless time. Each day we can cause the supreme, pure, eternal life of time without beginning to well forth from our entire being. Each day we start anew from time without beginning, the starting point of life.

I'm going through these last two pages because herein lies the definition of our practice, this is what got me going in the original thread 7 years ago. Let's all attain Buddhahood in this lifetime! I'm sooo diggity down with thissss!

Thank you T for taking the time out for this!