Joy Is Found In Struggle
“Joy is found in struggle. It is found in the darkness of the crushing breakers and tearing winds of a stormy sea.” ~ Aleksandr Pushkin, Russian poet We Are Each “the Blacksmith of Our Own Happiness” Iron, when heated in…
The Face of Evil in the 21st Century
What do most people envision when they think of evil? A demon with a pitchfork? A large dragon? A fearsome opponent or a monster in someone else’s movie? “Evil” is defined as something “profoundly immoral and wicked,” or in the…
Three Meanings of Myo
“Myo means to open” (WND-1, 145). The Mystic Law brings out the inherent value of all things. In other words, no matter our state of life, when we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we can open and reveal the world of Buddhahood. Chanting…
Changing Poison Into Medicine
Buddhism is a religion of inner transformation. The pure realm in which the Buddha resides and the impure realm where ordinary people dwell are not two separate realms. “Creating A Century of Humanism in Which All Can Shine” p. 55…
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must perceive the…
Awakening to the Interconnectedness of Life
SGI-USA Living Buddhism August 2020 p. 13 The pathology of divisiveness drives people to an unreasoning attachment to difference and blinds them to human commonalities. This is not limited to individuals but constitutes the deep psychology of collective egoism, which…
Striving to Realize the Buddha’s Wish and Intent
Opening the Path To Attaining Buddhahood in an Evil Age It is important that we actively engage in the challenge of guiding those around us to happiness. Without that struggle, any ambition of achieving happiness for all humanity is meaningless. A religion is…
The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day
Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism Library The second volume of the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law states: “If a person fails to have faith but instead slanders this sutra . . . or on seeing those who read, recite, copy, and uphold this sutra, should despise, hate,…
The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon
[Nichiren] Daishonin tells us plainly that the Gohonzon has infinite power. The only question is whether or not we believe him. I have received your offerings to the Gohonzon of five thousand coins, one horseload of polished rice, and fruit. To begin…
Good Fortune
The One Essential Phrase For you to inquire about the Lotus Sutra and ask its meaning is a rare source of good fortune. In this age of the Latter Day of the Law, those who ask about the meaning of even one phrase…
