The Three Kinds of Treasure
The Three Kinds of Treasure It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to…
On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Vol 1 p.3 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…
Two Kinds of Happiness
Nichiren writes “Single-mindedly chant Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and urge others to do the same, that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world.” (WND-1 p.64)
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…
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 mystic truth that is originally inherent in all living beings.…
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The Great Vow for the Happiness of All Humanity
The Daishonin writes: “Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone . . . Slanderers are like barking foxes, but Nichiren’s followers are like roaring lions” (“On Persecutions Befalling…
