Daily Guidance
14th July 2013
Sunday
ONCE an airplane takes off, it
must continue flying, no matter what bad weather or turbulence it
encounters, until it lands safely. The same principle applies to our
faith. We must continue our faith and practice with unchanging
enthusiasm and dedication until we arrive at our final goal of
enlightenment.
WE are now advancing in a new century, a century of life, in which all
people will enjoy the benefits of equality, happiness and freedom to the
fullest. The fundamental “common sense” of Buddhism and of life itself
forms the basis for our activities towards this goal.
OUR faith is for our own sake. So are our actions. When we work for the
Law, for our friends, and for society, we are reading the sutra with our
lives, and everything we do is transformed into our own great benefit.
NICHIREN DAISHONIN said, “The Law does not spread by itself; because
people propagate it, both the people and the Law are respect worthy.”
(Gosho Zenshu, p856) In every respect, accomplishing kosen-rufu depends
on capable people. We have to find, raise and nurture together, fresh
talent. Those who can succeed in this endeavour are themselves people of
outstanding ability.
IN any field of human endeavour, human beings cannot improve or develop
without some kind of training. This applies the more so to our Buddhist
practice, which constitutes training for becoming a Buddha. We can
regard even the most rigourous training with pleasure if we know that it
is attaining an indestructible, diamond-like state of life. All of our
prayers and actions for kosen-rufu become the nourishment for our
happiness across the three existences as well as the foundation for our
external glory.
Taken from:http://dailyguidance.blogspot.com
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