Daily Guidance
18th August 2013
Sunday
FIRST, chant daimoku.
First, be in good health.
First, work cheerfully.
First, establish your finances.
And first, take the initiative.
WHAT is the purpose of life? It is happiness. And there are two kinds of
happiness: relative and absolute. Relative happiness comes in a variety
of forms. The purpose of Buddhism is to attain Buddhahood. In modern
times, this could be explained as realizing absolute happiness – a state
of happiness that can never be destroyed or defeated.
“SUCH-and-such is sick. So-and-so is suffering financially. I must do my
best to give them encouragement.” To think in this way, to offer
prayers and take action for others’ happiness – this is the behaviour of
a Buddhist. Those who make efforts to bring joy to others even though
they may be suffering themselves are bodhisattvas.
TO have the desire to sit in front of the Gohonzon and chant daimoku is
very important. It is an expression of one’s determination to improve
oneself. That spirit is important. That spirit is the proof of our
humanity, an expression of the noble spirit to accomplish something with
our lives.
THE human heart is unfathomable. It is fickle and constantly changing.
From moment to moment, our inner state of mind changes; we experience
various emotions – joy, sorrow, anger, pain. Life, too, is full of
changes. That is why, for countless centuries and millennia, humanity
has pondered the question of what constitutes the best and surest way to
lasting happiness.
Taken from:http://dailyguidance.blogspot.com/
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