Daily Guidance
4th August 2013
Sunday
FREEDOM is not some abstract
notion, separate from our lives. It is not something given to us by
others. Nor is it something that belongs only to certain people and not
to others. Freedom is something that ordinary people living in society
must, by becoming wise and strong, win for themselves, day after day.
From a certain perspective, our SGI activities can be described as a
spiritual struggle to win freedom required to live decent human lives.
EVERYTHING is always changing; only the indestructible unchanging thing
is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. If you chant daimoku, you are guaranteed to open
new opportunities. You will achieve an unsurpassed state of being.
ULTIMATELY, the most important thing is to keep your enthusiasm for
kosen-rufu burning brightly throughout your life, to continue your
battle of faith, never being defeated by devilish forces. If you stop
making progress, your life will stagnate. But if you press ahead
energetically, the devilish functions will disperse.
THERE is surely no more exhilarating a life than one in which we write
our own unique history of human revolution each day. And the growth and
transformation we achieve in this way can convince people of the
greatness of Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism more eloquently than anything
else.
KOSEN-RUFU is the loftiest form of human diplomacy. It is a struggle of
communicating the highest truth and justice. These are turbulent times.
We must not be careless or negligent. As the saying goes, “You must keep
up your guard, even after a victory.” To engage in a struggle is to
exert oneself to the fullest extent. As long as our hearts continue to
burn with this spirit, the SGI will develop boundlessly.
Taken from:http://dailyguidance.blogspot.com
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