New Year Gosho (WND p 1137For Today and TomorrowDaily Encouragement by Daisaku IkedaThose who wake up each morning with work to accomplish and a mission to fulfill are the happiest people of all. SGI members are like this. For us each day is one of supreme purpose and satisfaction. For us each day is New Year's Day. Please exert yourselves vigorously with the determination to live each day to the fullest, so that you may compose a golden diary of life.
Friday, January 1, 2016
Buddhism Day by Day
Wisdom for Modern Life by Daisaku IkedaIf the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds. It is the same with a Buddha and an ordinary being. While deluded, one is called an ordinary being, but when enlightened, one is called a Buddha. This is similar to a tarnished mirror that will shine like a jewel when polished. -Nichiren
Friday, January 1, 2016
Daily WisdomFrom the Writings of Nichiren DaishoninFriday, January 1, 2016I have received a hundred slabs of steamed rice cake and a basket of fruit. New Year's Day marks the first day, the first month, the beginning of the year, and the start of spring. A person who celebrates this day will accumulate virtue and be loved by all, just as the moon becomes full gradually, moving from west to east, and as the sun shines more brightly, traveling from east to west.
Written to Wife of Omosu January 5, year unknown
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ME TO YOU2016 year of EXPANSION in the NEW ERA OF WORLDWIDE KOSEN-RUFU
