2/6/16, 11:22:02 PM: Kwee! Chang: Gongyo begins with 'Niji seson'. It means 'At That Time'.
Which time does it refer to?
"That time" is when we set our life in motion, when we stand-up of our own volition and by our own will and strength. "That time" is when we summon forth strong faith and take our place on the grand stage of kosen-rufu.
We have to make a determination, pray and take action. Unless we do so, our environment will not change in the least; though five or ten years may pass, "that time" will never arrive.
It is our single-minded determination for kosen-rufu that creates the "time."
Goethe writes, "The moment alone is decisive; Fixes the life of man, and his future destiny settles."
"That time" is the moment you resolve from the depths of your heart: "Now I will stand up and fight!" From that instant your destiny changes. Your life develops. History begins.
(Quote from Ikeda Sensei's Lectures on Expedient Means & Life Span Chapters)
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