"There are infinite life forms in the universe. The earth, and even the smallest garden, is home to countless living entities. Among all of these, we possess the good fortune to have been born as human beings. What's more, we are able to pray to the Gohonzon, an opportunity so rare that it might only be encountered once in a thousand, ten thousand or a million years.
"Moreover, we have been given life right in the midst of world kosen-rufu. How deep are our karmic bonds! What an immense mission we possess! There are no coincidences in Buddhism. Truly, as the sutra says, "We have been blessed with great good fortune from past existences and so have been born in an age where we can encounter the Buddha's Law" (LS27, 315). To live aware of this solemn fact is the greatest pleasure. It is to overflow with joy.
"We should carry out faith single-mindedly, regarding each day as a treasure. When we practice with such a sense of excitement and enthusiasm, we receive benefit at once.
"To spend one's life idling away time, without ever awakening to one's mission, is to be like a living corpse. The Daishonin admonishes us, "You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come" (WND, 622 [MW-5, 173])."
[Wisdom of Lotus Sutra (51)]
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