每日箴言
池田大作出版著作
4月 18日
在人际关系中，人透过培育、成长，互相学习，互相帮助，成为真正的人。所以，没有只顾自己一个人的幸福。自他共同幸福当中才有真正的幸福。
Daily Encouragement
Daisaku Ikeda's
April 18
It is through our relationships with others that we develop and grow; learn from one another; help and support one another; and cultivate genuine humanity. Therefore, we cannot enjoy happiness for ourselves alone. True happiness is happiness that is shared with others.
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🌞Good afternoon Myo Ho Friends
🌈🪺Happy Sunday.🐣🥚
🙏 Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo to you.
🙆♀️Together we encourage one other.
🇧🇪From the Buddhist view that life continues through both birth and death, whether we are living or dead-or, as
😇Nichiren phrase it,
🌇Here in the Saha world or
🌄in the pure land of Eagle Peak-
🙋🏻♀️🙋🏻🙋🏻♂️WE REMAIN FOREVER COMRADES IN THE SHARED STRUGGLE FOR KOSENRUFU .
🙆🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️🙆We remain members of the Soka family, fellow members in faith, our lives eternally aspiring on the VERY DEEPEST LEVEL for the widespread propagation of the Mystic Law and a fundamental transformation in the Karma of humankind.🙏
📝Let's learn from Ikeda Sensei's
guidances.
🙏😇A correct and steadfast mind at the moment of death is the proof of attaining Buddhahood.
😇✅A steadfast and correct mind at the moment of death:
🙏"To maintain unwavering belief in the Mystic Law until the last moment of
one's life. It means that when we continue to follow the Buddha way, confident that we will attain Buddhahood in this lifetime, we will be able to greet death with a sense of profound fulfillment."
🇧🇪Ikeda Sensei ✍️
🙏"The Daishonin says that just as black lacquer will turn white when white powder is added, the Mystic Law has the power to eradicate any offense.
📖As proof of this, he comments on the difference in appearance at the moment of death of a person who has sincerely lived in accord with the Mystic Law and one who has slandered the Law and is destined to fall into a state of Hell.
🛎🛎Since this is a well-known passage in which the Daishonin discusses the appearance or countenance of the deceased,
✅🛎I would like to confirm an important point regarding the moment of death.
While the Daishonin uses such statements as
🙏🙇♀️"her countenance will become pure and
🙏🙇♀️white" and "her body will be as light as a goose feather and as soft and pliable
as cotton"
🙏🙏to describe the appearance of deceased individuals who have upheld the
Mystic Law to the end of their lives, what
is most important at the moment of death
is a person's heart or state of mind-in
other words, their having
✅"a correct and
steadfast mind at the moment of death."
👉When it comes to physical appearance,
individuals of course differ widely, and
this is definitely not an absolute standard
for determining whether or not someone
has attained Buddhahood.
👉👉Consequently, there is no point in getting caught up in what a person's appearance is like after they die.
💁🏻♂️When the Daishonin says that a deceased person's "countenance will become pure and white, we can take this to refer to an inner radiance that is manifested in their expression-
🙏😇-the joyful expression,
🙏📿🙇♂️for instance, of a person departing for their next existence embraced in the voices of friends and loved ones chanting daimoku for their happiness; the bright, gentle expression of a person who exudes an ineffable serenity; the noble expression of a person who shines with the triumph of a lofty mission fulfilled, imparting courage and hope to all beholders.
🙏Some people die young.
🙏🙏Some people die in unforeseen accidents.
🙏🙏🙏And some people die after long battles with illness.
👋👋But whatever the case, there is no need to worry.
💙🙏❤️What matters is a person's heart at the final moment, not the manner of their death.
💙💪❤️What matters is whether that
person has persevered in faith to the very end.
🙏📖In the Gosho, the Daishonin cites
the the Nirvana Sutra, which states:
🐘'A mad elephant can only destroy your body; it cannot destroy your mind [eg, your heart]." (WND-2, p 135)
🚑In modern terms, "mad elephants" might correspond to things like traffic accidents.
👉This passage means that even if our body should be destroyed in some untoward circumstance like being trampled by a mad elephant,
🙏🙇♀️our mind or the essence of our being, which has accumulated great good fortune and benefit through our upholding the Mystic Law in this lifetime, can never be destroyed.
👉Regardless of how a person may die, if
they have formed a deep connection with the Mystic Law and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to their mission in this world, they are sure to shine with a magnificent inner brilliance at the
moment of death.
🙏On this we can absolutely rest assured.
💁🏻♂️It is the manifestation of an inscrutable causality.
💙🙏❤️A person's heart is always most important."
🌈"Life will be enjoyable. And death will be peaceful, a glorious journey to the next enjoyable life.
🍂When winter arrives, the trees and other plants temporarily lose their leaves. 🍃But these plants possess the life to send forth new green shoots when spring comes.
🙏🪷🙏Human death is like that, but we potentially possess a life force that leads us to a new life -
🇧🇪🙏to a new mission - immediately, and without pain."
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Sunday, April 17th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The greater our determination,
the greater the door to life.
If we're going to live,
let's live a victorious life
full of satisfaction and fulfilment!
So come, let's challenge ourselves!
Let's advance!
Sunday, April 17th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
Strengthen your faith now more than ever. Anyone who teaches the principles of Buddhism to others is bound to incur hatred from men and women, priests and nuns. Let them say what they will. Entrust yourself to the golden teachings of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, T'ien-t'ai, Miao-lo, Dengyō, and Chang-an. This is what is signified by the expression, "practising according to the Buddha's teachings."
(The Embankments of Faith
- WND, Vol. 1, page 626)
Selection Source: Letters to Believers,
Seikyo Newspaper, April 17th, 2022
Monday, April 18th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Because we base ourselves on the Daishonin's writings, we cause the great light of value creation to shine forth without limit, aiming for a society that respects life, human dignity and equality, a world in which happiness, security and global peace and harmony prevail."
Foreword to the New Japanese edition of Nichiren Daishonin's gosho zenshu (The Complete Works of Nichiren Daishonin). From the November 20th, 2021 edition of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released April 2022.
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4月18日 重要的是不要被繁忙压垮。精神上更不能被压垮。 一一 池田大作
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Today's Gosho: 755
"The Life Span chapter reads, 'It has been immeasurable, boundless hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, millions of nayutas of kalpas, since I in fact attained Buddhahood.'
The Shakyamuni Buddha within our lives is the eternal Buddha since time without beginning, who obtained the three bodies more than numberless major world system dust particle kalpas ago."
Nichiren Daishonin (WND, 365)
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18th Apr. Daily Guidance By Daisaku Ikeda:
To a person who is possessed by the lust for power, even the most selfless, benevolent actions of others will appear as cunning moves undertaken to gain power. Similarly, to a person who has a strong desire for fame, actions based on conviction and consideration will be seen as publicity stunts. Those who have become slaves of money simply cannot believe that there are people in the world who are strangers to the desire for wealth. 🙏🏻
4月18日，池田先生今日指导：
对于已被权力欲所迷住的人，再怎么无私的善行也会显得是为了获得权力的一种策略 。同样的，被 "名利" 所束缚的人，信心与真心的行动也会显得是沽名钓誉 。那些已变成金钱的奴隶的人绝对不会相信有人会不为金钱所动 。 🙏🏻
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18th Apr. DAILY GOSHO
When one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutra, there also will be persons who will believe. 🙏🏻
Letter to Horen
4月18日，御书圣训：
献给您的每一天。
现 在 能 举 得 眼 前 证 据 之 人，为 说 此 经 时，宜 必 有 致 信 之 人 矣 !
《法莲抄》 (《父子成佛抄》)
现时眼前能提出证据的人来说法华经 (南无妙法莲华经) , 才会有人来相信吧！ 🙏🏻
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