September 28, 1950

Thursday – Cloudy

This sutra can cause all living beings to free themselves from suffering and anguish. This sutra can bring great benefits to all living beings and fulfil their desires.
- (LS23, p 286)

Arrived at work at 7:30.

It has become rather cool. I am a young man with a single white shirt. I wish I had an overcoat. All the people on the train were wearing overcoats.

I was completely taken in by I. An evil man. To deceive others and put on pretences is the basest form of human conduct.
Labour with a purpose is worthwhile. Those who toil and die to no purpose are like slaves.

Attended Mr Toda’s lecture on ‘The Threefold Secret Teaching1’ by 26th high priest Nichikan.
1. ‘The Threefold Secret Teaching’: A component of the Six-volume Writings by Nichikan that, elaborating on a passage of the ‘Life Span’ chapter of the Lotus Sutra, makes a clear distinction between the Daishonin’s Buddhism and Sakyamuni’s Buddhism.

It rained on the way home. Thoroughly cold. Returned to Omori with T. He is an honest man.

(Enter by Ivan Chua)