November 17, 1950
January 6, 2008
Friday – Clear
A fire burns higher when logs are added, and a strong wind makes a kalakula grow larger. the pine tree lives for ten thousand years, and therefore it boughs become bent and twisted. The votary of Lotus Sutra is like the fire and the kalakula, while his persecutions are like the logs and the wind. The votary of the Lotus Sutra is the Thus Come one whose life span is immeasurable; no wonder his practice is hindered, just as the pine tree’s branches are bent or broken.
- The Difficulty of Sustaining Faith (WND, pg 471)
Left Gakkai headquarters with Mr. Tsuji at 8:00.
Read On Practising the Buddha’s Teachings.
Deeply realised the necessity of courageous faith.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
In the end, our powers of faith and practice determine everything. The Gohonzon possesses the powers of the Buddha and the Law. Only by our own faith can we prove, test and acquire the great power of the supreme Law embodied in the Gohonzon.
To bed at 1:00.
