3rd week
Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a
fine sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,P. 303)
4th week Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when
the crucial moment comes.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin p. 283)
5th week Buddhism is reason. Reason will win over your lord.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p. 839)
September 2006
1st week It is the power of the bow that determines the flight of the arrow, the
might of the dragon that controls the movement of
the clouds, and the strength of the
wife that guides the actions of her husband. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, P.656)
2nd week If you care anything about your personal security, you should first
of all pray for order and tranquility
throughout the four quarters of the land,
should you not? (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.24)
3rd week Become the master of your mind rather than let your mind master you. (The
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.502)
4th week
Only by defeating a powerful enemy can one prove one's real strength. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,p.302)
October 2006
1st week You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand
years to come.(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.622)
2nd week Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.997)
3rd week A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel
ten thousand miles,
and the green ivy that twines around the
tall pine can grow to a thousand feet. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.17)
4th week A sword is useless in the hands of a coward. The mighty sword
of the Lotus Sutra must be wielded by one courageous in faith.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.412)
November 2006
1st week Since you now appear certain to attain Buddhahood,
perhaps the heavenly devil and evil spirits are using illness to try
to intimidate you. Life in this world
is limited.Never be the least bit afraid.(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,p.1109)
2nd week
If even a good monk sees someone destroying the teaching and disregards
him,failing to reproach him, to oust him,
or to punish him for his offense, then you should
realize that that monk is betraying the Buddha's teaching.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.747)
3rd week
When an evil ruler in consort with priests
of erroneous teachings tries to destroy the correct teaching
and do away with a man of wisdom, those with the
heart of a lion king are sure to attain Buddhahood.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,p.302)
4th week
Morning after morning we rise up with the Buddha, evening after evening
we lie down with the Buddha.
Moment by moment we attain the way, moment
by moment we reveal our true identity.
(The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teaching, p.83)
5th week
If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions
of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us
the three Buddha bodies with which we are
eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a "diligent"
practice.
(The Record of the Orally
Transmitted Teachings P.214)
December 2006
1st week My followers, that you had better cut short your sleep by night and curtail
your leisure by day, and ponder this!
You must not spend your lives in vain and
regret it for ten thousand years to come.
(The Writings
of Nichiren Daishonin, p.622)
2nd week
Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it?
Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
(The Writings
of Nichiren Daishonin, p.4)
3rd week
It is the heart that is important. (The
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, p.1000)
4th week
Always remember that believers in the Lotus Sutra should be the last to
abuse one another.
All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are
most certainly Budddhas,
and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offense.
(The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, p.756)
