Three things are required - a good teacher, a good believer, and a good teaching - before prayers can be effective and
disasters banished from the land. (The
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, p.880)
2nd week If a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood,
but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall
into hell. If teacher and disciple are of
different minds, they will never accomplish anything.
(The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, p.909)
February 2010
3rd 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 even the least bit afraid! (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin p.1109)
March 2010
1st week The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin p.614)
2nd week Myo means to revive, that is, to return to
life. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-1, p.149)
April 2010
4th week Whether one has wealth or not, no treasure exceeds the one called life. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin p.1125)
May 2010
2nd week It is extremely rare to be born as a human being. Not only are you endowed
with human form, but you have had the rare fortune
to encounter Buddhism. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-I, p.993)
3rd week Though one may not be evil to begin with,
if one associate with and is friendly with evil persons, one is bound in
time to
become an evil person oneself, and one's
evil reputation will spread throughout the world.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-I, p.310)
4th week What one should fear is slander of the profound teaching as well as companions
who are slanderers, for these will surely
cause one to fall into the frightful
Avichi hell. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-I, p.620)
June 2010
3rd week Those who give alms [to the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra] will enjoy
good fortune surpassing the ten honorables titles,
while those who vex or trouble them will
have their heads split into seven pieces.
(The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-1, p.913)
4th week
Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only of the Lotus Sutra. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-1, p.502)
July 2010
1st week Consider this: if one cannot cross a moat ten feet wide, can one cross
a more that is twenty or thirty wide? (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-1, p.808)
August 2010
1st week A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice
in the impure world. (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume-1, p.736)
