Daily Gosho

"Strengthen your resolve more than ever. Ice is made of water, but it is colder than water. Blue

"[...] there were physicians in China named Huang Ti and Pien Ch'üeh, and there were

"Masakado was renowned as a brave general who had mastered the art of war, yet he was defeated

"One who listens to even a sentence or phrase of the sutra and cherishes it deep in one's

"In this age, it is as natural for a woman to change her fixed karma by practicing the Lotus

"There should be no discrimination among those who propagate the five characters of Myoho-renge-

"Therefore, the best way to attain Buddhahood is to encounter a good friend. How far can our own

"[...] each character in the Lotus Sutra is like a single wish-granting jewel, and the

"The Buddha states: “Have no fear of mad elephants. What you should fear are evil friends! Why?

"You should understand, therefore, that it is the power of the Buddhist Law that enables the

"A fire burns higher when logs are added, and a strong wind makes a kalakula grow larger. The

"There is definitely something extraordinary in the ebb and flow of the tide, the rising and

"The characters of this sutra are all without exception living Buddhas of perfect enlightenment.

"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring.

"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky,

"When we examine this wide variety of sutras, we find that they all stress how grave a matter it

"And if we inquire into the root of the suffering that is inflicted upon our persons, we find

"A good teacher is a priest who is free from any fault in secular affairs, who never fawns upon

"A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained

"When in one's heart one takes faith in Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the heart becomes a dwelling

"Because the Lotus Sutra is difficult to believe, the Buddha assumes various forms, such as that

"The Buddha taught that one, from the very moment of one's birth, is accompanied by two

"There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The sutra

"Now, if you wish to attain Buddhahood, you have only to lower the banner of your arrogance,

"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as

"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but

"A woman who makes offerings to such a Gohonzon invites happiness in this life, and in the next,

"When one gives things to others, one livens people's complexions, gives them strength, and

"When the people all chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the wind will no longer buffet the branches, and

"The sage said: “The human heart is like water that assumes the shape of whatever vessel it