Let's determine to have the
clearest water…the strongest faith…based on our vow of mentor and disciple.
"(When water is clear, the
moon is reflected. When the wind blows, the trees shake.) Our minds are like
the water. Faith that is weak is like muddy water, while faith that is brave is
like clear water."
(Reply to the Lay
Nun Nichigon - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1079) http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=1079
Selection source:
SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, July 15th, 2012
Background
This letter was written at Minobu in the eleventh month of the
third year of Koan (1280) in response to a petition from the lay nun Nichigon.
She is thought to have been either a relative of the lay priest Takahashi, a
central figure among the believers in Fuji District of Suruga
Province, or the mother of Nichigen, a priest of Jisso- ji temple in the same
province who converted to Nichiren Daishonin’s teachings.
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