Rest assured. So long as we have faith, we can be certain of
a victory. No matter what our problems are today, we are making the cause to
change our future. The fact that we are facing challenges shows us that we are changing our fundamental darkness. Winter always turns to spring…
"Great events never have minor omens. When great evil
occurs, great good follows."
Selection source: Myoji no Gen, July 17th, 2012
Background
It is not certain whether this is the text of a short letter
or a fragment of a longer piece. Neither its date nor its recipient is known.
Judging from the content, it may have been sent to some of the Daishonin’s
believers who were facing difficulties on account of their faith. With the
assurance “When great evil occurs, great good follows,” the Daishonin
encourages his disciples to regard the hostility they face as an omen of great
good, that is, the eventual spreading of the correct teaching. He also urges
them to rejoice like Mahakashyapa and Shariputra, who danced with joy in the
Lotus Sutra when they heard the Buddha’s teaching of universal enlightenment,
and realized that they, too, could become Buddhas.
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