Daily Gosho - Great Evil and Great Good

So this is the Gosho that I cling onto when I'm facing opposition and obstacles. Because we can chant daimoku, Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo, inevitably we face opposition due to the correctness of this teaching. But when this 'great evil' occurs, rest assured that 'great good' - our victory - will also occur.

"Great events never have minor omens. When great evil occurs, great good follows."

(Great Evil and Great Good - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1119) http://www.sgilibrary.org/view.php?page=1119  Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, October 6th, 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.