Monday 11 February 2013

Commemorating the birth of Josei Toda

Celebrating today, Josei Toda's birth in 1900, his life and achievements. 
Prayer beads Toda made from 
milk-bottle tops while in prison, 
and a slate on which he kept a record of 
the daimoku he chanted in prison


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  1. When I think of Josei Toda enlightement in prison, in front of a blank wall instead of a gohonzon, I realize how silly we are when we find cloaks to avoid practice: a bad head ache, a too noisy son, a too loud TV, and so on.
    After all they are nothing but cloaks.

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    1. That's a great comment, thank you. I think that's the inner battle we all have isn't it, when the three obstacles and four devils attack us. That's the time when we need to redetermine and strengthen our resolve more than ever :)

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