Daily Gosho - What It Means to Hear the Buddha Vehicle for the First Time

How amazing that no matter how difficult the situation we find ourselves in, we can absolutely transform it by chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo. Very liberating isn't it; to realise that we don't have to continue to suffer - there is a way forward *smiley face*

President Ikeda writes: "Buddhism teaches the principle of changing poison into medicine. Therefore, no matter what difficulties we may encounter, we can take them on with a positive attitude. All we have to do is keep pressing forward with deep confidence in the Daishonin’s words, “When great evil occurs, great good follows” (“Great Evil and Great Good,” WND-1, 1119). (March 18, 2011, World Tribune, p. 5) 

"What is the poison? It is the three paths of earthly desires, karma, and suffering that are our lot. What is the medicine? It is the Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation. And what does it mean to change poison into medicine? It means to transform the three paths into the three virtues: the Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation.... This is what the attainment of Buddhahood in one's present form means."

(What It Means to Hear the Buddha Vehicle for the First Time - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 743) Selection source: The teachings of Buddhism for Beginners, Seikyo Shimbun, October 28th, 2012