This is the Soka stand-up spirit isn't it? When we have our mission at the centre of our lives, based on the oneness of mentor and disciple, we can take action willingly and with great joy, working in unity with our mentor to achieve the great vow we made in the distant past...
"Until kosen-rufu is achieved, propagate the Law to the full extent of your ability without begrudging your life."
(Nikko Shonin's 26 Admonitions - Gosho Zenshu, page 1617) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun September 13th, 2012
Let's recognise and celebrate our own unique qualities... Each of us, with the inherent capacity to manifest our Buddha nature, can contribute to the wellbeing of society in our own personal way, without having to become like someone else. We are unique, we are incomparable, we are BUDDHAS!
"When one comes to realise and see that each thing - the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson - in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies, then this is what is meant by the word ryo, 'to include' or 'all-inclusive'."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 784, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 200) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, July 25th, 2012
