Thursday, 7 January, 2021

 I wrote about the story of my life and my moral standards in the two latest articles. These began from simple thought which I want to live without shameful behavior that I cannot tell daughter in the future!” at around thirty years old. At that time, I did not deeply think about what was shameful, but I have gradually formed the standards during various experiences through the writing of my mentor. I can almost practice those, but I absolutely need those standards after this. If I do not have those, so I easily fall into the dark hole of the four devil paths. 

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Saturday, 26 September, 2020. Ordinary happiness?

  Ordinary happiness. I am an ordinary person, so my happiness becomes ordinary happiness. But that is always staying with me through my life and   beside me till the last surely.  My mentor says: "Happiness is not something far away. It is to be found neither in fame nor in popularity. When you live with integrity, your hearts begin to fill with a happiness as vast as the universe. It’s about being true to yourself and starting from where you are."(from the Words of wisdom ).
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Friday, July 16, 2021.

 I have ever lived to be a worthy person.  In Nichiren's writings "The Eight Winds", he wrote, "Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, suffering, and pleasure." ( p. 794 ). Furthermore, "They are neither elated by prosperity nor grieved by decline." (ibid.). But it is not only sufficient as Buddhist practice, because my mentor said, "It is through our relationships with others that we develop and grow; learn from one another; help and support one another; and cultivate genuine humanity." ( Human Relationships ).  And then he said, "Therefore, we cannot enjoy happiness for ourselves alone. True happiness is happiness that is shared with others." (ibid.). I take these quotes to heart.
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Friday, May 14, 2021.

 We studied a part of the text (see below) of "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land" which is the text for the Zadankai-Gosho-teaching in May. The text is the following: "Emperors and kings have their foundation in the state and bring peace and order to the age; ministers and commoners hold possession of their fields and gardens and supply the needs of the world. But if marauders come from other regions to invade the nation, or if revolt breaks out within the domain and people’s lands are seized and plundered, how can there be anything but terror and confusion? If the nation is destroyed and people’s homes are wiped out, then where can one flee for safety? If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not? ( WND-1, 24 )".  You can get the Japanese text from here . The study-lecture of Gosh on YouTube in May by Mr. Morinaka (Stu...
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