Sunday, July 10, 2022

Gosho Passage - July 10, 2022

"This time, without fail, without fail, we must wake from this dream realm of birth and death, return to the waking state of original enlightenment, and sever the cords that bind us to birth and death. And from that time on, we will no longer entertain in our minds the Buddhist doctrines that pertain to that realm of dreams. We will join in harmony with the single mind of the Buddhas of the three existences, carry out the practice of Myoho-renge-kyo, and, without any obstruction, attain enlightenment [...]"

From Gosho "The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin Volume I, page 861)