Heart matters

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"If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth
and death you have endured since time without beginning
and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in
this lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is
originally inherent in all living beings."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 3).

Buddhism Day by Day
Wisdom for Modern Life, by Daisaku Ikeda

"Education allows us to be truly human. It deepens us and enables us to build a better society and a brighter future. The profundity of education determines the profundity of culture, the nature of society and the firmness of peace. Education plays a major role in creating deep solidarity, mutual understanding and trust."

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT (by SGI President, Daisaku Ikeda)----

"The culmination of the Daishonin's struggle to propagate the Law is the revelation of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo of the Three Great Secret Laws, the entity of the Law for kosen-rufu (the establishment of world peace).

"The first of the Three Great Secret Laws is the object of devotion of the essential teaching. The Daishonin embodied the supremely noble life-state of his own enlightenment in this object of devotion, the Gohonzon, in order to enable us to become aware of the supremely noble life-state that inherently exists in all human beings.

The second of the Three Great Secret Laws is the daimoku of the essential teaching. It consists of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo oneself and teaching others to do the same--Nam-myoho-renge-kyo being the name of this supremely noble state of life, or Buddha nature.

And the third of the Three Great Secret Laws is the sanctuary of the essential teaching. This serves as the foundation for constructing a harmonious community of believers (Skt. samgha), whose members encourage each other to maintain firm faith in Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and vow together to propagate the Law and actualize the principle of
establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land.

"Based on these three elements, practitioners of the Daishonin's Buddhism strive to realize kosen-rufu by bringing the brilliance of the infinitely precious Mystic Law to shine in people's lives and in the land where they reside."

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