{"id":267,"date":"2016-12-04T23:45:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-04T23:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2017-07-23T08:51:15","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T08:51:15","slug":"guidance-from-sixty-eighth-high-priest-nichinyo-shonin-december-4-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/en\/2016\/12\/04\/guidance-from-sixty-eighth-high-priest-nichinyo-shonin-december-4-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"December 4, 2016, High Priest Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guidance from Sixty-eighth High Priest Nichinyo Shonin<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the Occasion of the December K\u014dsen-rufu Sh\u014ddai Ceremony<\/strong><\/p>\n

December 4, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reception Hall, Head Temple Taisekiji<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Good morning, everyone!\u00a0 On this occasion of this year\u2019s last K\u014dsen-rufu Sh\u014ddai Ceremony, conducted here today at the Head Temple, I would like to express my heartfelt appreciation to the large number of participants in attendance.<\/p>\n

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During this year, \u201cThe Year of Advancing Further in our Shakubuku Activities,\u201d I believe that the members in each chapter diligently devoted themselves to their shakubuku practice, with unity between the priesthood and laity in the spirit of itai do\u0304shin<\/em>. \u00a0Thus, they have produced excellent results and made substantial progress.<\/p>\n

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I sincerely pay my respects to the chapters that already have achieved their shakubuku goals. I thank you for your hard work.<\/p>\n

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For the other chapters that have not yet achieved their goals, you still have one month remaining. If men and women of all ages of those chapters unite together, based on the spirit of itai do\u0304shin, <\/em>and step forward to do shakubuku, I firmly believe they will receive protection from the guardian deities and achieve their goals without fail.<\/p>\n

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There is a well-known saying by Yozan Uesugi, who was a daimyo of the Yonezawa domain in the late Edo period.<\/p>\n

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Do and it will be done; don\u2019t do and it will not be done. \u00a0If something is not done, that is because no one did it.<\/p>\n

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This adage teaches us that you can accomplish anything, if you have a firm determination. \u00a0It all depends on one\u2019s willingness.<\/p>\n

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Likewise, if we firmly believe in the power of the vast and boundless benefits of the Dai-Gohonzon, and conduct shakubuku with the spirit of, \u201cDo and it will be done,\u201d we surely will be able to achieve our goals.<\/p>\n

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The Daishonin teaches the following in the Gosho, Reply to Shij<\/em>\u014d Kingo<\/em> (Shij\u014d kingo dono-gohenji):<\/p>\n

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A mighty warrior called General Li Guang,\u00a0whose mother was mauled to death by a tiger, one day found a tiger that resembled the one that killed her, and shot an arrow at it. \u00a0In fact, it was just a big stone, but the arrow was lodged deep into the stone, up to its feathers. \u00a0After he realized that it was a stone, he could not lodge an arrow into it again. \u00a0Later, he was called General Stone Tiger.<\/p>\n

(Gosho<\/em>, p. 1292)<\/p>\n

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Citing the example of General Li Guang, the Daishonin expounds that one can accomplish anything without fail, if one confronts every difficulty with firm faith that is so strong it can pierce even a rock.<\/p>\n

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Currently, the members of each chapter of Nichiren Shoshu are making concerted efforts to carry out great shakubuku activities, based on the spirit of \u201cwilling to give one\u2019s life to propagate the Law,\u201d aiming toward the achievement of this year\u2019s shakubuku goals.<\/p>\n

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We have less than one month remaining this year. \u00a0The Daishonin teaches the following in the Gosho, Reply to Ueno<\/em> (Ueno dono-gohenji):<\/p>\n

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Through the workings of Heavenly King Daibon, Heavenly King Taishaku, and others, all the people throughout the nation of Japan together will take faith [in the Lotus Sutra].<\/p>\n

(Gosho<\/em>, p. 1123)<\/p>\n

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Concerning the members in the chapters that have not yet achieved their goals, I hope that you will engrave these golden words into your hearts. \u00a0Though we have little time remaining, I sincerely wish that all the members of these chapters work in complete solidarity, based on the spirit of itai do\u0304shin<\/em>, and earnestly chant Daimoku and conduct shakubuku, no matter what difficulties or obstacles may stand in your way. \u00a0With these efforts, I believe you, too, will achieve your shakubuku goals without fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guidance from Sixty-eighth High Priest Nichinyo Shonin On the Occasion of the December K\u014dsen-rufu Sh\u014ddai Ceremony December 4, 2016 Reception Hall, Head Temple Taisekiji     Good morning, everyone!\u00a0 On this occasion of this year\u2019s last K\u014dsen-rufu Sh\u014ddai Ceremony, conducted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[37,35],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guidance","tag-2016-guidance","tag-high-priest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":794,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.senmyozanhokkejitemple.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}