The Gosho , On Attaining Buddhahood, states, "... if the minds of people are impure, their land is also impure; but if their minds are pure, so is their land. There are no two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil or our minds."
This passage teaches that happiness or unhappiness in the final analysis lies within the mind, or Ichinen, in the depths of one’s life. In other words, it is this Ichinen in the innermost depths of one’s life that determines one’s happiness or unhappiness and further, even changes the environment.
Viewed from a deeper perspective based on Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism, the ultimate power which brings about change to everything on earth exists in the Ichinen you develop by chanting daimoku to the Gohonzon, you can establish your Ichinen in the state of Buddhahood.
No matter what circumstances you may be in, it is your immovable Ichinen that enables you to open the internal palace of happiness and establish lives which are fulfilled in every respect. This is the purpose of faith and practice, and nothing else. The strong Ichinen towards the Gohonzon and the realization of kosen-rufu is the ultimate driving force to change everything in this world.
SGI President Ikeda in his guidance said,” I am aware that you are striving to practice under very difficult circumstances. But if you have any thoughts which attribute the cause of your difficulties to your environment, that is, to your country, and if you want to live in another place, thinking this country is good and that country is bad, it is a reflection of your unstable Ichinen.
It is like chasing after a dream. When you are truly determined that the place where you are now in is the place where you will practice true Buddhism, then you will see the ‘environment’ change into an ‘eternal enlighted land’.
While you are dedicating yourselves to activities towards kosen-rufu based on your faith, you can elevate your life-condition, and when this happens, you can expand the realm of your Ichinen limitlessly, accumulating abundant good fortune. In this way, you will be able to establish the correct path towards absolute happiness which defies any negative influences in the environment.”
This passage teaches that happiness or unhappiness in the final analysis lies within the mind, or Ichinen, in the depths of one’s life. In other words, it is this Ichinen in the innermost depths of one’s life that determines one’s happiness or unhappiness and further, even changes the environment.
Viewed from a deeper perspective based on Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism, the ultimate power which brings about change to everything on earth exists in the Ichinen you develop by chanting daimoku to the Gohonzon, you can establish your Ichinen in the state of Buddhahood.
No matter what circumstances you may be in, it is your immovable Ichinen that enables you to open the internal palace of happiness and establish lives which are fulfilled in every respect. This is the purpose of faith and practice, and nothing else. The strong Ichinen towards the Gohonzon and the realization of kosen-rufu is the ultimate driving force to change everything in this world.
SGI President Ikeda in his guidance said,” I am aware that you are striving to practice under very difficult circumstances. But if you have any thoughts which attribute the cause of your difficulties to your environment, that is, to your country, and if you want to live in another place, thinking this country is good and that country is bad, it is a reflection of your unstable Ichinen.
It is like chasing after a dream. When you are truly determined that the place where you are now in is the place where you will practice true Buddhism, then you will see the ‘environment’ change into an ‘eternal enlighted land’.
While you are dedicating yourselves to activities towards kosen-rufu based on your faith, you can elevate your life-condition, and when this happens, you can expand the realm of your Ichinen limitlessly, accumulating abundant good fortune. In this way, you will be able to establish the correct path towards absolute happiness which defies any negative influences in the environment.”
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