“What do you think is the main reason for your being so afflicted with troubles despite having taken faith in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism? Is it because you lack faith, as inferior religions often preach, or because your opposing husband is all wrong? No, these are not the fundamental reasons. Rather, it is because of the strict law of cause and effect. Even if you never heard of this law, you cannot escape its workings. It is the teaching of the Buddha. It is completely different from the deceitful words of vainglorious school founders and professional religionists. It is not falsehood but truth.
Even if you become conversant with the law of cause and effect, however, solutions are still not easily attained. For the sake of finding the most basic solution, Nichiren Daishonin inscribed for all posterity the true object of devotion, the Gohonzon. All you have to do is to strive for the revolution of your life by devotedly chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon. A sapling does not grow into a great tree in a day, nor does a baby mature in a day or two. It takes long years of faith in order to change one’s bad destiny…”
“What counts is whether you will practice this principle with confidence or be overcome by doubt and discontinue. The result will be determined accordingly, for good or for bad. Be determined that the more opposition you meet in your faith, the sooner you will be able to purify your life, which is stained with bad karma. You will no doubt come to understand this at a later date. Once you remove the cause of your evil karma, you will naturally be free of it for all time. Then the course of your life will be greatly changed for the better.
“The Universal Worthy Sutra reads, ‘The sea of all karmic obstacles arises from illusions. If you wish to make amends [for your past karma], sit upright and meditate on the true entity of life, and all your offenses will vanish like frost and dewdrops in the sunlight of enlightened wisdom.’
“Unless you carry through your faith to this extent, all will be for naught. If you continue your faith amid difficulties, whether you like it or not, and whether you feel tortured or not, you will later enjoy a refreshed feeling as if you have applied moxa to an injury. Compared with the eternity of life, a trial period of a year or even six months is a mere flash. So long as you embrace strong faith, you will find the fundamental path to family revolution. Continue your faith with courage. I guarantee you with my whole life that things will change for the better.”
Source: The Human Revolution - Volume 1-3 (New Edition, Chapter: New Start, Pg. 330 - 331)
Even if you become conversant with the law of cause and effect, however, solutions are still not easily attained. For the sake of finding the most basic solution, Nichiren Daishonin inscribed for all posterity the true object of devotion, the Gohonzon. All you have to do is to strive for the revolution of your life by devotedly chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon. A sapling does not grow into a great tree in a day, nor does a baby mature in a day or two. It takes long years of faith in order to change one’s bad destiny…”
“What counts is whether you will practice this principle with confidence or be overcome by doubt and discontinue. The result will be determined accordingly, for good or for bad. Be determined that the more opposition you meet in your faith, the sooner you will be able to purify your life, which is stained with bad karma. You will no doubt come to understand this at a later date. Once you remove the cause of your evil karma, you will naturally be free of it for all time. Then the course of your life will be greatly changed for the better.
“The Universal Worthy Sutra reads, ‘The sea of all karmic obstacles arises from illusions. If you wish to make amends [for your past karma], sit upright and meditate on the true entity of life, and all your offenses will vanish like frost and dewdrops in the sunlight of enlightened wisdom.’
“Unless you carry through your faith to this extent, all will be for naught. If you continue your faith amid difficulties, whether you like it or not, and whether you feel tortured or not, you will later enjoy a refreshed feeling as if you have applied moxa to an injury. Compared with the eternity of life, a trial period of a year or even six months is a mere flash. So long as you embrace strong faith, you will find the fundamental path to family revolution. Continue your faith with courage. I guarantee you with my whole life that things will change for the better.”
Source: The Human Revolution - Volume 1-3 (New Edition, Chapter: New Start, Pg. 330 - 331)
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