What is your core? What keeps you going?
Have you ever though about that?
A man will die to defend his honor.
A woman will die for a man.
Fish hide at the bottom of the pond to survive but are tricked by bait.
The birds fear people and live in high branches, but they’re tricked with food and are caught in a net.
– Nichiren Daishonin
a letter from Sado
(September, 1272)
The core muscles are the foundation of the human body.
Likewise, for us humans, the soul is our core.
If the foundation is tilted when building a house, the entire house will be tilted.
With a muddy soul, the conditions of happiness you wish for and achieve will bring painful consequences.
After all, if the core of the soul is muddy, what is thought to be the condition for happiness becomes the cause of unhappiness. Moreover, when good fortune runs out, even a person’s talents will not bring them happiness.
Nichiren Daishonin said:
“When good fortune runs out, all efforts, knowledge, and talent will be useless.”
Only the good fortune brought to us by our strong faith can lead us to unbreakable happiness.
Make Nichiren Daishonin of immense virtue, great compassion, and mercy, whom no one can defeat, the pillar of our lives. No matter what happens in the future, we will be alright!
Let’s keep chanting Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo to keep our wheel going! 🙂
Unbreakable Happiness 