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Thursday, September 8, 2016

Nichiren on thoughtlessly coveting worldly fame and profit

“Why do you not, if only this once, try planting the wonderful seeds that lead to eternal and unchanging Buddhahood? Though at present you may taste only a tiny fraction of the everlasting joys that await you in the future, surely you should not spend your time thoughtlessly coveting worldly fame and profit, which are as fleeting as a bolt of lightning or the morning dew” — Nichiren Daishonin

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  1. I never once heard this teaching in twenty years of SGI meetings, not in literally thousands of meetings.

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