Byakuren Study Day 5

"Byakuren" means "white lotus flower." 

   - Just as the beautiful white lotus blossoms from a muddy pond, the   Bodhisattvas of the Earth, though they live in the corrupt and polluted world of the Latter Day of the Law, remain pure and unsullied by their surroundings.

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Shin'ichi continued: "The members of the Byakuren Group are the 'faces' of the Gakkai and the 'flowers' of Soka."

  "Young women dedicating themselves to Kosen-rufu and their fellow members are incredibly admirable and noble. All of your efforts and hard work will adorn your lives in the form of great benefits and good fortune. This accords with the workings of the rigorous Buddhist law of cause and effect."

"The only pathway to true happiness is to act based on your own convictions, deriving from the teachings of Buddhism, and not worry about how others may judge you." 

"Shin'ichi wanted to assure each of them that although their sincere efforts may seem to go unnoticed by others, the Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the universe observe all."

 

Buddhism teaches about the workings of karma. Bad causes produce negative effect, and good causes produce positive effects. Moreover, this law applies throughout past, present, and future. One's thoughts, words, and deeds in the past are causes that produce effects in one's present, and one's conducts in the present will result in effects in the future." 

As Nichiren Daishonin write: "One who slights another will in turn be despised" (WND-1 p.305). Everything is up to the individual. Both positive and negative effects in one's life are the results of one's own actions. The way to transform the negative karma one has formed and create the most positive effects possible is through practicing the true teachings of Buddhism and dedicating oneself to Kosen-rufu. This is the great pathway to certain and unshakable happiness. Buddhist practitioners should strive to live out their lives with an understanding that Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the universe are aware of their actions, based on the causality of life. 

"The Buddhas is watching over all our efforts. The courageous actions engraved in our lives will become the power to open a brilliant future. The difficult road of adversity will become a golden path leading to the summit of victory."