{"id":310,"date":"2025-01-20T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/?p=310"},"modified":"2025-01-20T10:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T01:20:21","slug":"id310","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/read\/id310\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTUS JEWELS\uff08Nichiren Shu News NO256\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/LOTUS-JEWELS-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The condition of the world today is such that there is a natural yearning for the Bodhi-mind [aspiration for enlightenment]. We are weary of the world as it is. It is obvious that we are in the midst of experiencing a period of major difficulty. The uprising of Hojo Tokisuke on the 11th day of the second month in the ninth year of the Bun\u2019ei Era (1272) was an event of hopelessness and transience like the scattering of flowers in full bloom or silk goods being burned in a large fire. How can anyone not tire of this world after seeing all this?<br><br>\u2014Nichiren Shonin, A Letter to the Ikegami Brothers, Kyodai-sho (ST 174)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>As we survive the plagues, disasters, and cruelties in our world, we can indeed become weary and wonder if our meager efforts can ever make things better. In these times, we must remember that we are not seeing the world with the Eye of the Buddha. If we see with the Eye of the Buddha, then we realize that \u201cIn reality this world is peaceful, it is filled with gods and humans.\u201d Thus revived, we can continue our pure work of leading all beings to their natural yearning for enlightenment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u2014Rev. Shinkyo Warner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The condition of the world today is such that there is a natural yearning for the Bodhi-mind [aspiration for enlightenment]. We are weary of the world as it is. It is obvious that we are in the midst of experiencing a period of major difficulty. The uprising of Hojo Tokisuke on the 11th day of the second month in the ninth year of the Bun\u2019ei Era (1272) was an event of hopelessness and transience like the scattering of flowers in full bloom or silk goods being burned in a large fire. How can anyone not tire of this world after seeing all this? \u2014Nichiren Shonin, A Letter to the Ikegami Brothers, Kyodai-sho (ST 174) As we survive the plagues, disasters, and cruelties in our world, we can indeed become weary and wonder if our meager efforts can ever make things better. In these times, we must remember that we are not seeing the world with the Eye of the Buddha. If we see with the Eye of the Buddha, then we realize that \u201cIn reality this world is peaceful, it is filled with gods and humans.\u201d Thus revived, we can continue our pure work of leading all beings to their natural yearning for enlightenment. \u2014Rev. Shinkyo Warner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-310","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-read","tag-study"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310\/revisions\/312"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nichiren.or.jp\/english\/article\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}