Saturday, September 29, 2012

The Three Kinds of Treasure

Daily Wisdom


From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Saturday, September 29, 2012:

The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace. Live so that all the people of Kamakura will say in your praise that Nakatsukasa Saburo Saemon-no-jo is diligent in the service of his lord, in the service of Buddhism, and in his concern for other people.

The Three Kinds of Treasure
Written to Shijo Kingo on September 11, 1277

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