Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Interdependent of body and shadow

The ten directions are the "environment," and living beings are "life." To illustrate, environment is like the shadow, and life, the body. Without the body no shadow can exist, and without life, no environment. In the same way, life is shaped by its environment. 18/7

The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
On Omens
Written to Shijo Kingo in 1275

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