Friday, January 20, 2012

Daily Wisdom - Worthies and sages are tested by abuse.

From the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Tuesday, March 20, 2012:


It is impossible to fathom one's karma. Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a fine sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse. My present exile is not because of any secular crime. It is solely so that I may expiate in this lifetime my past grave offenses and be freed in the next from the three evil paths.

Letter from Sado
Written to Toki Jonin on March 20, 1272

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