Because I Am Watching over You
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February 13th, 2026Because I Am Watching over YouNikkyo NiwanoGerminating the Seeds of AwakeningThe Lotus Sutra passage from the “A Parable” chapter that I mentioned earlier continues as follows: “But now it [th... -
February 11th, 2026Revealing the Knowledge and Insight of the BuddhasNikkyo NiwanoGerminating the Seeds of AwakeningThe purpose for which the buddhas appear in the world is said to be the One Great Cause. To be specific, this is to... -
February 6th, 2026Hiroshima FlashKosaku OkabeFrom Suffering to CompassionIn August 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forever altered the course of human history, claiming... -
February 1st, 2026Learning from Kenji Miyazawa, Part Two: “To the West, If a Mother Is Tired”Nichiko Niwano, President of Rissho Kosei-kaiPresident’s MessagesLike Bodhisattvas Springing Up Out of the Earth All of you are probably familiar with Kenji Miyazawa’s poem that be... -
January 30th, 2026Everyone Can Become a Buddha Without ExceptionNikkyo NiwanoGerminating the Seeds of AwakeningIn the “Parable of the Conjured City” chapter of the Lotus Sutra it says, “The Buddha Way is long and far,” but loo... -
January 23rd, 2026Finding Things We Are Thankful ForNichiko NiwanoOpening the Mind’s EyeThe artist Katsuhiko Satō has written the following poem: “Wondrous, wondrous! To be alive here and breathe and mov... -
January 17th, 2026Becoming “an Awakened One”Nikkyo NiwanoGerminating the Seeds of AwakeningNow, the word “buddha” has another meaning; it literally means “an awakened one.” Anyone who realizes the fundament... -
January 15th, 2026The Dharma Flower AssemblyGene ReevesThe Stories of the Lotus SutraThe first part of chapter 1 of the Lotus Sutra, “Introduction,” is devoted to setting the scene for what is to foll... -
January 11th, 2026The Way for Everyone to Become a BuddhaNikkyo NiwanoGerminating the Seeds of AwakeningIt was in 1935, when I was twenty-eight, that I heard a lecture on the Lotus Sutra by Arai Sukenobu. Right away, I ... -
January 10th, 2026Live Life to the FullestNichiko NiwanoOpening the Mind’s EyeThe reason we have been given life on Earth is that our planet is just the right distance from the Sun to support l...