The Best Defense is the best Offence

The Best Defense is the best Offence



Hello Npsdian, haha, school reopening soon and a fresh beginning of challenges will emerge once more. In addition, NPSD will be expecting a fresh batch of new NPSD members coming from the future division so let’s be on our best spirit to warmly welcome each and every one of them when they arrived

I once read in a guidance which sensei declared, “The best defense is the best offence”. This statement personally, has lots of meaning to me as it serves as a cry for me to always stand in the frontline of Kosenrufu. The reason being, I believed that the 8th level of consciousness, which is the karmic storehouse, is the crucial factor that determined lots of thing in life.

At times I wonder what will happen for me in the future. However, ever since meeting that statement, I found my reply. I believed all of us want to lead a happy life where we can fight off the devils of the sixth heaven and sansoshima but then again, what defenses do we really have then? Right now, I may think that I am still young and will never have a serious setback but life is harsh and complicated

As sensei says,” Buddhism describes the fundamental anguish that restricts the freedom of life as the four sufferings or the eight sufferings. The four sufferings comprise birth, old age, sickness and death. In more detail, we can describe them as follows: the suffering of living bound by the shackles of karma; the loneliness of old age; the anguish of sickness, and the fear of that most fundamental fact, death. The eight sufferings include four additional sufferings: the suffering of having to part with loved ones; the suffering of having to meet those whom one hates; the suffering of being unable to obtain what one desires, as in the case of one who wishes to become wealthy or successful but is unable to realize these desires; and the suffering arising from the five components, in other words, the suffering of being unable to realize harmony in the physical and spiritual aspects of one’s life and of feeling heavy and depressed.
(SGI President Ikeda’s guidance at the Eleventh SGI General Meeting held in the World Peace Ikeda Auditorium in Santa Monica on February 17 1990)

Acknowledging that each life is based on its karmic retribution, the actions we take presently will then be of a significant scale. If we were to idle around while we are still young, healthy, and without any life threatening problem, then we will make no improvement on our “offensive” strategy for the sake of our life. Rather than to seat back and do nothing but allow the chance for devils or your negative karma prepare and strike you in the future ,let us shift the advantage by challenging them head-on.

In the previous post, “A famous Japanese author wrote: ‘Rather than worrying about your future, thinking, “Perhaps I should become this. Perhaps I should become that,” first be still and build a self that is as solid and unmoving as Mount Fuji.’, If we really want to build a solid and stable foundation for us, let build it on our attack with the conviction that it will cast off all the negative karma in our lives. Only by activating the ninth conciseness which is your Buddha nature where we can triumph over our bad karma

Sensei went on later to say that: “It is the sharp sword of the Mystic Law and the great power of faith that enable us to completely sever the chains of these sufferings. Therefore, I wish to make it clear that in order to secure eternal freedom and happiness, you must absolutely not be cowardly, especially in faith.”

Let us advance with courage and aggression now! Starting from this moment, call up a member and reach out to their lives.Be a champion in our HEARTS campaign. Don’t give up! Expand both their lives and ours as much as possible and challenge every difficulty, be it in doing home visit or reading a book, do it with the fighting spirit of an Ashura. I assure you, With that kind of fierce ichinen coupled with the lion’s roar daimoku, devils will be trembling from it and victory will be yours for savor.

“Simply trying to eliminate, avoid, or run away from one’s karma or destiny will ultimately postpone the whole process of changing it only”
IKEDA SENSEI

2gether we win : wL