Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Eternity of Life “All that I preach is true and not false.“Why do I do this? The Thus Come One perceives… Volume 4 Chapter 9: Testimony to the Eternity of Life

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Ten Worlds “I” in the passage “in truth the time since I attained Buddhahood is extremely long” (IS16, 226) refers to… Volume 4 Chapter 8: Enacting the Drama of Kosen-rufu

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Ten Worlds Ikeda: People need to grow. Leaders, especially, must not lull themselves into complacency, thinking, “Haven’t I done enough already?”… Volume 4 Chapter 7: The Mutual Possession of the Ten Worlds

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Ten Worlds Endo: Now let’s discuss the world of Heaven and the worlds we’ve come to know as the two vehicles… Volume 4 Chapter 6: From the Six Paths to the Four Noble Worlds

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Ten Worlds Saito: In the last chapter we talked about the three evil paths of Hell, Hunger and Animality. Let’s move… Volume 4 Chapter 5: Turning a Society of Anger Into a Society of Humanism

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); The Ten Worlds Ikeda: We are following the supreme path in life. Whether we can truly elevate our lives depends totally on… Volume 4 Chapter 4: The Pursuit of Happiness

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); To Learn about Death is To Learn How To Live. Suda: In April 1997, much to the delight of amateur astronomers the… Volume 4 Chapter 3: Establish a State of Life of Eternal, Indestructible Happiness

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); To Learn about Death is To Learn How To Live. Ikeda: The essence of Buddhism lies in developing oneself through one’s own… Volume 4 Chapter 2: The Supreme Dignity of the Human Being

Discussion of “The Life Span of the Thus Come One” Chapter (Chapter 16); To Learn about Death is To Learn How To Live. Katsuji Saito: Recently, much attention has been focused on training that prepares… Volume 4 Chapter 1: An Irrepressible Zest for Life—the Spirit of the “Life Span” Chapter

Discussion of “Emerging from the Earth” Chapter (Chapter 15). Ikeda: It has been fifty years since I took faith in the Daishonin’s Buddhism, fifty years of fierce struggle amid gale-force winds.During those fifty years, I… Volume 3 Chapter 9: “I Am a Bodhisattva of the Earth”: The Discovery of the Eternal Self