{"id":4795,"date":"2023-11-29T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=4795"},"modified":"2023-11-26T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T07:45:00","slug":"article-what-are-the-vows-of-mentors-and-disciples-dedicated-to-kosen-rufu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-what-are-the-vows-of-mentors-and-disciples-dedicated-to-kosen-rufu\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] What are the Vows of Mentors and Disciples Dedicated to Kosen-rufu?\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The vow of mentors and disciples dedicated to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">kosen-rufu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is to overcome our own sufferings and show actual proof of victory so that we can help others who are suffering become happy.<\/span>\u200b<\/h4>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Second\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Soka<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Gakkai president Josei Toda said: \u201cIf we were too perfect to begin with, others would find it hard to relate to us. That\u2019s why we specifically chose to be born as ordinary people so that we could widely spread Buddhism in society.\u201d\u00a0 Because we have our own struggles, we can support and empathize with others who are struggling. Because we are not defeated by our own sorrows, we can encourage others who are sad and grieving.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">The vow of mentors and disciples dedicated to\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">kosen-rufu<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is to overcome our own sufferings and show actual proof of victory so that we can help others who are suffering become happy, too.<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Those who have awakened to their profound mission as Bodhisattvas of the Earth are strong; they are fearless.\u00a0 Especially in difficult or trying times, I hope you\u2019ll read the writings of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Nichiren<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Daishonin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Everything is clearly revealed in the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Gosho<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0as if in a mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vow of mentors and disciples dedicated to\u00a0kosen-rufu\u00a0is to overcome our own sufferings and show actual proof of victory so that we can help others who are suffering become happy.<br \/>\n<br \/><strong>CLICK TO READ FULL ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":4785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-29nov","category-lg-eternal-mentor-articles","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4795"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4805,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4795\/revisions\/4805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}