{"id":4818,"date":"2023-11-30T13:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2023-11-26T17:23:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T08:23:00","slug":"article-what-sickness-can-therefore-be-an-obstacle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daisakuikedalegacy.org\/wordpress\/article-what-sickness-can-therefore-be-an-obstacle\/","title":{"rendered":"[Article] What Sickness can Therefore be an Obstacle?\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desperately resolved to advance into Wakayama, President Ikeda battled the onslaught of illness<\/span>\u200b.<\/h4>\n

Shin\u2019ichi<\/span>\u00a0quietly lay down again and closed his eyes.\u00a0<\/span>Mineko<\/span>\u00a0thought this meant he had abandoned his plan to go to Wakayama. Inwardly, she was relieved, feeling this was for the best in the long term. But\u00a0<\/span>Shin\u2019ichi<\/span>\u00a0had by no means given up. Chanting silently to be able to go to Wakayama, he continued to battle his illness.\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>Daishonin\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0words, \u201cNam-<\/span>myoho<\/span>–<\/span>renge-kyo<\/span>\u00a0is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?\u201d echoed through his mind. \u201cI won\u2019t be defeated by this illness!\u201d he cried out in his heart, praying earnestly. He felt himself perspiring again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n

At about 11:00 A.M.,\u00a0<\/span>Shin\u2019ichi<\/span>\u00a0opened his eyes and asked what time it was. He then got up to change his underclothes once more. “Isn\u2019t it the greatest honour as a Buddhist to die while in the midst of the struggle for\u00a0<\/span>kosen-rufu<\/span>? I intend to keep going until I\u2019ve used every last ounce of my strength. So let\u2019s go to Wakayama!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Desperately resolved to advance into Wakayama, President Ikeda battled the onslaught of illness\u200b.
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