A collection of passages from Nichiren Daishonin's writings, accompanied by splendid illustrations, presented to offer encouragement to cultivate faith day by day.The collection comprises 52 phrases, one for each week of the year, and aims to provide an opportunity for deeper understanding of some of the most celebrated passages from the Gosho. Rereading the same words, after a few days or longer periods, one often grasps new nuances and seeks a direct connection with the experiences of our lives. For every follower of Nichiren's teachings, the Gosho is an authentic point of reference, a beacon that illuminates our life's journey and supports us in sad or difficult times as well as in joyful circumstances.

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Passages from Nichiren Daishonin's writings commented on by Daisaku Ikeda.The book is organized into seven chapters, each with a theme, to facilitate the search for passages. Daisaku Ikeda's encouragements accompanying Nichiren's words offer us a stimulus to deepen our faith, strengthen our practice, and achieve authentically victorious lives, helping others to do the same.Topics covered: The non-duality of mentor and disciple, attitude in faith to face difficulties, how to achieve authentically happy and victorious lives, fulfilling one's mission, the importance of dialogue and friendship, winning in the endeavor for kosen rufu.  

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Quotations from Nichiren Daishonin's writings on the themes of life. Nichiren Daishonin wrote with passion, courage, tenderness, and poetry, encouraging his disciples in both doctrinal matters and daily difficulties. His letters convey deep compassion and a clear message on how to lead a life of genuine happiness.A Lantern in the Darkness facilitates the search for famous passages from Nichiren's scriptures. The excerpts are organized by topics related to daily life, making it easy to find encouragement relevant to specific situations. The "Reflections," short extracts from Daisaku Ikeda's speeches, offer further insights to better understand and embrace the spirit of the Daishonin.  

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The new edition of the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. More than fifteen years after the first Italian edition, a single volume collects the new translation of the writings published so far in eight volumes. 

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This edition contains the most up-to-date translations of a selection of 45 writings by Nichiren Daishonin, chosen from among the most well-known and beloved. Millions of people have illuminated their lives by studying these texts. For a better understanding of the texts, a glossary of terms related to Buddhist doctrine has been added. A book that can be carried anywhere, also suitable for those approaching Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism. Texts included in the volume: Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering The Tatsunokuchi Persecution Lessening One's Karmic Retribution The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life The Treasure Tower Letter from Sado Delusions and Desires Are Enlightenment The True Aspect of All Phenomena The Practice of the Buddha's Teachings On the Buddha's Prophecy Reply to Kyo'o The Swords of Good and Evil The Difficulty of Sustaining Faith Letter to the Brothers Winter Always Turns into Spring Many in Body, One in Mind The Dikes of Faith Curing Karmic Illnesses The Three Obstacles and Four Devils Happiness in This World The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood The Fourteen Slanders The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra The Eight Winds Admonition against Attachment to One's Fief The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon The Three Kinds of Treasure Letter to Misawa The Two Kinds of Faith Invisible Virtue and Visible Reward Flowers and Fruits The One Essential Phrase The Receipt of New Fiefs General Stone Tiger Extending One's Life Letter to Jakunichi-bo The Persecutions That Befall the Sage The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra The Dragon Gate Letter to Niiike The Person and the Law Great Evil and Great Good The Offering of Rice New Year's Gosho

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The volume contains 234 gosho, never published in Italy except for some fragments in President Ikeda's guides or lectures, or some excerpts in Buddhism and Society. With the release of this volume, the Italian translation of the Nichiren Daishonin Gosho Zenshu is almost complete (only the Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings and some other transcriptions of Nichiren Daishonin's oral teachings, which are currently being studied and revised in Japan, are missing).This volume contains the last 4 missing treatises (On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, Choosing the Heart of the Lotus Sutra, Letter to Shimoyama, and Questions and Answers on the Object of Worship) which, together with the 6 published in Volume 1 (On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land, The Opening of the Eyes, The Object of Worship for Observing the Mind, On Repaying Debts of Gratitude, and On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice), constitute the ten major works of Nichiren Daishonin, as designated by his successor Nikko Shonin.This second volume also contains many other important works, for example: a series of writings in which Nichiren elaborates in detail on the principle of three thousand realms in a single moment of life (Jap. ichinen sanzen), and other famous writings, such as On Protecting the Country, The Unanimous Declaration of the Buddhas of the Three Existences on the Classification of the Teachings and Which of These Should Be Abandoned and Which Should Be Adopted, and The Oral Transmission Regarding the Enlightenment of Plants. The volume also contains various diagrams and charts that the Daishonin used to instruct his disciples on various Buddhist teachings and an inexhaustible series of insights and answers to every possible doubt or question from practitioners of all eras. The translation was done from the English edition, which, in addition to being the official SGI edition, is also currently the most updated.

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A collection of thirty Gosho selected by D. Ikeda for young women. The Thirty Gosho: Attaining Buddhahood in This LifetimeLetter from SadoThe Supremacy of the LawOn Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the LandThe Opening of the EyesThe Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind Established in the Fifth Five-Hundred-Year Period after the Thus Come One's DemiseThe Selection of the TimeOn Repaying Debts of GratitudeThe Practice of the Buddha's TeachingsOn the Buddha's ProphecyThe Actions of the Votary of the Lotus SutraProlonging LifeLightening the Karmic RetributionThe Essentials for Attaining BuddhahoodLetter to the BrothersReply to Kyo'oThe Three Kinds of TreasureThe Persecutions Incurred by the SageThe Strategy of the Lotus SutraThe Real Aspect of the GohonzonWinter Always Turns to SpringThe Treasure TowerThe Drum at the Gate of ThunderThe Heritage of the Ultimate Law of LifeThe True Aspect of All PhenomenaMany in Body, One in MindThe Kalpa of DecreaseHell Is the Land of Tranquil LightThe Dragon GateThe Confirmation of the Lotus Sutra

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