So, I am lying in bed after the most incredible month ever, and I want to quickly post my quote for April, just before the month will gloriously end.
I am dead tired and only have 32 minutes before midnight, so I will leave the account of this crazy April for another post.
In the meantime, here is a picture of a cat. Because, you know, cats.
I'm feeling a bit feminist (and cheeky) tonight, so here is my quote:
Since
I have realized that only the Lotus Sutra teaches the attainment of
Buddhahood by women, and that only the Lotus is the sutra of true
requital for repaying the kindness of our mother, in order to repay my
debt to my mother, I have vowed to enable all women to chant the daimoku
of this sutra.
(The Sutra of True Requital, WND, pp.930–931)
If you want to know more about the role of women in Nichiren Buddhism, please have a look at this post, where you will also find some further reading suggestions. (that was the cheeky bit, btw).
Adieu, month of April!
Here is my quote for March.
The picture was taken by a good friend of mine and put on Facebook. What you see is a card that I made as a gift for the 16th of March celebration meeting in my HQ.
I chose a few different quotes, but all came from a Dedicated Lilac training I attended at the start of March.
This particular quote was mentioned by a senior WD leader during her lecture, and it immediately carved itself a safe place in my heart. When I was asked to create the gifts for the meeting, the first quote I thought about was this one. It took me longer to find the little shiny flower thingies than to think up the quotes. (I got the shiny stuff from here if anybody is interested, btw, it's sticky, too!)
Now, onto some background info:
