Gosho 四条金吾殿御返事（石虎将軍御書） General Stone Tiger

四条金吾殿御返事（石虎将軍御書）

General Stone Tiger

Reply to Shijō Kingo

弘安元年閏十月一日　五十七歳御作

　　　　October 22, 1278, an Intercalary Month（Age: 57）

法華経の御信心強(ごう)盛(じょう)なれば大難もかねて消え候か。

Your resolute faith in the Lotus Sutra has forestalled great dangers before they could begin.

If one’s faith in the Lotus Sutra is firm and strong, great hardships and obstacles will disappear.

是(これ)につけても能(よ)く能く御信心あるべし。

Realizing this, you must strengthen your faith more than ever.

Thus, one resolutely must strive further in one’s practice.

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