No Prayers Go Unanswered
- From SGI President Ikeda´s question-and-answer session at the Bharat (India) Soka Gakkai Centre in New Delhi, February 16, 1992
Question: I have partially lost sight in my right eyes. Is there any special type of prayer that I should offer in order to regain my sight?
SGI President Ikeda: There is no such thing as a special kind of prayer. You should pray with earnest determination, so that you will be able to regain your sight, apply yourself to your work to your heat´s content, and more fully dedicate your life to kosen-rufu.
As far as physiological factors are concerned, there are various possibilities as to what will be the final outcome concerning the restoration of your vision. However, what I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt is that, through your practice, you will definitely be able to open your mind´s eyes. The mind´s eyes will come to shine with a brilliance that will enable you to immediately grasp the essential nature of things at a glance.
(Second Soka Gakkai) President Toda himself had extremely poor eyesight, yet nothing escaped his sharp eyes. In the Gosho, there is a passage which likens the eyes to the sun and the moon. ("The eyes correspond to the sun and moon.") (*1)
Although the sun and moon disappear from sight when the sky is overcast, high above the clouds they continue to shine. This describe the state of life enjoyed by one who has opened the mind´s eye. Such is "the wonderful workings of one mind." (*2)
On a fundamental level, all of one´s prayer will be answered; hence the word "wonderful," which means beyond ordinary understanding.
*1. The Writing of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 2
(Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 2006), pp. 848-849
*2. The Writing of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1
(Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 1999), p 216
必ず祈りは叶う！
インド記念勤行会（1992年2月16日 ニューデリー）
質問— 目が不自由です。
光を取り戻す特別な祈りはありますか。
SGI会長— 特別な祈りというのは、ありません。光が戻るように、いよいよ存分に仕事ができ、広布に生き抜いていけるように真剣な一念で祈ることです。
結果として、生理的に目がどうなるかは、さまざまな場合があります。しかし絶対に、確実に言えることは、必ず「心眼」が開いてくということです。ぱっと見て、本質が手にとるようにわかる。「心の眼」が輝いてくる。
戸田先生も、視力は0.01。けれども、それは鋭く、何もかも見抜かれていた。御書には、目を太陽と月になぞらえた文が引かれてある（「眼は日月に法とり」御書567㌻）。
日月も雲がかかれば見えない。しかし、雲を突き抜けた高みには、常に日月は輝いている。その境涯が心眼です。一念の妙用です。「妙」は「不可思議」の意味であり、根本的には、必ず祈りはかなっていくのです。