October 3, 2026
Everyone knows the five lines: for today only, do not anger, do not worry, be grateful, be true to yourself, be compassionate to yourself and others. Most students miss what surrounds them. Above them Mikao Usui wrote that this is the secret method of inviting happiness and the miraculous medicine for all illness; below them he wrote how to practise: morning and evening, in gassho, reciting them aloud with a mindful heart. And the three small words at the start, for today only, contain the whole thing.






