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--September 6-- Nichiren Daishonin says with regard to benefit (Jp.kudoku): "The ku[ of kudoku(benefit)] means to extinguish evil and doku means to bring forth good." (Gosho Zenshu, p762) One aspect of benefit, therefore, lies in eliminating evil. There is no more fundamental benefit than eradicating the impurities in our lives and gaining a pure and unsullied state of being.