A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's try never to become overconfident.
Let's not relax our guard and pay the closest attention to things like traffic safety, fire prevention during our absence from home, etc..
Let's have a victorious one by staying accident free each and every day.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myo means to revive, that is to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 149) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 12th, 2008
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Allow me now to share an episode from the Chinese historical text Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian (Ssu-ma Ch'ien; c. 145-86 B.C.E.). Centuries ago in ancient China, King Hui of Wei said to King Wei of Qi: "My realm is small, but I possess ten jewels that, while only an inch in size, can each fully illuminate a dozen chariots. How is it that a realm as powerful as yours has no such treasure?"
King Wei of Qi replied calmly: "What I regard as a treasure is quite different from what you call a treasure."
What, then, was the treasure of King Wei of Qi? He replied that he had four exceptionally talented ministers, each of whom governed their assigned territory wisely and expertly. The light of these four talented ministers, said the king, surely illuminated a distance of more than a thousand miles.
In other words, no amount of jewels or material wealth constitutes a nation's true treasure. It is not material things, but rather talented and able individuals who are the true treasures of a nation. This was the belief of the King Wei of Qi--a belief applauded and endorsed by the historian who recorded this incident, Sima Qian.
SGI Newsletter No. 7589-SGI President Ikeda's Speech, 20th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting held on July 16, 2008-Part 1 [of 2]. Translated on July 30, 2008
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
YUDAN WA KINMOTSU!
KOTSU JIKO YA
RUSUCHU NO KASAI NADO
SAISHIN NO CHUI O OKOTARUNA.
MUJIKO O KACHITORE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YORIGAERU GI
NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 947)
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