A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The curtain has risen for our main performance.
Brimming with life force,
let's challenge ourselves to achieve our goals and targets
enthusiastically and courageously.
Let's make every possible effort to decisively establish a
new record in our own achievement.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred
horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy
that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand
feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August
19th, 2008
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Beethoven declared: "My art shall be exhibited only in the
service of the poor." To struggle with one's own destiny
while at the same time striving to impart courage to
others so that they can challenge and triumph over their
own destinies-this calls to mind the bodhisattva way of
life. A bodhisattva firmly believes that there is no
hardship or suffering that cannot be surmounted.
The doctrine of changing karma taught in Nichiren
Daishonin's Buddhism is an unrivaled principle of victory
in life, bringing hope, courage, and confidence to all
people. It embodies a philosophy of supreme humanism
showing that each individual inherently possesses the
power to weather any destiny. It also constitutes a tenet
of unsurpassed respect for the sanctity of life, revealing
the fundamental causality of life by which we can actually
tap and manifest this power. In short, it represents a
hope-filled teaching for all humanity, illuminating as it
does the latent power innate in each person's life.
SGI Newsletter No. 7595, SGI President Ikeda's Study
Lecture Series, LEARNING FROM THE GOSHO: THE HOPE-FILLED
WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, [9] "Lessening One's
Karmic Retribution"
* 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 ---
HONBUTAI GA KAIMAKU!
DAISEIMEIRYOKU DE
YOROKOBI ISANDE TATAKAE!
JISHIN NO SHINKIROKU O
DANJITE UCHITATERO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI
KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)
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