*We apologize for the delay. There was a technical
problem.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's have new voices!
Let's infuse new breath!
With everyone's voice of singing victory,
let's hold cheerful discussion meetings!
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by
all the people of Kamakura, both high and low, or by all
the people of Japan, as 'Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo of the
Lotus school!'"
(Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 319) Selection source:
"Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 21st, 2008
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Lessening one's karmic retribution is not a simple
settling of our karmic accounts; it implies a fundamental
transformation of our lives, whereby we put a stop to the
negative cycle of suffering and delusion and enter a new
positive trajectory of happiness. When we do so, we can
savor in lifetime after lifetime the blessings of the
worlds of Humanity, Heaven, Learning, Realization,
Bodhisattva, and Buddhahood.
In other words, lessening karmic retribution leads
directly to the great path of attaining Buddhahood. In
that sense, when we lessen our karmic retribution, it
doesn't mean merely zeroing out a minus balance, but
rather that we effect a momentous change in the direction
of our very lives, shifting from a downward descent toward
an infinite upward ascent, from a negative path to a
positive one of genuine good. This is the power of the
Mystic Law, which has the ability to transform the
negative into something beneficial--
turn poison into medicine.
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
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http://www.sokanet.
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ATARASHII KOE O!
ATARASHII IBUKI O!
SHORI NO UTAGOE DE
ZADANKAI O HOGARAKA NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"GOJO NO DAISHINRIKI O IDASHITE HOKKESHU NO SHIJO KINGO
SHIJO KINGO TO KAMAKURAJU NO JOGE BANNIN NAISHI NIHONKOKU
NO ISSAI SHUJO NO KUCHI NI UTAWARE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1118)
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