published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is through putting our faith into action that we can
genuinely strengthen ourselves and experience a true sense
of happiness.
By dedicating ourselves sincerely and wholeheartedly to
helping others to attain happiness,
let's continually develop our lives.
Thursday, October 9th, 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,
October 9th, 2008
Friday, October 10th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"An important reason why fighting against evil in Buddhism is a part of our
Buddhist practise is that if we fail to do so, we become accomplices to
evil. In relation to this frightening reality, the Daishonin cites the Great
Teacher Nan-yüeh, who says that those who turn a blind eye to evil will fall
into hell along with those people who actually commit that evil (WND-1,
747). 'Failing to do good is the same as doing evil'--this is the undying
credo of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding president of the Soka Gakkai.
"Evil friends function to intensify others' ignorance or darkness--that is,
heighten the workings of the three poisons of greed, anger, and foolishness
in their lives. That is the fearful nature of such negative influences.
Allowing evil to go unchallenged, therefore, ultimately spells suffering and
pain for many people. As long as Buddhism is a philosophy that teaches the
inherent dignity of human life, it is crucial that its practitioners fight
resolutely against those tendencies that promote disrespect for human life,
discrimination, and the destruction of life."
SGI Newsletter No.7640, LEARNING FROM THE GOSHO: THE HOPE-FILLED WRITINGS OF
NICHIREN DAISHONIN, [11] "The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood" The Great
Path of Mentor and Disciple--Working Together for Kosen-rufu to Enrich
Humanity with the Wisdom of the Mystic Law, from the Aug. 2008 issue of the
Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai study journal, translated Oct. 3rd, 2008
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho is available by
clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KODO SURU NAKANI
SHIN NO KITAE GA ARU.
SHIN NO KOFUKU GA ARU.
TESSHITE TOMO NI TSUKUSHI
WAGA SEIMEI O MIGAKINUKE!
-- 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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