published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Having good friends is all the Buddhist way."*
Let's do our very best to cultivate friendships with as
many people as we possibly can!
A good friend is indeed the most valuable treasure we
can have in life.
*Ananda, one of Shakyamuni Buddha's closest disciples,
once asked him: "It seems to me that by having good
friends and advancing together with them, one has already
halfway attained the Buddha way. Is this way of thinking
correct?"
Shakyamuni replied, "Ananda, this way of thinking is not
correct. Having good friends and advancing together with
them is not half the Buddhist way but all the Buddhist
way."
(http://www.sgi.org/goodfriends.html)
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Were they not Bodhisattvas of the Earth, they could not
chant the daimoku."
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 385) Selection source:
"Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 13th, 2008
Friday, November 14th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Though you may quarrel with distant relatives, remain friendly with your
neighbours'--this is a wise Ukraine proverb that the then Ukraine Ambassador
to Japan Yuriy V. Kostenko and his wife Dr. Liudmyla Skyrda kindly shared
with me (in January 2002). Getting on well with your neighbours is not only
important daily wisdom, but also the starting point of diplomacy and
peaceful coexistence."
SGI Newsletter No. 7661, Dialogues with World Citizens, Yuriy V. Kostenko,
Former Ukraine Ambassador to Japan, and His Wife Liudmyla Skyrda, from the
May 13th, 2007, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Nov. 12th, 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 ---
"ZENYU O MOTSU KOTO WA
BUTSUDO NO SUBETE"
YUJO O HIROGEYO!
YOKI TOMO KOSO
JINSEI NO SAIKO NO ZAISAN DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MINA JIYU NO BOSATSU NO SHUTSUGEN NI ARAZUNBA TONAE
GATAKI DAIMOKU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1360)
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