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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's maintain close communication with one another especially in regards
to information and reports on our activities.
Let's respond speedily, first and foremost.
This has always been one of the great traditions of the SGI.
Swiftness is what best develops trust between people.
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"At such a time, the three obstacles and four devils will
invariably appear, and the wise will rejoice while the foolish will
retreat."
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 637) Selection source:
Basics of Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, November 20th, 2008
Friday, November 21st, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"How noble are those who base their lives on the unparalleled philosophy of
the Mystic Law. All without exception who practise as the Buddha teaches
will attain Buddhahood in this lifetime. Nichiren Daishonin writes:
"'In the case of rice plants, there are three types--those that ripen early
in autumn, those that ripen in a middling time, and those that ripen
late--and yet all are ready to be harvested within a single year. In the
same way, although persons [who follow the Buddha way] fall into three
different categories of superior, middling, and inferior [capacity], all
alike, within the space of a single lifetime, can come to the realization
that they themselves are identical and in no way at variance with all the
Buddhas, the Thus Come Ones. (WND-2, 79-80)'
"Buddhism also teaches that there are five types of vision, or five types of
eyes--the physical eye, the heavenly eye, the wisdom eye, the Dharma eye,
and the Buddha eye. The Daishonin writes: 'These five types of vision are
naturally acquired by one who upholds the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 683).
"He also declares: 'The votaries of the Lotus Sutra, men and women alike,
are all Thus Come Ones' (OTT, 83). This is an affirmation that all of you
who are working selflessly for kosen-rufu are Buddhas.
"And elsewhere he says: 'All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are
most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave
offence (WND-1, 756). You are people worthy of the greatest respect. Anyone
who ridicules or harasses you will reap stern karmic effects. From
everything that I have witnessed in the course of my long practise, I can
attest to this with utmost conviction."
SGI Newsletter No. 7662, 23RD SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING--PART
3 [OF 4]
Confronting Obstacles with the Determination to Win, Oct. 28th, 2008, from
the Nov. 3rd, 2008, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Nov. 13th, 2008.
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---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
RENKEI O MITSU NI!
"Speed" DAIICHI DE!
KORE GA GAKKAI NO DENTO.
JINSOKU KOSO
SHINRAI NO MINAMOTO DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KANARAZU SANSHO SHIMA TO MOSU SAWARI IDEKITAREBA KENJA WA
YOROKOBI GUSHA WA SHIRIZOKU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1091)
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