published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all who are in positions of leadership
or who are responsible for leading or conducting various activities in the
SGI:
It is said that lack of preparation or negligence is one's greatest enemy!
True to these words, let us always chant earnestly and sincerely
for the absolute safety of all of our precious members.
Let us take every possible action so that we can be sure to
protect our members from any type of accident or incident!
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"..it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the
Lotus Sutra would go unanswered"
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no hosshin", November 27th, 2008
Friday, November 28th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Guiseppe Mazzini (1805-72), a leader in the movement for Italian unity and
independence, observed: 'Great ideas create great peoples.' The confusion
caused by false ideas and doctrines has inflicted terrible damage on the
people's spirit, promoting widespread feelings of powerlessness and apathy
on the one hand, and encouraging rampant prejudice and egotism on the other.
Our effort to 'establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land' is
a spiritual struggle to transform this bleak situation.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren Daishonin
states: 'Generally speaking, the term 'Thus Come One' refers to all living
beings. More specifically, it refers to the disciples and lay supporters of
Nichiren' (OTT, 124). A Thus Come One or Buddha is not some sort of
supernatural being far removed from us. We, ordinary people, who uphold the
Daishonin's Buddhism, dedicated to the highest good, are Thus Come Ones or
Buddhas."
SGI Newsletter No. 7664, The Unlimited Power of the People, from the
December 2008 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Nov. 25th, 2008
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho is available by
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http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
[LEADER] HA
YUDANTAITEKI!
ZEN DOSHI NO MUJIKO WO
SHINKEN NI INORIKIRE!
ZENRYOKU DE
MAMORI NUKE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO NO GYOUJA NO INORI NO
KANAWANU KOTO HA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1352)
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