published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's be good neighbours, warmly looking out for
and taking care of our neighbourhood.
Let's always show the utmost sincerity in our attitude and
try to be as considerate and thoughtful in our actions as
much as we can, even in regards to small matters,
so that people will quite naturally say,
"We're impressed, it's just as they say (about people in the SGI)."
Buddhism is all about our behaviour as human beings.*
* "The purpose of the appearance in this world of
Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his
behaviour as a human being." - "Three Kinds of Treasure",
WND-I, page 852
Sunday, December 7th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"However, as for the matter of becoming a Buddha, ordinary
people keep in mind the words 'earnest resolve' and thereby become Buddhas."
(The Gift of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 1125) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's
speech, Seikyo Shimbun, December 7th, 2008
Monday, December 8th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The culmination of the Daishonin's struggle to propagate the Law is the
revelation of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo of the Three Great Secret Laws, the entity
of the Law for kosen-rufu.
"The first of the Three Great Secret Laws is the object of devotion of the
essential teaching. The Daishonin embodied the supremely noble life-state of
his own enlightenment in this object of devotion, the Gohonzon, in order to
enable us to become aware of the supremely noble life-state that inherently
exists in all human beings. The second of the Three Great Secret Laws is the
daimoku of the essential teaching. It consists of chanting
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo oneself and teaching others to do the
same--Nam-myoho-renge-kyo being the name of this supremely noble state of
life, or Buddha nature. And the third of the Three Great Secret Laws is the
sanctuary of the essential teaching. This serves as the foundation for
constructing a harmonious community of believers (Skt. samgha), whose
members encourage each other to maintain firm faith in Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
and vow together to propagate the Law and actualise the principle of
establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land.
"Based on these three elements, practitioners of the Daishonin's Buddhism
strive to realise kosen-rufu by bringing the brilliance of the infinitely
precious Mystic Law to shine in people's lives and in the land where they
reside."
SGI Newsletter No. 7669, LEARNING FROM THE GOSHO: THE HOPE-FILLED WRITINGS
OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, [13] "On Repaying Debts of Gratitude." Kosen-rufu: A
Great River Enriching Humanity Eternally--Our Victory as Disciples Is the
Greatest Way to Repay Our Debt of Gratitude to Our Mentor, from the October
2008 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai study journal, translated
Dec. 4th, 2008
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends 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 ---
KINRIN O TAISETSU NI!
"SASUGA" TO IWARERU
SEIJITSUSA O!
KOMAYAKANA HAIRYO O!
BUPPO WA "HITO NO FURUMAI"
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TADASHI HOTOKE NI NARI SORO KOTOWA BONPU WA KOKOROZASHI
TO MOSU MOJI O KOKOROETE HOTOKE NI NARI SORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1596)
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