Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
My dear friends of the youth division:
develop your expertise and become first rate in something!
If you really consider yourself to be a true disciple,
then it is important to be passionate and earnest in all of your endeavours,
pursuing them with the ferocity of an advancing lion*,
and ensuring a succession of victories that people will know and remember
you by.**
* "Reply to Kyo'o", WND-1, Page 412, "The lion king is said to advance three
steps, then gather himself to spring, unleashing the same power whether he
traps a tiny ant or attacks a fierce animal. In inscribing this Gohonzon for
her protection, Nichiren was like the lion king. This is what the sutra
means by "the power [of the Buddhas] that has the lion's ferocity.""
** "Earthly Desires are Enlightenment", WND-1, Page 31, "Carry through with
your faith in the Lotus Sutra. You cannot strike fire from flint if you stop
halfway. Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by all the
people of Kamakura, both high and low, or by all the people of Japan, as
"Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo of the Lotus school!" Even a bad reputation will
spread far and wide. A good reputation will spread even farther,
particularly if it is a reputation for devotion to the Lotus Sutra."
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might
bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun
rise in the west, 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", Seikyo Shimbun, February 11th, 2009.
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Each encounter with another person is a priceless opportunity. Interacting
with people entails an earnest struggle waged with sincerity and integrity.
There can be no missteps.
SGI Newsletter No. 7708, The New Human Revolution--Vol. 22: Chap. 1, A New
Century 38, translated Feb 9th, 2009
* 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---
SEINEN YO
NANI KA DE DAIICHI NI NARE!
DESHI NARABA
SHISHI FUNJIN DE TATAKAI
SHORI SHORI NO NA O NOKOSE
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO
MICHIINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO
INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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