published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, March, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"The stronger one's faith, the greater the protection of the gods."*
With strong and courageous faith, let's chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
to definitely stay in good health and to be absolutely free from any type of
accident.
Each and every one of us is living a precious and valuable life,
with a very noble mission to fulfil in this lifetime.
*"To think that just because you are practising faith everything will be
automatically all right or that things will somehow work themselves out is a
careless attitude. It is also arrogant."
"Being protected by the Buddhist gods means protecting ourselves. As the
Great Teacher Miao-lo of China indicates when he says, 'The stronger one's
faith, the greater the protection of the gods' (WND, 614), it is strong,
fearless faith that spurs the Buddhist gods into action on our behalf."
"It is faith, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, and taking action for kosen-rufu
that brings forth this power."
(The Wisdom of the Lotus Sutra, Vol. 6, pages 81-82)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"All disciples and lay supporters of Nichiren should chant
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the spirit of many in body but one in mind,
transcending all differences among themselves to become as inseparable as
fish and the water in which they swim."
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 217) Selection source:
SGI President Ikeda's encouragement at the divisional leaders meeting held
on March 28th, 2009, in Tokyo, Seikyo Shimbun, March 29th, 2009
Monday, March, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-68), the American civil rights champion,
said: 'Cowardice is a submissive surrender to circumstance.' In other
words, we shouldn't be ruled by fear was his message. 'Courage,' he
declared, 'is an inner resolution to go forward in spite of obstacles and
frightening situations.'"
SGI Newsletter No. 7741, THE LIGHT OF THE CENTURY OF HUMANITY, The Great
Hanshin Earthquake--Fourteen Years Later, from the Jan. 17th, 2009, issue of
the Seikyo Shimbun, translated March 27th, 2009
* 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 ---
"KOKORO NO KATAKI NI YORITE
KAMI NO MAMORI SUNAWACHI TSUYOSHI"
KENKO TO ZETTAI MUJIKO O
INORI KACHITORE!
TOTOKI SHIMEI NO JINSEI DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOJITE NICHIREN GA DESHI DANNA TO JITA HISHI NO KOKORO
NAKU SUIGYO NO OMOI O NASHITE ITAI DOSHIN NI SHITE
NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU TOKORO O SHOJI
ICHIDAIJI NO KECHIMYAKU TOWA IUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1337)
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