published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
I will live honestly and exactly as our mentor guides and teaches!
Life with such an unwavering determination will definitely be
adorned with great blossoms of happiness and victories.
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And Nichiren declares that the sufferings that all living
beings undergo, all springing from this one cause--all
these are Nichiren's own sufferings."
(On Reprimanding Hachiman - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.2, page 934) Selection source: Soka Gakkai
member's experience, Seikyo Shimbun, April 5th, 2009
Monday, April 6th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The great life-state of Buddhahood, which is none other than
Myoho-renge-kyo, the Law of the universe, exists within all people. The
question is whether we realise this truth and can manifest it in our lives
through strong faith in its existence. This is the only difference between a
Buddha and an unenlightened person.
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Mr. Josei Toda, once said:
"Attaining Buddhahood does not mean becoming a Buddha or trying to become a
Buddha. It means believing wholeheartedly in the Daishonin's teaching of the
true aspect of all phenomena and that Buddhahood exists within the lives of
ordinary people. It means awakening to the fact that you, just as you are,
are a Buddha, and that you have been one from the distant past and will be
into the eternal future.
"We cannot be anything more than human beings, now should we be. The point
is for us to cause our humanity to shine forth as brightly as possible. This
is really all that matters. A deep understanding of this doctrine of the
true aspect of all phenomena brings us to a humanistic philosophy that
respects ordinary people. This is the people-centred teaching that all
people possess the life-state of Buddhahood."
SGI Newsletter No. 7743, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE
MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP [5] The Humanistic Teaching That Ordinary
People Are Buddhas, from the Jan. 22nd, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun,
translated April 2nd, 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 ---
SHI NO SHISHIN DORI
MASSUGU NI IKIRU!
KETSUJO SHITA JINSEI NI
KOFUKU SHORI NO
OKA WA RANMAN TO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN IWAKU ISSAI SHUJO NO DOITSUKU WA KOTOGOTOKU KORE
NICHIREN ICHININ NO KU TO MOSUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 587)
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