published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, May 8th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
All SGI activities are the absolute, the supreme Buddhist
practice that enables us to establish true happiness
within our own lives.
Let's all advance together cheerfully and enthusiastically,
following this certain course for 'eternity, happiness,
true self, and purity (jo raku ga jo)'!*
*The four virtues -
http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?id=828
THE FOUR VIRTUES OF THE BUDDHA: BREAKING OUT OF THE LESSER
SELF -
http://www.sgi-usa.org/memberresources/resources/buddhist_concepts/buddhist_concept1.php
Friday, May 8th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"But the rest of you should not be afraid. So long as you remain firm in
heart, I am sure that the whole truth of the matter will become clear in the
end."
(Reply to the Sages - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 831)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's
speech, Seikyo Shimbun, May 8th, 2009
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The founder of the modern nursing profession, Florence Nightingale
(1820-1910), remarked: 'Right is invariably well-being, or the road to it.'
All of you are dedicating your lives to kosen-rufu, the path of the highest
good. There is no life more admirable or happy. Nor is that happiness
limited to this lifetime. You walk an indestructible path imbued with the
four virtues of eternity, happiness, true self, and purity, a path of
continual progress in rhythm with the Mystic Law, the ultimate law of the
universe.
"Nightingale also noted: 'The world is what we have to mould, not to fly
from.' We do not try to escape this world that is filled with sufferings,
nor do we lament it. Through tirelessly challenging ourselves and taking
positive action, we strive to build a new and better world day after day."
SGI Newsletter No. 7762, WOMEN'S DIVISION AND YOUNG WOMEN'S DIVISION
EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE--PART 1 [OF 3], Challenge the Present and Open a Way
Forwards, from the Feb. 21st, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated
April 28th, 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 ---
GAKKAI KATSUDO WA
KOFUKU O KIZUKU TAMENO
SAIGOKU NO BUTSUDO SHUGYO DA.
JORAKUGAJO NO KIDO O
IKIIKITO SUSUME!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONOONO NIWA OZURU KOTO NAKARE TSUYORI MOTE YUKABA
SADAMETE SHISAI IDEKINU TO OBOURU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1455)
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