published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, June 5th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Especially when we have a hectic schedule,
let's be on our guard even more than usual
and not give any chance for negative functions to take advantage.
Let's chant daimoku seriously and earnestly,
and make every possible effort so that each and every one
of us stays in good health and does not encounter any type of
accident or incident in our daily activities.
*"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month.
Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will
take advantage." - "On Persecutions Befalling the Sage",
WND-I, page 997
**Buddhist Concepts: DEVILS AND DEMONS IN THE LOTUS SUTRA
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/memberresources/resources/buddhist_concepts/buddhist_concept29.php
Friday, June 5th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The host, smiling, restrained his guest and said:
Insects that live on smartweed forget how bitter it
tastes; those who stay long in privies forget how foul the
smell is. Here you listen to my good words and think them
wicked, point to a slanderer of the Law and call him a
sage, mistrust a correct teacher and take him for an evil
priest. Your confusion is great indeed, and your offence
anything but light. Listen to my explanation of how this
confusion arose, and let us discuss the matter in detail."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 16)
Selection source: Learning from "On Establishing the
Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land", Seikyo
Shimbun, June 5th, 2009
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The concept of 'not begrudging one's life' appears in the 'Encouraging
Devotion' (13th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, when the bodhisattvas make a
vow to selflessly spread the Mystic Law after the Buddha's passing (cf.
LS13, 191). In 'The Selection of the Time,' the Daishonin elucidates the
path of shared commitment of mentor and disciple, the path of refuting the
erroneous and revealing the true, the path of attaining enlightenment in
this lifetime--at the heart of which lies the path of 'not begrudging one's
life.' If we give our all unstintingly to our Buddhist practice, proof of
victory will be forthcoming--this is the unshakable conviction with which
the Daishonin urges his disciples to 'try practising' (WND-1, 583)."
SGI Newsletter No. 7787, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE
MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP, [7] The Meaning of "Practicing without
Begrudging One's Life" Today, from the Feb. 19th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo
Shimbun, translated June 3rd, 2009
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ISOGASHII KARAKOSO
MA NO TSUKEIRU
SUKI O TSUKURUNA.
KENKO MUJIKO O
INORI KACHITORE
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHUJIN EMI TOMETE IWAKU KARAKI KOTO O TADE NO HA NI NARAI
KUSAKI KOTO O KAWAYA NI WASURU ZENGON O KIITE AKUGEN TO
OMOI BOSHA O SASHITE SHONIN TO II SHOSHI O UTAGATTE AKURYO
NI GISU SONO MAYOI MAKOTONI FUKAKU SONO TSUMI ASAKARAZU
KOTO NO OKORI O KIKE KUWASHIKU SONO OMOMUKI O DANZEN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 24)
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