and more.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Soka" is another name for "Youth".
(No matter what our age,)
let us all burn with a passionate youthful spirit
and hold aloft the flag of absolute and complete victory!
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour
doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood. Do not have
doubts simply because heaven does not lend you protection. Do not be discouraged
because you do not enjoy an easy and secure existence in this life."
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 8th, 2009
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a letter to Nichigen-nyo, the wife of Shijo Kingo, the Daishonin writes:
"'Can anything exceed the sun and moon in brightness? Can anything surpass the lotus
flower in purity? The Lotus Sutra is the sun and moon and the lotus flower [in that
it is the unsurpassed teaching]. Therefore it is called the Lotus Sutra of the
Wonderful Law. Nichiren, too, is like the sun and moon and the lotus flower.' (WND-1,
186)
"The name Nichiren means 'sun lotus.' Nothing is brighter than the sun, which dispels
the darkness. Nothing is purer than the lotus, which blooms unsullied by the muddy
water in which it grows.
"The entity of the Law, Myoho-renge-kyo, and the entity of the Person, Nichiren
Daishonin, are fully endowed with the functions symbolised by the sun and the lotus.
In other words, they are endowed with the power to illuminate the fundamental
darkness inherent in life and bring forth the enlightened Dharma nature, and the
power to purify earthly desires or deluded impulses and transform them into
enlightenment."
SGI Newsletter No. 7811, YOUNG WOMEN'S DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE GATHERING--PART 1 [OF
5] Be Cheerful Suns of Happiness, from the June 7th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo
Shimbun, translated July 3rd, 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---
[SOKA] TO WA
SEINEN NO IMYOU NARI.
WAGA KYOCHU NI
WAKAKI TAMASHI O MOYASHI
KANSHO NO HATA O FURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINENNI BUKKAI NI
ITARUBESHI TEN NO KAGO NAKI KOTO O UTAGAWAZARE GENSE NO ANNON NARAZARU KOTO O
NAGEKAZARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)
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