published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make clear what actions need to be taken today.
Then, brimming with great life force,
let's achieve an absolutely outstanding victory!
* If it is of interest to you. In the last few hours the Tokyo Metropolitan election
results of Komeito and other parties have been announced. Komeito which is in the
coalition government has come right from behind, with certain damage expected, to not
only regain all the seats it had up for voting but also gain an extra seat!...But the
major member of the coalition government has lost over 20% of its seats to the
opposition. For more information please read the national papers - The Japan Times,
The Yomiuri or Asahi Evening News. All have online services in English.
Sunday, July 12th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"From this you should understand that anger can be either
a good or a bad thing."
(On Reprimanding Hachiman - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.2, page 931) Selection source: "Myoji no
Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, July 12th, 2009
Monday, July 13th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 'The Opening of the Eyes,' the Daishonin writes about Shariputra and other
figures from the sutras who abandoned bodhisattva practice.
"In past lives, Shariputra practiced the bodhisattva way for a period of 60 kalpas,
making offerings to people. When a Brahman appeared and asked him for one of his
eyes, Shariputra responded by giving the Brahman his eye. The Brahman smelled the eye
and, declaring that it stank, threw it on the ground and crushed it. This convinced
Shariputra that it was impossible to save people of this sort and that he should
concentrate on seeking only his own enlightenment instead. In spite of having
practised almsgiving for 60 kalpas, Shariputra discarded his bodhisattva practice and
lapsed into the Hinayana teachings. This is an instance of abandoning faith.
"The Brahman's act was so cruel and arrogant that Shariputra's response would appear
reasonable from an ordinary perspective. But Buddhism, which teaches that the Law
exists within the heart of each person, does not view things from the relative
perspective of whether others or one's circumstances are good or bad. From the
standpoint of the eternal and indestructible Law of life, all that matters is what
one does oneself, whether one wins over oneself. That is the measure of everything."
SGI Newsletter No. 7816, The New Human Revolution--Vol. 22: Chap. 3, High Seas 41,
translated July 10th, 2009
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by
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http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KYO ICHINICHI
NASUBEKI KOTO O
MEIKAKU NI.
MANMANTARU SEIMEIRYOKU DE
DANKO KACHI KAZARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MASANI SHIRUBESHI SHINNI WA ZENAKU NI TSUZURU MONO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 584)
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