published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is with when we speak and act from the heart that
we can strike a chord in the hearts of others.
The joy that we experience ourselves can move and inspire
others at the same time.
Let's really make a great effort to share this
Buddhism and its philosophy with others
to the very best of our unique abilities!*
*"...in accordance with what they have heard they put
forth effort in preaching and expounding for the sake of
their parents and relatives, their good friends and
acquaintances. These persons, after hearing, respond with
joy and they too set about spreading the teachings. One
person, having heard, responds with joy and spreads the
teachings, and the teachings in this way continue to be
handed along from one to another until they reach a
fiftieth person."
- The Lotus Sutra, "The Benefits of Responding with Joy" chapter
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is no true happiness other than upholding faith in
the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'peace and
security in their present existence and good circumstances
in future existences.'"
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681) Selection source: "Kyo no
Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 25th, 2009
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin teaches us that unity is the secret to absolute victory. He stresses this point to ensure that those who uphold the correct teaching of Buddhism will forge ahead triumphantly in the tempestuous age of conflict in the Latter Day of the Law.
"The SGI is a diverse gathering of people striving together in the spirit of 'many in body, one in mind' based on the Mystic Law for a common cause. It is a living embodiment of the real aspect of the Gohonzon itself, a depiction of all beings of the Ten Worlds coexisting in harmony and shining with their inherent dignified
attributes illuminated by the light of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo down the centre. By chanting to the Gohonzon, fusing wisdom and reality, we can bring forth the boundless power of the Buddha and the Law. As such, the SGI, carrying on the true lineage of faith of Nichiren Daishonin, epitomises solidarity in the cause of truth, harmonious
unity in the cause of the highest good. Kosen-rufu is the effort to expand this realm of shared aspiration."
SGI Newsletter No. 7823, Unity--The Secret to Continual Victory, from the August 2009 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translated July 22nd, 2009
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho is available by
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KOKORO O UTSU MONO WA
KOKORO DE ARU.
MIZUKARA NO KANDO GA
TOMO NO KOKORO O YUSABURU.
IDAIDA ZUIRIKI ENZETSU O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ISSAI SHUJO NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAURU YORI HOKANO
YURAKU NAKINARI KYO NI IWAKU SHUJO SHOYURAKU UNNUN KONO
MON ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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