A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho says: "Bring forth the great power of faith"*
This is the essential point for us to ensure victory!
Oh members of the Youth division and Men's division --
I call upon you to be like roaring lions who take brave and decisive action.
* Gosho, Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 319, "Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by all the people of Kamakura, both high and low, or by all the people of Japan, as 'Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo of the Lotus school!'"
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 851) Selection source: "Kyo No Hosshin" Seikyo Shimbun, Thursday July 30th, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the 'Emerging from the Earth' (15th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra is the passage: 'Out of [the earth] emerged at the same instant immeasurable thousands, ten thousands, millions of bodhisattvas and mahasattvas' (LS15, 213). The hallmark of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth is that they are a tremendous force that stands up together and moves forward en masse. Accordingly, our admirable members in Japan and around the globe are forging ahead together with even greater energy, united in spirit and prayer."
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
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
[GOJO NO DAISHINRIKI]
KOREKOSO WARERA NO
HISSHO NO GOKUI DA!
SONEN, SEINEN YO
MOZEN TO SHISHIKU SE YO
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MI NO TAKARA SUGURETARI MI NO TAKARA YORI KOKORO NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)
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