A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's all make a dash forward,
mustering a resolute spirit to achieving a great
victory of both mentor and disciple!
Through chanting daimoku most earnestly and confidently
putting our faith into action,
avoiding carelessness and overcoming conceit,
we will definitely be able to overcome even those obstacles that seem insurmountable.
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 1st, 2009
Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The next person to ask a question was a young women's chapter leader: 'In my chapter, there are two young women's vice chapter leaders. Can you please tell me what the relationship between a chapter leader and a vice chapter leader should be?'
"Shin'ichi Yamamoto nodded energetically. 'That's a very important question,' he said. 'In the future, more and more people will have vice-leadership positions in our organization while remaining active in their respective fields of mission.
"Let me start by clarifying the basic attitude that vice leaders should cultivate. Just because they're not the central leader, they should never hold back and be passively involved in activities, or distance themselves from the organization. When we grow estranged
from the organization, we lose our sense of responsibility. Shouldering a responsibility for kosen-rufu at all times is a real barometer of faith.
"You may think that disengaging yourselves from the organization is nice because you have more freedom, but at the same time you lose the opportunity to polish yourselves, carry out your human revolution, make real progress, and achieve personal growth. As the years go by,
the gap between those who have been separated from the organization and those who have remained will be quite conspicuous. Those who distanced themselves from the organization are certain to regret it later.'"
SGI Newsletter No. 7828, The New Human Revolution--
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at http://www.sokanet.
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
"SHITEI NO SHORI" NI
KOKORO O SADAMETE BAKUSHIN.
YUDAN TO MANSHIN O HAISHI
INORI UGOKEBA
KABE WA KANARAZU YABURERU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONOONO SHISHIO NO KOKORO O TORIIDASHITE IKANI HITO
ODOSUTOMO OZURU KOTO NAKARE SHISHIO WA HYAKUJU NI OJIZU
SHISHI NO KO MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)
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