A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Ours is a faith based on courage.
Once we overcome our trials and tribulations
we can experience an expansive state of life
like that of Nichiren Daishonin, who says:
"I feel immeasurable delight (even though I am now an exile)"*.
Let us win a thrilling victory!
*The True Aspect of All Phenomena, WND-1, Page 386. "Because I view things this way, I feel immeasurable delight even though I am now an
exile."
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realized this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' cannot be false in any way."
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 217) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 5th, 2009
Thursday, August 6th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Next there was a question from a young woman student who was a group leader at her university. The members of her group wouldn't do what she asked, she said. Shin'ichi replied to her query in a chiding tone: 'First, chant daimoku about this. If you continue to chant in earnest, your life-condition will shine, and you'll become like a magnet drawing people to you, so that they'll start to listen to you.'
"With a puzzled look the young woman replied: 'I do chant daimoku in earnest before I go to meet members, but when I suggest that we chant together or do shakubuku together, they just refuse.'
"Shin'ichi smiled. 'You're putting the cart before the horse. The first step is to reach out and communicate with them.'"
(SGI Newsletter No. 7828, The New Human Revolution-- Vol. 22: Chap. 3, High Seas 57, translated July 30th, 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.
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
YUKI NO SHINJIN DA
SHIREN O NORIKOETE
[KIETSU HAKARI NASHI] NO
DAISEIMEI GA ARU.
GOKAI NI KACHIMAKURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAKO NO SHUKUEN OI KITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMAUKA SHAKA TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME 'ZAIZAI SHOBUTSUDO JOYOSHIGUSHO' YOMO SORAGOTO SORAWAJI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1338)
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