A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is important to be dauntless
on the path of diplomacy
Let us speak the truth eloquently,
maintaining a pleasant bearing!
Thursday, August 20th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even if you are not the Venerable Mahakashyapa, you should all perform a dance...When Bodhisattva Superior Practices emerged from the earth, did he not emerge dancing?"
(Great Evil and Great Good - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1119)
Selection source: Gosho Lecture Series by SGI President Ikeda: Gosho and the Mentor-Disciple Bond, Seikyo Shimbun, August 20th, 2009
Friday, August 21st, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, once remarked: "If we uphold the Gohonzon and exert ourselves assiduously in faith, practice, and study, we will not forever remain deluded, unenlightened people at the mercy of various sufferings." He also said: "When we look back later, even the most painful experiences eventually fade and vanish like a dream. That's why we must remember to be patient and to persevere, taking a long-term perspective and biding our time." He also said: "Cultivate perseverance. Doesn't the Daishonin urge us to 'don the armor of endurance' (cf. WND-1, 392)? I would like you to regard perseverance as being the essence of true Buddhist practice."
(SGI Newsletter No. 7837, SGI President Ikeda's Speech, Young Women's Division Commemorative Gathering, Part 3 of 5. Translated August 18th, 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---
GAIKOSEN WA
DOKYO WA DAIJI!
SAWAYAKA NI
KANJI YOKU
JIJITSU O KATARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KASHO SONJA NI ARAZUTOMO, MAI O MAINUBESHI..
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1300)
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