A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Buddhist gods are moving in response to our enthusiastic and dedicated efforts!
Let's create a new history through our courageous faith!
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Matters of minor importance arise from good, but when it comes to a matter of great importance, great disaster without fail changes into great fortune."
(A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 824) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, August 23rd, 2009
Monday, August 24th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The passage that the Daishonin cites from Great
Concentration and Insight begins, 'As practice progresses and understanding grows ...,' indicating a stage where practitioners have deepened their understanding of the Lotus Sutra and solidified their practice as a result. The three obstacles and four devils attack precisely because of the genuine efforts by practitioners to transform their lives at the most fundamental level. In our own context today, it means such obstacles will descend when we exert ourselves wholeheartedly in the two ways of practice and study and move forward in our lives and in our efforts for kosen-rufu. The Daishonin asserts that the three obstacles and four devils arise when we are on the verge of attaining Buddhahood."
SGI Newsletter No. 7832: SGI President Ikeda's Study Lecture Series, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [6] "Letter to the Brothers" Part 3 [of 3]. Translated August 5th, 2009
* 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 ---
WARERA NO NETTO DE
SHOTEN GA OKIKU
UGOITE IRU!
YUKANNARU SHINJIN DE
REKISHI O KACHI HIRAKE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHIKAREDOMO SHOJI KOSO ZEN YORIWA OKOTE SORAE DAIJI NI
NARINUREBA KANARAZU DAINARU SAWAGI GA DAINARU SACHI TO
NARUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1164)
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