A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Young people are coming together
to seek the way of Soka!
Now is the time for youth
to make the impossible possible,
and set the trend for fresh change in society.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even if in the future other men and women become my believers, they will not replace you in my heart."
(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 502)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 12th, 2009
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Speaking of the importance of philosophy, Mr. Toda said:
Why do we need philosophy? Why do our lives need the Daishonin's Buddhism? If it were enough to just do as we pleased, there'd be no need to go to school and study or have religious faith. But if we follow that course, we'll only come to regret it later. On the other hand, what incredible joy there is to be found in studying philosophy, studying Buddhism, and discovering the depth of life, and, based on that, seeking and attaining true and lasting happiness with an open heart and profound emotion. What an immeasurable delight it is to know the deeply wondrous nature of life and experience our own being brimming with limitless joy!
(SGI Newsletter No. 7830, SGI President Ikeda's Speech, Young Women's Division Commemorative Gathering, Part 2 of 5. Translated August 4th, 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---
SEINEN GA TSUDOIKURU
SOKA NO MICHI!
[FUKANO O
KANO NI SURU]
WAKAKI HENKAKU NO CHORYU DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TATOI KORE YORI NOCHI NI SHINJIN SURU NANNYO ARI TOMO ONO ONO NI WA KAE OMOU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1088)
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