A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, October 9th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Those who willingly and joyfully
shoulder the mission of accomplishing
kosen-rufu will most definitely achieve great victories in their lives .
The Daishonin states,
"To respond with joy is faith itself."*
This is the very essence of happiness.
* tentative translation for the passage from "Oko
kikigaki", Gosho Zenshu p. 835, "the recorded lectures",
the section regarding the stage out of "the four stages of
faith": To believe in and understand the sutra even for a
moment
Friday, October 9th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"As first one person, then two persons, then a thousand,
ten thousand, a hundred thousand, and then all the people
throughout the country come to chant the daimoku, before
you know it, their blessings will accrue to you. Those
blessings will be like the drops of dew that gather to
form the great ocean, or the specks of dust that pile up
to become Mount Sumeru."
(The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 672) Selection source:
"Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, October 9th, 2009
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Becoming happy is the goal of our Buddhist faith and practice. Our efforts in faith are the seeds of joy and happiness. Every drop of sweat for kosen-rufu becomes a diamond of good fortune and benefit. Struggle with all your might to transform your karma, for your own happiness and that of your families."
SGI Newsletter No. 7871, The New Human Revolution--Vol. 22: Chap. 4, The Treasure of Life 51, translated Oct. 9th, 2009
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KOFU NO SHIMEI O
YOROKOBI NINAU HITO GA KATSU!
"ZUIKI SURU WA
SHINJIN NARI"
KORE GA KOFUKU NO GOKUI DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KUNIJU NO SHONIN HITORI FUTARI NAISHI SENMANOKU NO HITO
DAIMOKU O TONAURU NARABA ZONGAI NI KUDOKU MI NI ATSUMARASE
TAMAU BESHI SONO KUDOKU WA TAIKAI NO TSUYU O ATSUME
SHUMISEN NO MIJIN O TSUMU GA TOGOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1241)
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