Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho says that "fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect."*
People whose hearts are full of gratitude and appreciation are truly beautiful!
A humble heart is the wellspring of great growth and development!
* Gosho, New Year's Gosho -WND1, page 1137, "Misfortune comes from one's mouth and ruins one, but fortune comes from one's heart and makes one worthy of respect."
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 4th, 2009
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the early days of our movement, Mr. Toda said:
"'The purpose of our Buddhist practice is to enjoy happiness throughout the eternity of life.... The activity of the universe itself is the very epitome of compassionate action. Likewise, sharing the Daishonin's Buddhism with others is an act of compassion. Compassionate action is 'the work of the Buddha.' It is also truly noble because, in the process of such efforts, we are able to realise lasting happiness not only for ourselves, but also to open that possibility for others who may be suffering from poverty and want. There is, therefore, no nobler work than this.'
"Helping friends who are struggling with the fundamental sufferings of human existence by talking to them about our convictions and guiding them to the realm of faith in the Mystic Law is an extremely admirable act of compassion. It is the most respectworthy action of using our voices to do 'the Buddha's work' as envoys of Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law."
SGI Newsletter No. 7882, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP, [11] Buddhist Compassion--Relieving Suffering and Imparting Joy, from the April 2nd, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 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.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
[SAIWAI WA KOKORO YORI
IDETE WARE O KAZARU]
KANSHA NO HITO WA UTSUKUSHII!
KENKYO NA KOKORO KOSO
DAISEICHO NO MINAMOTO DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURUTOMO OOZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIINU KOTO
WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA
ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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