Thursday, November 26th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The traditional Buddhist study exams are near.
To our Youth Division, try to use this opportunity
to devote yourself to studying hard and diligently apply what you learn!
Three cheers to a youth spent fruitfully engaged in the two ways of practice and study*!
To our Men and Women's Division members, I hope that you too will try your best!
Let's all become victors in faith.
* Gosho: "The True Aspect of All Phenomena", WND-I, page 386. "Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase."
* * The Japanese organisation has national study exams this coming weekend.
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Moreover, as life does not go beyond the moment, the Buddha expounded the blessings that come from a single moment of rejoicing [on hearing the Lotus Sutra]."
(Questions and Answers About Embracing the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 55)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 26th, 2009
Friday, November 27th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All of us at times feel stuck or at an impasse in our lives or undertakings. But it is precisely when we are deadlocked that our faith is put to the test; such a time represents a decisive moment to seize victory. The important thing is to always keep our mind focused on moving forwards. The challenge of triumphing over obstacles will itself definitely become the cause for substantially expanding our state of life. If we make active efforts to grapple with our problems, we can definitely change inside and transform our karma.
"In that sense, any time when we become stuck is really an opportunity for us to realise victory. And 'ever-stronger faith' is what gives us the power to break through such deadlocks. This is true both in terms of our individual struggles and the larger struggles of society.
"Broadly speaking, deadlock arising on the level of society, the economy, or a country as a whole points to a clear limitation of the existing ideals or philosophy that guide or underlie them. In fact, it is at such times that a new philosophy emerges. The burgeoning of powerful new ideas can transform deadlock into an opportunity to build a better society."
SGI Newsletter No. 7883, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [9] "The Supremacy of the Law"--Part 3 [of 3], Faith That Grows Stronger Is the Key to Eternal Victory, from the September 2009 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Nov. 6th, 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---
DENTO NO KYOGAKU SHIKEN E
SEINEN GA SESSA TAKUMA NO KENSAN
KYOGAKU NIDO NO SEISHUN, BANZAI!
SONEN FUJIN MO GANBARE!
ZENIN GA SHINJIN NO SHOSHA TARE
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
INOCHI SUDE NI ICHINEN NI SUGIZAREBA HOTOKE WA ICHINEN ZUIKI NO KUDOKU TO TOKI
TAMAERI
(Gosho Zenshu, page 466)
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