Monday, December 21st, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Even seemingly small matters are often very important.
Being careless or thoughtless is only an expression of our arrogance.
Both a lack of planning and inadequate preparation comes from
being overly confident.
Be it at work or in any of our SGI activities,
let's make absolutely sure to be well prepared for
whatever we are about to undertake.
Monday, December 21st, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, one should by all means persist in preaching the Lotus Sutra and causing them to hear it. Those who put their faith in it will surely attain Buddhahood, while those who slander it will establish a 'poison-drum relationship' with it and will likewise attain Buddhahood."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 882)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 21st, 2009
December 21st-27th, 2009
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
Our fundamental basis for victory is daimoku.
Let's be careful not to get carried away just by using schemes or tactics that seemingly appear to be perfect ways of resolving problems we might be facing now.
First and foremost, no matter what we're facing,
it is vital that we always begin with chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
Through practicing the 'strategy of the Lotus Sutra'*,
let's approach the upcoming year vibrantly!
* "Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other." - "The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra", WND-I, page 1001
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends, Daily Gosho and Words of the Week 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 ---
SHOJI GA DAIJI DE ARU.
OZAPPA WA YUDAN!
JUNBI BUSOKU WA MANSHIN!
SHIGOTO MO GAKKAI KATSUDO MO
JIZEN NO JUNBI O OKOTARUNA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TOTEMO KAKUTEMO HOKEKYO O SHIITE TOKI KIKASU BESHI
SHINZEN HITO WA HOTOKE NI NARUBESHI BOZEN MONO WA DOKKU NO
EN TO NATTE HOTOKE NI NARU BEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 552)
--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
KONPON WA DAIMOKU DE ARU.
SHUDAN NI NAGASARERUNA!
MAZU INORI KARA HAJIMEYO.
"HOKEKYO NO HEIHO" DE
SHINNEN O KACHI HIRAKE!
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