Saturday, December 26th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us to "treat our friends with courtesy."*
Let's always cherish and nurture our old friendships,
and at the same time let's take every opportunity to meet
with new people and establish new friendships.
Let's make this time of the year (holiday season/year end
and new year) a special and meaningful one by
developing the type of friendships that will become treasures of a lifetime.
*The Daishonin teaches in his letter to Nanjo Tokimitsu the four virtues of Confucian-Taoist ethics: (1) filial piety toward one's father and mother; (2) loyalty to one's lord; (3) courtesy towards one's friends; and (4) pity and kindness towards those less fortunate than oneself. He states, "Third, treating one's friends with courtesy means that, although one may encounter them ten or twenty times in the course of a single day, one greets them courteously as though they had travelled a thousand or two thousand miles to see one, never
showing them indifference."
(The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude - WND-II, page 636)
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 909)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Dec. 26th, 2009
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It's up to us to change, not others. At the same time, we mustn't assume that someone else will take care of what needs doing, it's important that we have the spirit to take action ourselves.
"No matter what challenging situation we find ourselves in, we should put our minds to work, summon our wisdom and ingenuity, and strive to achieve something meaningful with a forward-looking attitude. Depending on the situation, sometimes it will be important to concentrate on chanting daimoku; sometimes, on encouraging our fellow members, and sometimes, on talking to others about Buddhism. Crucial to everything is chanting earnestly before the Gohonzon, bringing forth from within us the 'wisdom of the truth that functions in accordance with changing circumstances' (OTT, 10), and then taking the most constructive course of action possible. Buddhism is action. Buddhism is winning."
SGI Newsletter No. 7898, REGION LEADERS CONFERENCE--PART 1 [OF 3], Growth Begins with Human Revolution, from the Oct. 5th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 22nd, 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 ---
"TOMO NI AUTE REI ARE"
FURUKI YUJIN O TAISETSU NI!
ATARASHIKI DEAI O MUSUBE!
TAKARA NO YUJO O HIROGEYUKU
YUIGINA NENMATSU NENSHI O.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI
DESHI O TAKUWAI NUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI
SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)
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