Thursday, January 21st, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Come, let us engage in conversation (with friends and fellow members)!
There is nothing more powerful more moving than real life experiences!
The flowers of good fortune blossom gloriously
in a place where discussion overflows with joy,
and where people genuinely praise the efforts of each other!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010
--- 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, Jan. 21st, 2010
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, said: 'Meet as many people as you can. Engage in dialogue brimming with boundless vitality, determined to open others' hearts from the moment you meet them. Remember, the realm of the human heart can change without limit.'
"My disciples,
be fearless
and speak out resolutely.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'The varied sufferings that all living beings undergo--all these are Nichiren's own sufferings' (OTT, 138). All living beings in this troubled saha world have sufferings. Everyone has different kinds of problems--problems that are truly varied and diverse in nature.
"But we can definitely overcome life's sufferings and problems, no matter how serious or deep-seated they may be. This is the purpose of faith in the Mystic Law. The essence of Buddhist dialogue is meeting and interacting with our friends in the compassionate and empathetic spirit of the Daishonin.
"In other words, as the Daishonin's emissaries, we wholeheartedly encourage others, assuring them with unshakable conviction that they will definitely become happy. And we also strive with them to bring forth wisdom and courage so that we can triumph together over our problems and sufferings. There is no more noble work of the Buddha than this.
SGI Newsletter No. 7915, Creating a Precious Record of Our Life in This World, from the February 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Jan. 19th, 2010
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---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
SA KATARIAO!
IKITA TAIKEN NI
MASARU CHIKARA WA NAI!
YOROKOBI TATAEAU ZADAN NI
KUDOKU NO HANA WA RANMAN TO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OOZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHIVU
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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