Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The "time" has come!
The final touches to the kosen-rufu movement
is the mission of my dear members of the great Tohoku region!*
From the castle of capable and talented people
who share the deep bond of mentor and disciple,
unleash a mighty lion's roar for truth and justice.
* The Tohoku region occupies the north-eastern portion of Honshu, the largest island of Japan.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The accepting and upholding of this original Law is expressed in the single word "belief" or "faith". The singe word "belief" is the same sharp sword with which one confronts and overcomes fundamental darkness or ignorance. The commentary [Words and Phrases] says, "Belief means to be without doubt." You should think about this."
(The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 120)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", February 10th, 2010
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Do not go around lamenting to others how hard it is for you to live in this world. To do so is an act utterly unbecoming to a worthy man.' (WND-1, 850)
"Here, the Daishonin especially castigates lamentation and self-pity. This passage gets at the heart of people's readiness to bewail matters that are beyond their control. Everyone is susceptible to doing this. Even Kingo, who was prepared to lay down his life alongside the Daishonin at a crucial moment, tended to have trouble with human relations because of his rigidity and single-mindedness, and may have given in to complaining in spite of himself. In advising Kingo not to go around lamenting to others, the Daishonin underscores that moaning about one's troubles or misfortunes is not the way of life of the wise, but the foolish.
"The Daishonin writes:
"'If a man behaves in this [unfortunate] way, then after he dies, his wife, overcome with sorrow at losing her husband, will tell other people about the shameful things he did, though she has no real intention of doing so. And that will in no way be her fault, but solely the result of his own reprehensible behaviour.' (WND-1, 850)
"Complaining nurtures one's inner weakness and negativity, and becomes a cause for stagnation. Here, the Daishonin is teaching Shijo Kingo that doing away with complaint and instead challenging his own human revolution head-on is the sure path to victory in life."
SGI Newsletter No. 7929, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [12] 'The Three Kinds of Treasure'--Part 3 [of 3] The Ultimate Key to Victory in Life Is Accumulating the Treasures of the Heart, from the December 2009 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Feb. 5th, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
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---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
TOKI WA KITA!
KOFU NO SOSHIAGE WA
DAITOUHOKU NO SHIMEI NARI!
SHITEI NO JINZAIJO KARA
SEIGI NO SHISHIKU O HANATE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
KONO HONPO O JUJI SURU WA SHINJIN NO ICHIJI NARI, GANPON NO MUMYO O TAIJI SURU RIKEN WA SHINJIN NO ICHIJI NARI MUGI WASSHIN NO SHAKU KORE O OMOU BESHI.
(Gosho Zenshu, page 751)
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