A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us to "strengthen our faith more than ever."*
Let's chant daimoku, with absolute confidence and conviction,
even more so than ever before.
Let's make every effort to have as many sincere and heartfelt conversations as we can.
And in our local areas, which we are so proud of, let's hoist the flag of Soka high!
* "I say this for your sake. I know your faith has always been admirable, but now your must strengthen it more than ever."
- "The Supremacy of the Law", WND-I, page 614
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one's heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly."
(Lessening One's Karmic Retribution - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 199)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 20th, 2010
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: '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]' (WND-1, 62). No matter what our situation, if we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, from that very moment, that very instant, the immortal sun within our own lives will begin to shine forth brightly.
"Not some time in the future but now--now is the time to change your mind-set, to revolutionise your life. This is the joy of human revolution. Future victory is here, in the present. Everything starts right here, right now."
SGI Newsletter No. 7936, Future Victory Is Determined Now, from the March 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Feb, 18th, 2010
* 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 ---
"IMA ICHIJU GOJO NI"
DAIKAKUSHIN NO INORI O!
DAISEIJITSU NO TAIWA O!
WAGA HOMARE NO TENCHI NI
SOKA NO HATA TAKADAKA TO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENGO NO OMOKI KONJO NI TSUKIZU SHITE MIRAI NI JIGOKU NO
KU O UKUBEKI GA KONJO NI KAKARU JUKU NI AI SORAEBA JIGOKU
NO KURUSHIMI PATTO KIETE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1000)
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