Sunday, February 21st, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
An organisation where everyone is on good terms with each other
always brims with joy and happiness
and shines with good fortune and benefit.
All of us are the precious children of the Buddha.
By praising and admiring each other's efforts,
let's launch a harmonious and wonderful advancement of the wise!
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The lion king is said to advance three steps, then gather himself to spring, unleashing the same power whether he traps a tiny ant or attacks a fierce animal."
(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 412) Selection source: Q & A on Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, February 21st, 2010
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), who perfected the traditional Japanese art of Noh drama, wrote: 'If even a skillful actor is conceited, his abilities will probably decline.' And warning his students against having a false sense of superiority, he also quoted a famous passage from the Lotus Sutra that describes the tendency of people of overbearing arrogance: 'What they had not attained they supposed they had attained, what they had not understood they supposed they had understood' (LSOC2, 63 [LS2, 30]). In every area of human activity, arrogance is an impediment to growth. We must be constantly vigilant against succumbing to this tendency. History teaches us that arrogance is the beginning of decline for both individuals and organisations."
SGI Newsletter No. 7936, Future Victory Is Determined Now, from the March 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Feb, 18th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
NAKAYOKI SOSHIKI NIWA
KANKI TO FUKUTOKU GA HIKARU.
MINA GA TOTOKI BUSSHI!
HOME TATAEAI
KENJA NO DAIKOSHIN O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHISHIO WA ZENSAN GOICHI TO MOSHITE ARI NO KO O TORAN TO
SURUNIMO MATA TAKEKI MONO O TORAN TO SURU TOKI MO IKIOI O
IDASU KOTO WA TADA ONAJIKI KOTO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)
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