Saturday, April 24th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Though evils may be numerous,
they cannot prevail over a single great truth."*
My dear SGI friends,
advance steadfastly along the great path of justice and truth.
Like a roaring courageous lion king, speak out,
refute all injustice and lies,
and be victorious!
*"Many in Body, One in Mind" - WND-I, page 618
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"To offer an analogy, if in spring and summer one ploughs the field and plants it with seed, then in autumn and winter one may reap and store away the harvest, and all will proceed as one wishes it to. It may seem like a long wait from spring to autumn, and yet within the space of a single year one's wishes will be fulfilled. And in like manner, it may seem a long time to wait in order to enter the state of enlightenment and manifest our Buddhahood. And yet such a manifestation may be accomplished within the space of a single lifetime, and we ourselves can become Buddhas who possess the three bodies within a single body."
(On the Ten Factors - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 79)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 24th, 2010
Sunday, April 25th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In one of his writings, the Daishonin wrote to Shijo Kingo, who was facing various obstacles: 'Live so that all the people of Kamakura will say in your praise that Nakatsukasa Saburo Saemon-no-jo [Shijo Kingo] is diligent in the service of his lord, in the service of Buddhism, and in his concern for other people' (WND-1, 851).
"It is the quintessential power of faith that enables one to become a great victor in life on whom others can rely and depend--be it in the sphere of work, Buddhism, or society. Becoming such a victor is also brilliant proof of one's human revolution."
SGI Newsletter No. 7978, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Work and Faith--Part 2 [of 2], from the February 18th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated April 12th, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & 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 ---
"AKU WA OKEREDOMO
ICHIZEN NI KATSU KOTO NASHI"
KIMIYO SEIGI NO DAIDO O
MASSUGUNI SUSUME!
HAJA NO SHISHIKU DE KATE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO SATORI NI ITTE HOTOKE O ARAWASU HODOWA HISASHIKI YO
NAREDOMO ISSHO NO UCHI NI ARAWASHITE WAGAMI GA SANJIN
SOKUITSU NO HOTOKE TO NARINURU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 411)
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