Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's by being victorious in the morning that we set the pace for being victorious throughout the day!
To make this happen,
it's important to try to go to bed early every night.
Let's 'strengthen our faith day by day and month after month,'*
by starting out each day with a fresh, new resolve!
* Gosho: On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - WND-1, pg 997, "Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month."
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow. We are very fortunate to be alive after the widespread epidemics that occurred last year and the year before.
But now with the impending Mongol invasion it appears that few will survive. In the end, no one can escape death. The sufferings at that time will be exactly like what we are experiencing now. Since death is the same in either case, you should be willing to offer your life for the Lotus Sutra. Think of this offering as a drop of dew rejoining the ocean, or) a speck of dust returning to the earth."
(The Dragon Gate - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1003)
Selection source: Gosho study for June, Seikyo Shimbun, June 1st, 2010
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Great are the ordinary people--this was the deeply held conviction of Mr. Toda, an indomitable champion of the Mystic Law.
"...we should eternally learn from Mr. Toda and pass on to future generations is this spirit of placing the people first.
"Mr. Toda always aligned himself with the people, and he shared the joys and struggles of members striving bravely on the front lines of society. 'Let's reach out to those who are suffering the most,' he said: 'Isn't it the Soka Gakkai's mission to be their ally, share with them the greatness of the Mystic Law, and help them become
happy?'
"There were also many members who applied themselves energetically to their jobs, who deeply took to heart his guidance, 'In faith, do the work of one; in your job, do the work of three.' It was a priceless and concrete piece of advice based on the passage from the Daishonin's writings: 'Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra' (WND-1, 905)."
SGI Newsletter No. 8006, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, My Mentor, Josei Toda--Part 2 [of 2], translated June 1st, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends 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 ---
ASA NI KATSU KOTO KARA
ICHINICHI NO SHARI GA HAJIMARU!
HAYAMENO SHUSHIN MO TAISETSU.
[TSUKI ZUKI, HIBI] NI
ATARASHII KETSUI DE SHUPPATSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"CHIRI O DAICHI NI UZUMU TO OMOE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1561)
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