Thursday, June 24th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Both in life and in our journey for kosen-rufu,
it is those who make up their minds to "win, no matter what"
that are victorious in the end!
Let our voices ring out as we unsparingly speak the truth,
overflowing with hope
and enjoying every single moment of our great advance!
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The first shi of the word shishi, or 'lion' [which means 'teacher'], is the Wonderful Law that is passed on by the teacher. The second shi [which means 'child'] is the Wonderful Law as it is received by the disciples. The 'roar' is the sound of the teacher and disciples chanting in unison. The verb sa, 'to make' or 'to roar,' should here be understood to mean to initiate or to put forth. It refers to the initiating of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in the Latter Day of the Law.
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 748, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 111)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 24th, 2010
Friday, June 25th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a letter to the young Nanjo Tokimitsu at the time of the Atsuhara Persecution, Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow....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' (WND-1, 1003). The 'great vow' of which the Daishonin speaks here is the vow to realise kosen-rufu--the noble undertaking to spread the Mystic Law far and wide. It is also, by extension, the vow to establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land--a lofty endeavour to build and defend the bastion of the happiness of the people. To achieve this great vow, we need to challenge ourselves wholeheartedly and courageously. When we do so, we will break out of our tiny shells, and be able to develop a boundless state of life as vast as the ocean, an indestructible state of life as solid as the earth."
SGI Newsletter No. 8021, Editorial - Youth, Break through Obstacles!, from the July 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated June 22nd, 2010.
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KOFU MO JINSEI MO
[DANJITE KATSU] TO
KIMETA MONO GA KATSU!
SEIGI NO KOE TAKARAKANI
KIBO NO KAISHIN GEKI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHI TOWA SHISHO SAZUKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO SHI TOWA DESHI UKURU TOKORO NO MYOHO KU TOWA SHITEI TOMONI TONAURU TOKORO NO ONJO NARI SA TOWA OKOSU TO YOMU NARI MAPPO NI SHITE NAN MYOHO RENGE KYO WO OKOSU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 748)
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