A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, August 6th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our young people,
who assume an important role of achieving world peace:
by sincerely chanting daimoku for the sake of other
people's happiness and making every possible effort to
inspire them,
continue to challenge yourselves to polish your lives!
It is a single individual's human revolution that will
definitely help transforming this era.*
*"A great human revolution in just a single individual
will help achieve a change in the destiny of a nation and further, can enable a change in the destiny of all
humankind." (The Human Revolution by Daisaku Ikeda)
Friday, August 6th, 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, August 6th, 2010
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we strive for people's happiness, we must inevitably contend with the darkness of ignorance that causes unhappiness and suffering. This darkness can only be dispelled by the light of the Mystic Law. We must vanquish it with courageous faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 8036: "The Noble Vow of Bodhisattvas of the Earth Is the Heart of Soka" (A special essay written by SGI President Ikeda in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration as third Soka Gakkai president on May 3, 1960), translated from the May 2010 issue of the Daibyakurenge
* 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 ---
HEIWA O NINAU SEINEN YO
TOMO NO TAMENI INORI KATARI
WAGA SEIMEI O MIGAKINUKE!
HITORI NO NINGEN KAKUMEI KARA
JIDAI NO HENKAKU WA HAJIMARU!
-- 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 YOMUNARI MAPPO NI SHITE NANMYOHORENGEKYO O OKOSU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 748)
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