A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Summer is the best opportunity to renew our old
friendships.
By meeting and engaging in dialogue with them,
we can make golden memories together.
Friendships are indeed priceless treasures in life.
Saturday, August 7th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, I say to you, my disciples, try practicing as the Lotus Sutra teaches, exerting yourselves without begrudging your lives! Test the truth of Buddhism now!"
(The Selection of the Time - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 583) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 7th, 2010
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Kosen-rufu is a momentous undertaking entrusted to us by the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law; it encompasses the entire world and extends into the eternal future. It is an undertaking of the highest good."
"'If Nichiren's compassion is truly great and encompassing, Nam-myoho-renge- kyo will spread for ten thousand years and more, for all eternity' (WND-1, 736), writes the Daishonin. We must ensure that the mighty river of kosen-rufu continues to flow ever more solidly and steadily for countless generations and millennia. We have entered the period to put the finishing touches on the foundations for our movement's ongoing future growth. The real work lies ahead."
"When we remain true to the path of mentor and disciple, we have absolutely nothing to fear. The wisdom and power of the Buddha, as vast as the universe, will well forth within us. I firmly believe that all SGI members who are striving to fulfill their vow as Bodhisattvas of the Earth, in the spirit of oneness of mentor and disciple, have already attained in the depths of their being the indestructible life-state of eternity, happiness, true self, and purity."
"The Soka Gakkai, a gathering of Bodhisattvas of the Earth committed to actualizing the Buddha's decree, will forever exist for the happiness of the people, for the sake of kosen-rufu. As long as it maintains this essential focus, the Soka Gakkai will continue to develop, no matter what obstacles and devilish functions may arise to assail it."
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
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http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
NATSU WA KYUKO WO ATATAMERU
ZEKKO NO "chance"!
ATTE KATAREBA
OGON NO OMOIDE NI!
YUJO KOSO TAKARA DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SAREBA WAGA DESHIRA KOKOROMINI HOKEKYO NO GOTOKU SHINMYO MO OSHIMAZU SHUGYO SHITE KONO TABI BUPPO O KOKOROMIYO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 291)
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