A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The daimoku that we chant in dedicating our lives to
achieving kosen-rufu is the very best memorial service we can offer for our deceased relatives and for all those who passed away.*
Together with our eternal comrades and friends through the three existences of past, present and future,
let's continue to advance along this greatest path of good fortune and benefit calmly and confidently.
*"Now when Nichiren and his followers perform ceremonies for the deceased, reciting the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood then and there. This is the origin of the prayers for transference of merit for the deceased." - "Ongi kuden", Gosho Zenshu, page 712, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 17
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 909) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 14th, 2010
Sunday, August 15th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Earnest daimoku, excellent planning, and dynamic action are the keys to certain victory. It is faith in the Mystic Law that enables us to effectively harmonize these three aspects."
SGI Newsletter No. 8043: SGI President Ikeda's Essay, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, "Our Districts Are Warm, Hope-filled Citadels of Kosen-rufu"—Part 1 [of 2]. Translated from the June 6, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun
* 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 ---
KOFU NI IKINUKU
WARERA NO DAIMOKU KOSO
SAIKO NO TSUIZEN EKO.
SANZE NO DOSHI TO TOMONI
FUKUTOKU NO DAIDO O YUYUTO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O TAKUWAI NUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)
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