A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The writings of Nichiren Daishonin reminds us that
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys"*
As if shaking up the universe with our voices,
let us chant confident and resonant daimoku.
The time has come now to advance resolutely ahead!
* "This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understand for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho zenshu, page 788, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 211)
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you want to understand the causes that existed in the past, look at the results as they are manifested in the present. And if you want to understand what results will be manifested in the future, look at the causes that exist in the present."
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 279)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 25th, 2010
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"...in a Chinese work from which the Daishonin cites, we find the following passage: "There is no rule of thumb for seizing opportunities, hitting off the right moment, or adapting oneself to circumstances; it is all a matter of native wit". We must use our wits, our intelligence. We must win using the wisdom of the truth that functions in accordance with changing circumstances."
No. 8054, SGI President Ikeda's Message, EXECUTIVE LEADERS GONGYO MEETING, PART 1, Securing an Indestructible Foundation for the Future, Translated August 12, 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 ---
[NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO WA
KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI]
RORO TARU DAIONJO O
DAI UCHU NI HIBIKASETE
SA IKIOI YOKU ZENSHIN!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
KAKO NO IN O SHIRAN TO HOSSEBA SONO GENZAI NO KA O MIYO MIRAI NO KA O SHIRAN TO HOSSEBA SONO GENZAI NO IN O MIYO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 231)
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