Saturday, September 18th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Myo means to revive."*
Buddhism teaches that there is absolutely no such thing as deadlock!.
By chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo
with the strong conviction that we will definitely win,
no matter how difficult the challenge,
let's show actual proof that we definitely can change
poison into medicine through our practice.**
*"The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 149
** Changing Poison into Medicine -
http://www.sgi.org/buddhism/buddhist-concepts/changing-poison-into-medicine.html
Saturday, September 18th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I have believed it is most important to understand one's obligations to others, and made it my first duty to repay such debts of kindness."
(Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 122)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, September 18th, 2010
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The antiwar activist Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) was also imprisoned for her ideals. She wrote: 'I haven't been soft up to now, but now I am as hard as tempered steel.' While in prison, she wrote in encouragement to a friend: 'You shall not become discouraged!' and 'Take courage, we shall continue to meet whatever life has in store for us, come what may.' To have courage is to remain positive in all situations. It is to be invincible and free. On the other hand, to be overcome by cowardice is to be trapped and miserable.
"'If those in power wish to test me, let them! As a champion of Soka, I will not be defeated!'--this is my spirit. July 3 is my eternal prime point. It is the day I firmly pledged in my heart to dedicate my life to protecting my mentor, the Soka Gakkai, and our members.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs' (WND-1, 997); and 'My wish is that my disciples will be cubs of the lion king, never to be laughed at by the pack of foxes' (WND-2, 1062). The mentors and disciples of Soka are all, without exception, courageous lions.
"Lions are not fearful! Lions are not defeated! Lions are always alert! Lions attack every challenge head-on! Lions win!"
SGI Newsletter No. 8083, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, July 3rd and the Spirit of Mentor and Disciple--Part 1 [of 2], from the July 1st, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Sep. 15th, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho 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 ---
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI"
BUPPO NIWA ZETTAINI
YUKIZUMARI WA NAI!
DAIKAKUSHIN NO INORI DE
HENDOKU IYAKU NO GEKI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"CHION O MOTE SAI TOSHI HOON O MOTE SAKI TO SU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 491)
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