Tuesday, September 28th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Rest assured, all the "treasures of the heart"
that we accumulate through all of our SGI activities
will become our most priceless treasures!
We, the members of the SGI,
are individuals of great and unsurpassed faith!
Tuesday, September 28th, 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: "Towards the Soka Gakkai's 100th Anniversary" - Discussion, September 28th, 2010
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"You don't have to put so much pressure on yourself or think that you need to be a certain way. In Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, attaining Buddhahood doesn't mean that we become something special or extraordinary. In fact, the life-state of Buddhahood could simply be described as having a character that overflows with the warmest humanity.
"The Lotus Sutra expounds that the nine worlds possess the potential for Buddhahood, while Buddhahood also retains the nine worlds. In other words, practising this Buddhism doesn't mean we'll no longer experience problems or obstacles. But by earnestly chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and exerting ourselves for the sake of the Law, for others, and for society, we can manifest the noble life-state of Buddhahood, just as we are in our unadorned, ordinary selves. We can make the inherent nature of our lives from time without beginning shine as brilliantly as the morning sun. In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren Daishonin states: 'Kuon [or time without beginning] means something that was not worked for, that was not improved upon, but that exists just as it always has' (OTT, 141).
"There's no need for pretension or conceit. We shouldn't compare ourselves with others and put ourselves down. The correct practice for self-actualisation in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is to contribute to society by joyfully and freely revealing our true self."
SGI Newsletter No. 8086, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Everlasting Victory Based on the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin--Part 2 [of 2], from the May 27th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Sep. 24th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
GAKKAI KATSUDO DE KIZUITA
[KOKORO NO TAKARA] KOSO
DAI ICHI NO TAKARA NARI!
WARERA SOKA NO DOSHI WA
SHINJIN NO DAICHOJA DA!
-- 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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