A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our Youth Division members,
make every effort to win in every challenge.
To our most admirable Women's Division members,
please shine as resplendently as you possibly can.
And to the most reliable pillars of the SGI,
our Men's Division members,
I really am depending on you!
Let's be united as courageous lion kings and advance together
to make the significant month of the Soka Gakkai's founding,
the most outstanding!
Sunday, October 17th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 790, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, October 17th, 2010
Monday, October 18th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"...our goal is unity in the spirit of 'many in body, one in mind,' not 'one in body, one in mind.' Everyone has their own precious individuality. We are all different in a myriad of ways--in our professions, age, gender, personality, and so forth.
"Gao Zhanxiang, chairman of the Chinese Culture Promotion Society (CCPS) in China, with whom I'm currently engaged in a dialogue, said to me that respecting each other's differences is the key to growth and progress. Indeed, it is because we are all different that we can learn from each other, allow each other's talents to shine, and reveal even greater potential than we could only by ourselves.
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states that the cherry, plum, peach, and damson each embody the ultimate truth just as they are, without undergoing any change (cf. OTT, 200). The Daishonin's Buddhism is a teaching that enables each person to fully exhibit their unique characteristics.
"Unity in diversity is born through each of us working together for the unsurpassed goal of kosen-rufu, while shining brightly in the respective place of our mission. It is not something that happens as a result of a directive. It's a self-motivated unity and an alliance of people all striving to reveal their true brilliant potential.
"What matters most of all is the happiness of each person and their victory in life. One person changing their karma, one person's growth as a human being, is the basis for everything."
SGI Newsletter No. 8091, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Advancing with the Spirit of 'Many in Body, One in Mind'--Part 1 [of 2], from the June 18th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 14th, 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 ---
DANJO SEINENBU YO KATE!
TOTOKI FUJINBU YO KAGAYAKE!
HASHIRA NO SONENBU YO TANOMU!
ZENIN GA SHISHI TO NATTE
SORITSU NO TSUKI E DAIKOSHIN O.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 790)
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