Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's go all out to courageously share this hope-filled philosophy
with as many people as we possibly can.
The Gosho says that if one lights a fire for others,
one will brighten one's own way*
Let us each shine like a radiant lighthouse,
shining a guiding light out on our respective communities.
* Gosho, "On the Three Virtues of Food", WND-2, page 1060.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Carry through with your faith in the Lotus Sutra. You cannot strike fire from flint if you stop halfway."
(Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 319)
Selection source: Study for beginners, Seikyo Shimbun, October 19th, 2010
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'When the pine flourishes, the cypress is overjoyed, when grasses whither, orchids weep. Even insentient plants and trees share as one a friend's joys and sorrows' (WND-2, 964).
"To rejoice in our friends' happiness, to sincerely applaud their achievements, to be by their sides and encourage them when they are struggling, and to share both the good times and hard times and weather life's difficulties together with them--true unity is born from such warm-hearted and humanistic ties.
"Mr. Toda once explained unity very simply: 'To say to another member, 'Are you also facing difficulties? Are you struggling to make ends meet, too? Are you also suffering? Then together let's strengthen our faith!' This is what it means to be united in purpose.'
"The Daishonin taught the young Nanjo Tokimitsu this passage from the Lotus Sutra:
'We and other living beings all together [will] attain the Buddha way [cf. LSOC7, 168]' (cf. WND-1, 1003). We attain Buddhahood 'all together.' When we make the vow to practice the Daishonin's Buddhism with others and to grow and achieve victory together, we naturally come to be solidly united in purpose."
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 ---
KIBO NO TETSUGAKU O
YUKI RINRIN TO KATARO!
HITO MO MAE O TOMOSEBA
WAGA MAE MO AKARUKU NARU.
CHIKI NO TODAI TO HIKARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO NO SHINJIN O TOSHITAMAE HI O KIRUNI YASUMINUREBA HI O EZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1117)
------------------------------------
If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
from there on it is all automatic!
ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following address and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
To unsubscribe from this group, but PLEASE let us know if there is anything we can do to improve, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com
To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-digest@yahoogroups.co.uk
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.co.uk
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.html
No comments:
Post a Comment