Thursday, November 11th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our most heartfelt appreciation and gratitude goes out
to the countless noble people
- the great heroes and heroines of our movement -
who have devoted themselves entirely to kosen rufu!
It is only because of your struggles and selfless dedication,
that the castle of Soka now stands on a rock-solid foundation!
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way."
(On the Three Virtues of Food - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 1060)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 11th, 2010
Friday, November 12th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Founding Soka Gakkai president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi said:
"To live one's life based on the Mystic Law is to 'change poison into medicine.' As long as we live in human society, there will be times when we encounter accidents or natural disasters, or experience setbacks such as business failures. Such painful and unfortunate events could be described as 'poison' or 'karmic retribution.' No matter what situation we may face, however, if we base our lives on faith, on the Mystic Law, and exert ourselves in our Buddhist practice without doubting the power of the Gohonzon, we can definitely turn poison into medicine--transforming a negative situation into something positive.
"For example, if you fall ill and just spend your time worrying that your illness is karmic retribution, it won't solve anything. The important thing is to persevere in faith with the strong conviction and determination to positively transform your illness, changing poison into medicine, and achieve the great good fortune and benefit of regaining your health. When you do so, not only will you overcome your illness but, when you make a complete recovery, you will be even healthier than you were before. This is the power of the Mystic Law, which can change poison into medicine.
"Crucial is the absolute confidence that you can change poison into medicine, no matter what daunting obstacles you may face. This unshakable belief is the key to overcoming not only illness but all kinds of difficulties in life, and to opening wide the path to attaining Buddhahood without fail. In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin clarifies this, saying: 'The single word "belief" is the sharp sword with which one confronts and overcomes fundamental darkness or ignorance' (OTT, 119-20).
"In 'The Proof of the Lotus Sutra,' the Daishonin's stance on illness is very clear. He says: 'Life in this world is limited. Never be even the least bit afraid!' (WND-1, 1109)."
SGI Newsletter No. 8098, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [20] 'The Proof of the Lotus Sutra' The Prayers of a Votary of the Lotus Sutra to Overcome Illness, from the September 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Nov. 5th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KOSEN RUFU NI TSUKUSU
TOTOKI SHOMIN NO DAIEIYU NI
MAGOKORO NO KANSHA TO SHOSAN O!
MINASAMA NO ROKU ARITE
SOKO NO SHIRO WA BANJAKU NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITO NO TAMENI HI O TOMOSEBA WAGA MAE AKIRAKANARU GA GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1598)
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