Sunday, November 28th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
You are a professor of hope.
I am a champion of happiness.
If we live out our lives by learning from one another in such a way,
we will never reach an impasse.
Let us all, together,
advance along the great road to victory and success.
Sunday, November 28th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring."
(Winter Always Turns to Spring - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 536)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, November 28th, 2010
Monday, November 29th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Let us forge ahead with a firm resolve to turn even negative functions into positive influences that will support and assist us in our lives of great mission.
"It is therefore important to chant daimoku, which is like the roar of a lion. The Daishonin writes:
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle? It is written that those who embrace the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra will be protected by the Mother of Demon Children and by the ten demon daughters. (WND-1, 412)
"When faced with sickness, we need to summon the heart of a lion king from within us and fearlessly take on the devil of illness. This kind of courageous faith is vital.
"The Daishonin also challenged his own illness with the heart of a lion king. At the time of writing 'The Proof of the Lotus Sutra,' he was suffering from prolonged ill health. In another letter written the previous year (1281), he says: 'My body is worn out and my spirit suffers from the daily debates, monthly persecutions, and two exiles. That is why for the last seven or eight years illnesses of aging have assailed me yearly, though none has led to a crisis' (WND-2, 949)."
SGI Newsletter No. 8098, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [20] 'The Proof of the Lotus Sutra', A Towering State of Absolute Confidence, from the September 2010 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Nov. 5th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KIMI WA KIBO HAKASE!
WATASHI WA KOFUKU OJA!
MANABIAU JINSEI NI
IKIZUMARI WA NAI.
TOMONI SHORI NO DAIDO O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO NARU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1253)
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