Friday, November 5th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Step by step, let's progress.
Each and every day,
let's make an effort to be victorious.
Looking towards the future,
let's continue to advance.
The purpose of our faith and practice
is so that we be successful and win in life!
Friday, November 5th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 788, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 212)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, November 5th, 2010
Saturday, November 6th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Abe: Dr. B. N. Pande (1906-98), a renowned disciple of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1945), once stated with a wish to change the history of human conflict: 'Above all, we need to unite in order to bring harmony to humanity. I believe the Soka Gakkai plays an important role to this end.' Why does the kind of unity in diversity we find in the Soka Gakkai have the power to foster human harmony?
President Ikeda: First, because our members have a profound philosophy. Second, because they take consistent action. Third, because they possess unwavering courage. Unity in diversity--or 'many in body, one in mind'--is founded upon the philosophy of the Lotus Sutra which teaches the equality of all human beings and the sanctity of life.
In the Daishonin's Buddhism, there is no discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, class, gender, or any other differences. The Daishonin declares: 'A single individual has been used as an example, but the same thing applies equally to all living beings' (WND-2, 844). And he states: 'There should be no discrimination between men and women' (cf. WND-1, 385).
We are able to have unity of purpose, because we unfailingly believe in the potential of all people to attain Buddhahood. Supreme harmony is created when everyone is able to shine to their fullest through the power of the Mystic Law.
SGI Newsletter No. 8097, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Advancing with the Spirit of 'Many in Body, One in Mind'--Part 2 [of 2], from the June 19th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 28th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
IPPO IPPO ZENSHIN!
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI SHORI!
MIRAI O MITSUMETE SUSUME.
WARERA NO SHINJIN WA KATSU TAMENI ARU.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 788)
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