A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Talented and able people certainly do abound.
What is important though if for us to discover,
encourage and nurture them.
Let us make every effort to take the lead
in encouraging each person to reveal their hidden and full potential
and truly bloom!
Thursday, December 16th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"What can we say, then, of persons who are devoting themselves to Buddhism? Surely they should not forget the debts of gratitude they owe to their parents, their teachers, and their country."
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 690)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 16th, 2010
Friday, December 17th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Let's bring forth many capable Bodhisattvas of the Earth from our districts.
"When second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda vowed at his inauguration six decades ago (in May 1951) to achieve a membership of 750,000 households during his lifetime, most of our members took his words as an impossible dream. But I, 23 years old at the time, set about launching a powerful groundswell of propagation from my local district in order to make the vow of my mentor a reality.
"All of the members in our districts are Bodhisattvas of the Earth who have a profound mission. Our districts are infinitely noble assemblies that are actually calling forth Bodhisattvas of the Earth, one after another.
"All over our planet, we will see more and more Bodhisattvas of the Earth emerging in steady succession--'first one, then two, three, and a hundred will follow, chanting and teaching others' (cf. WND-1, 385). The Daishonin firmly assures us of this."
SGI Newsletter No. 8123,.SGI President Ikeda's Message, 45TH SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING, Our Districts: Wellsprings of Joyous Daimoku, Capable People, and Victory, from the Dec. 3rd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated Dec. 13th, 2010
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho 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 ---
JINZAI WA KANARAZU IRU!
MITSUKEDASU NO DA.
HAGEMASHI SODATERU NO DA.
HITORI HITORI NO SAINO O
KAIKA SASERU MESHIKI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BUKKYO O NARAWAN MONO FUBO SHISHO KOKUON O WASURUBESHIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 293)
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