Saturday, December 25th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's listen, sincerely and patiently,
to what our children have to say
and spend a heart-warming winter(summer)* break together with them.
Let's give the gifts of golden memories
to these precious boys and girls
who will play leading roles when the Soka Gakkai's Centennial comes.
* For our readers in the southern hemisphere!
Saturday, December 25th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality.'"
(Reply to a Believer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 905)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 25th, 2010
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin states: 'The Buddha is also called [One Who Can Endure]' (WND-1, 41), and 'This mind of forbearance is called Shakyamuni Buddha' (OTT, 169). Soka Gakkai members have embodied these golden words in this age that is described in the sutras as the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law.
"We continue to share the Daishonin's Buddhism with others, even if at first they may react negatively, because we believe in their inherent Buddha nature. Fundamentally, by doing so, we are expressing our deep respect for them. Sharing the Daishonin's Buddhism with others is a way to expand both our own life and that of others. The more efforts we make towards this end, the more we awaken and activate other people's Buddha nature, while simultaneously strengthening our own Buddha nature.
"The Daishonin writes: 'Because one has heard the Lotus Sutra, which leads to Buddhahood, with this as the seed, one will invariably become a Buddha' (WND-1, 882). By introducing others to the Daishonin's Buddhism, we plant the seeds of Buddhahood in their lives--seeds that will definitely come to bloom in the future.
SGI Newsletter No. 8134, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, The Soka Network: An Alliance of People Dedicated to Good--Part 1 [of 2], from the Oct. 24th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 21st, 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 ---
KODOMO TACHI NO HANASHI NI
JIKKURI TO MIMI O KATAMUKE
KOKORO ATATAMARU FUYUYASUMI O!
SORITSU 100 SHUNEN NO SHUYAKU TACHI NI
TAKARA NO OMOIDE O OKURO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ON MIYAZUKAI O HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE 'ISSAI SEKEN NO CHISEI SANGYO WA MINA JISSO TO AI IHAI SEZU' TOWA KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1092)
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