Friday, December 3rd, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is us, the common people,
that play the key roles in creating a new history.
"Yes! I'll do it! I'm the one who's going to take action!"
With such enthusiasm, today again,
let's take another step forwards!
Together, let's brim with joy and courage.
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain -- as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 851)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 3rd, 2010
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It's a struggle that requires great perseverance. Yet, these efforts surely but steadily help people transform their lives. This is the power of dialogue in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism of sowing.
"The Daishonin writes: 'Because I have persevered without fear, there are now people who think my teachings may be true' (WND-1, 489)
"...Everyone has the potential for positive change. We mustn't decide that it's useless to talk to someone. If we judge someone's potential like that, it would prove our lack of compassion. To refrain from doing so is the spirit of Bodhisattva Never Disparaging.
"Mr. Toda said: 'Dialogue based on sincere prayer is infused with the tremendous power of the Buddha,' and 'If we share the Daishonin's Buddhism, we can create trust.' He also said to the youth: 'The powerful life-force of one individual can influence and change the lives of others for the better. The surest way of strengthening this inner working of life is the Mystic Law.'
"Your courageous voices will spread ripples of fresh energy and earn the trust of others."
SGI Newsletter No. 8111, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, The People Are the Foundation, from the June 30th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Nov. 26th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
WARERA MINSHU KOSO
REKISHI O TSUKURU SHUJINKO.
"YOSHI, YARUZO!" TO
KYO MO IPPO MAE E!
TOMODOMONI YOROKOBI ISANDE.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHIGATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU HYAKUNIJU MADE TAMOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)
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