Saturday, January 8th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of those students who are taking school entrance exams
in the very near future,
never give up, never be defeated!
Spur yourself constantly to make just that "five-minutes-more" effort,
and break through whatever it is that is holding you back.
By achieving your very best record,
play out your unique drama of challenge without
leaving behind any kind of regrets!
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A person who upholds the Lotus Sutra, if a man, though he may be a mere country bumpkin, is superior to the great heavenly king Brahma, who is the lord of the threefold world, the god Shakra Devanam Indra, the four heavenly kings, the wheel-turning sage kings, and the rulers of the countries of China or Japan."
(The Span of One Kalpa - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 651)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 8th, 2011
Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Lotus Sutra describes the Bodhisattvas of the Earth emerging from the ground of 'all the billion lands of the saha world' (LSOC15, 252) in response to the call of their teacher, Shakyamuni. These bodhisattvas joyously appear in the place of their mission and carry out their struggle in the land to which they have a karmic connection.
"In exactly the same way, we of the SGI comprise a magnificent network of Bodhisattvas of the Earth that spans our blue planet and is dedicated to the promotion of peace, culture, and education. Each one of us voluntarily chose to be born in this troubled saha world and to enact a drama of human revolution. The script of each drama is different: some are about triumphing over illness, overcoming financial difficulty, or resolving interpersonal relationship problems. But all involve achieving victory through changing poison into medicine, thereby conveying the greatness of the Mystic Law to others, and giving them immeasurable courage and hope in the process.
"In praise of the Ikegami brothers who valiantly surmounted challenging obstacles, the Daishonin writes: 'Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own?' (WND-1, 499). There is no negative karma that cannot be transformed through the power of faith in the Mystic Law. I hope each of you will write your own triumphant story of human revolution that will continue to be told for endless generations to come."
SGI Newsletter No. 8138, New Year's Message for 2011, A Story of the Triumph of Human Revolution, A History of the Dynamic Development of Kosen-rufu, translated Jan. 4th, 2011
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
JUKENSEI MAKERUNA!
"MO GOFUN" NO DORYOKU DE
JISHIN NO KABE O TOPPA SEYO!
"Best" O TSUKUSHI
KUINAKI CHOSEN GEKI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO O TAMOTSU HITO WA OTOKO NARABA IKANARU DENPU NITEMO SORAE SANGAI NO ARUJI TARU DAIBON TENNO SHAKUDAI KAN-IN SHIDAI TENNO TENRIN JO-O NAISHI KANDO NIHON NO KOKUSHU RA NIMO SUGURETARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1378)
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