Thursday, February 10th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Both in the home and in the workplace,
the passion and enthusiasm of the men's division
is the driving force for progress and success!
Now is the time to bring forth your very best
and go all out in taking action with the bearing of a king*!
(* Reference source: Poem - The Waterfall by Daisaku Ikeda.
http://www.sgi-usa.org/memberresources/mensdivision/waterfall/docs/Song%20of%20Waterfall.pdf)
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
--- 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, February 10th, 2011
Friday, February 11th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren Daishonin states: 'Forbearance is the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. This mind of forbearance is called Shakyamuni Buddha' (OTT, 169). Life is full of challenges. No matter what difficulties we face, however, it is important that we chant daimoku, recalling the Daishonin's words: 'Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life' (WND-1, 681). It is by chanting daimoku and moving forwards tenaciously and persistently, one step at a time, that the power and wisdom of the Buddha come to shine brilliantly in our lives."
SGI Newsletter No. 8157, Harmonious Unity Is the Path for Development. (SGI President Ikeda sent the following message to a general meeting celebrating the 50th anniversary of the kosen-rufu movement in India, held at the Soka Bodhi Tree Garden in Gurgaon, India, on Jan. 16th, 2011. From the January 22, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Feb. 8th, 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 ---
IKKA MO SHOKUBA MO
[SONEN ] NO HAKI GA
HATTEN TO SHORI NO CHIKARA DA!
OJA NO FUKAKU DE
IMA KOSO UTTE DEYO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BUKKYO O NARAWAN MONO FUBO SHISHO KOKUON O WASURUBESHIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 293)
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