Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A life dedicated wholeheartedly
to the realisation of a pledge is indeed a beautiful one!
Truly victorious heroes are those
who uncompromisingly stick to their youthful beliefs and ideals
and see the pledges they made during their youth,
all the way through to fruition!
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Rather than offering up ten thousand prayers for remedy, it would be better simply to outlaw this one evil."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 15)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Feb. 22nd, 2011
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Each and every aspect
of your Buddhist practice
is a cause
for your accumulation
of great benefit.
"'He who steps on his misery stands higher' -- I engraved these famous words of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) in my heart in my youth.
"The times in which we live are growing ever more troubled and confused. Many people are struggling with work, family finances, and complex human relations. None of us can avoid the fundamental sufferings of the human condition, including sickness, aging, and death. People who have a great mission and responsibility are bound to encounter great challenges and difficulties.
"In a letter to the Ikegami brothers who were facing daunting obstacles, Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Put into flames, a rock simply turns to ashes, but gold becomes pure gold. This trial [confronting you], more than anything else, will prove your faith genuine, and the ten demon daughters of the Lotus Sutra will surely protect you' (WND-1, 497). Times of difficulty test our faith. Genuine faith in the Daishonin's Buddhism means remaining steadfast and unfaltering, no matter what happens."
SGI Newsletter No. 8165, Creating an Enduring Story of Victory, from the March 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Feb. 18th, 2011
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
[CHIKAI] NI IKINUKU
JINSEI WA UTSUKUSHI!
SEISHUN NO SHINNEN O
TSURANUKI TOSU HITO KOSO
SHINJITSU NO SHOROSHA DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHIKAZU KA NO BANKI O SHUSEN YORIWA KONO IKKYO O KINZEN NIWA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 24)
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