Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The dawn on a new age
will begin starting with the great islands of Okinawa.*
With voices ringing out loud for kosen-rufu,
may you dance and rejoice, and I will too!
By being absolutely sincere in all that we do,
let us advance victoriously.
* Okinawa is one of Japan's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long, which extends southwest from Kyushu (one of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan.
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world. Two thousand years of propagating Buddhism during the Former and Middle Days of the Law are inferior to an hour of propagation in the Latter Day of the Law. "
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 736)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, February 23rd, 2011
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we chant powerful daimoku, make a firm resolve in faith, and keep pressing forwards in the face of trying situations, the indestructible life-state of Buddhahood will pulse in our lives at each moment. It will rouse the protective forces of the universe, and enable us to transform even evil demons and their minions--the negative functions of life--into allies.
"The Ikegami brothers, along with their wives, united together solidly and strove in their Buddhist practice in exact accord with the solemn instruction of the Daishonin. Eventually, they were able to guide their father, who had been deceived by corrupt, self-serving priests, to the correct teaching. They demonstrated undeniable proof of victory by achieving a happy and harmonious family, and further by putting Buddhism into practice in their endeavours in society."
SGI Newsletter No. 8165, Creating an Enduring Story of Victory, from the March 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Feb. 18th, 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 ---
SHIN JIDAI NO YOAKE WA
IDAI NARU OKINAWA KARA!
KOSEN NO UTAGOE TAKARAKANI
KIMI YO MAE WARE MO MAU!
DAI SEIJITSU DE KACHISUSUME!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"GOKURAKU HYAKUNEN NO SHUGYO WA EDO NO ICHINICHI NO KUDOKU NI OYOBAZU. SHOZO NISEN-NEN NO GUTSU WA MAPPO NO ICHIJI NI OTORUKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 329)
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