Sunday, February 27th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Today again, happily and cheerfully,
let's help as many people as we possibly can to connect with this Buddhism.
The Daishonin states,
"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province."*
Let's be determined to make the happiness of our local community
our responsibility!
*"The Properties of Rice" - WND-I, page 1117
Sunday, February 27th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even under such circumstances, as a woman you have inherited the life of the Lotus Sutra. In fact, you have inherited the life of the parents of Shakyamuni, Many Treasures, and the Buddhas of the ten directions. Is there anyone else in the entire land of Jambudvipa who possesses such good fortune?"
(An Outline of the "Entrustment" and Other Chapters - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 916) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message, Seikyo Shimbun, February 27th, 2011
Monday, February 28th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All it takes is just one person. If one person rises to action, everyone else will follow suit. Nichiren Daishonin offers this allegory: 'The situation is like the joints in a piece of bamboo: if one joint is ruptured, then all the joints will split' (WND-1, 512).
"It's not about comparing ourselves with others, but how we are challenging ourselves. We need to summon courage from within and break through our limitations. That's how the vast frontiers of kosen-rufu are opened."
SGI Newsletter No. 8166, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, The Honour of Making Unseen Efforts for Kosen-rufu--Part 2 [of 2], from the Dec. 29th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Feb. 21st, 2011.
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SA KYO MO HOGARAKA NI
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYO!
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO WA KIHEN NI
MAKASE TATEMATSURI SOROZO"
CHIIKI NO KOFUKU SEKININSHA TARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NYONIN NO ONMI TO SHITE HOKEKYO NO ON INOCHI O TSUGASE TAMAU WA SHAKA TAHO JUPPO NO SHOBUTSU NO ON FUBO NO ON INOCHI O TSUGASE TAMAU NARI KONO KUDOKU O MOTERU HITO ICHIENBUDAI NI ARU BESHIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1250)
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