Here in Tokyo...things are day by day looking better. The non-stop news programmes have stopped. Found a loaf of bread yesterday. The kerosene trucks were driving around although the petrol/gas stands were closed for the most part. Convenience stores' charity boxes are absolutely full to the brim with not coins but big denomination notes. Up north they have started to build long-term temporary housing and many people are being moved out to better accommodation. Sadly though the number of dead is increasing to a very big number and a similar number is still unaccounted for. BUT people are still being found alive!
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Mothers,
who light up their surroundings,
under any kind of circumstances,
you are our hope!
You are, without a doubt, our sunshine!
Everyone is so thankful for
and is so encouraged by your warm beautiful smile.
Saturday, March 19th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myo means to revive, that is, to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 149)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, March 19th, 2011
Sunday, March 20th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a letter to a female follower who had lost a beloved family member, Nichiren Daishonin writes, 'One who embraces the Lotus Sutra will realise that hell is itself the Land of Tranquil Light' (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, vol. 1, p. 456).
Those who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and live in accord with the Mystic Law can remain undefeated, even when faced with the most painful grief and sorrow, since they possess within them the indestructible life-state of Buddhahood."
- SGI President Ikeda's Message to the Members of Tohoku, March 18th, 2010
* 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 ---
DONNA TOKI MO
SHUI O AKARUKU TERASU
HAHA WA KIBO NO TAIYO!
TOTOI EGAO NO ANATA NI
MINA GA KOKORO KARA KANSHA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 947)
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