Sunday, March 6th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's keep making every effort to reach out and talk with others.
The one courageous step we take today,
will open up the future towards kosen-rufu.
Following in the courageous steps we do take,
the flowers of friendship will certainly bloom in all their beauty.
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is the heart that is important."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1000)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's poem, Seikyo Shimbun, March 6th, 2011
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The daimoku of the Lotus Sutra represents the soul of all the sutras; it represents the eye of all the sutras' (WND-1, 984), declares Nichiren Daishonin. The daimoku of the Lotus Sutra--Nam-myoho-renge-kyo--is the heart of the entire body of the Buddha's teachings. It is the 'essential Law' of the humanistic Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin, which has the power to liberate all people from suffering on the most profound level.
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the ultimate Law of the universe, the fundamental rhythm of life itself. Through the practice of chanting daimoku, we can bring forth our inner Buddhahood and increase the splendour and power of our lives.
"Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep faith, even if just a single recitation, has infinitely vast and immeasurable power to revitalise our lives. What amazing benefit, then, is bound to manifest itself in our lives when we continue chanting day after day, assiduously summoning forth the power of faith and the power of practice. In the light of the Daishonin's teachings, there is no doubt that our lives will be filled with limitless and inexhaustible good fortune and blessings.
SGI Newsletter No. 8177, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY [24] 'King Rinda.' Opening the Great Path to Absolute Victory through Chanting Vibrant Daimoku, from the Jan. 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated March 3rd, 2011
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
TAIWA NO MICHI O SUSUMO!
KYO NO YUKI NO IPPO GA
KOFU NO MIRAI O HIRAKU!
WARERA NO AYUNDA ASHIATO NI
YUJO NO HANA WA RANMAN TO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KOKORO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1192)
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