Friday, April 15th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make our district a perfect gathering of people
striving for kosen-rufu.
All of us are invaluable individuals
with very unique roles and missions to play.
Let's make every possible effort so that each and every one of us,
without exception,
can lead victorious lives by fulfilling our noble missions!
Friday, April 15th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In the end, no one can escape death. The sufferings at that time will be exactly like what we are experiencing now. Since death is the same in either case, you should be willing to offer your life for the Lotus Sutra."
(The Dragon Gate - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1003)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 15th, 2011
Saturday, April 16th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'At first one may seem to have faith in the Lotus Sutra, but it is hard to maintain that faith to the last. Water, for example, may be stirred by the wind, or blossoms may lose their hue with the fading of the morning dew. How, then, have you been able to persist in your faith up until today? It must be thanks entirely to the blessings you have acquired in previous existences, and to the care bestowed on you by Shakyamuni Buddha. How heartening is that thought, how heartening indeed!'
From 'The Buddha Resides in a Pure Heart' (WND-2, 885)
"As pioneer members who have striven wholeheartedly and made invaluable contributions to kosen-rufu, the wonderful benefits you have accumulated are undeniable and immeasurable. The Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions and three existences are surely praising and protecting you."
SGI Newsletter No. 8207, LIVING THE GOSHO: WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT FROM SGI PRESIDENT IKEDA, (12) In Praise of Our Pioneer Members, translated April 12th, 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 ---
WAGA CHIKU O
KOFU NO RISOKYO NI!
ZEN-IN GA TAKARA NO JINZAI DA.
HITORI MO MORENAKU
SHIMEI TO SHORI NO MICHI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TONIKAKUNI SHI WA ICHIJO NARI SONO TOKI NO NAGEKI WA TOJI NO GOTOSHI ONAJIKU WA KARINIMO HOKEKYO NO YUE NI INOCHI O SUTEYO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1561)
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