Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Thanks to our Youth Division working so hard on the forefront of our movement,
remarkable headway has been made in opening up the path of our activities.
Let's be sure to applaud their great passion and efforts.
The future of kosen rufu is entrusted to you, our dear youth!
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 27th, 2010
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In his well-rounded evaluation of information technology, the French scientist and essayist Albert Jacquard observes, 'Information science...supplies only communication canned or frozen. It is incapable of evoking the bursts of creativity that come naturally in the course of a dialogue comprising moments of silence as well as words.'
"It is true that the development of information technology presents opportunities for people to forge new connections. However, relations formed online will have no human face if they are limited to anonymous, depersonalised exchanges. Such interactions can only be inorganic and neutral, far removed from the refreshing wonder, tangible response and satisfaction that come from the effort to realise face-to-face, soul-to-soul communication.
"In contrast to these developments, I would like to note the significance to the human spirit of efforts to engage in dialogue made by Soka Gakkai International (SGI) members on a global scale, particularly through the local discussion meetings that have been at the heart of our activities since the organization's inception. These interactive exchanges, conducted in thousands of locations each day, precisely mirror Jacquard's concept of 'dialogue comprising moments of silence as well as words.' As participants, we experience a sense of joy and fulfilment when our words reach the heart of another, and feel confused and frustrated when they fail to do so. In silence, we patiently struggle in search of better words, and are rewarded with an even greater sense of contentment when they are finally heard and evoke a response.
"The multihued tapestry woven of such tireless striving for dialogue enables us to develop and enrich our minds and souls. It is a furnace tempering and training the inner life. It is the exact opposite of 'frozen communication.'
"It is only when immersed in words and dialogue that human beings can become truly human; one cannot mature into a complete and full-fledged human being without such experiences. It is for this reason that Socrates declared in his Phaedo that misology (hatred of language) and misanthropy (hatred of human beings) spring from the same source."
SGI Newsletter No. 8220, SGI President Ikeda's Peace proposal, Towards a World of Dignity for All: The Triumph of the Creative Life, Jan. 26th, 2011, translated April 25th, 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 ---
SENKU NO SEINENBU GA
OKIKU MICHI O HIRAITA.
WAKAKI NETSU TO CHIKARA NI KASSAI!
KOSEN RUFU NO MIRAI WA
KIMI TACHI NI TAKUSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)
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