Friday, April 29th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
One woman's wise, level-headed actions
can have an enormous effect on her surroundings.
Each and every one of us are professors of establishing happiness
and it is up to each one of us to open up and develop a great new era.
Friday, April 29th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 29th, 2011
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Tension, concentration, effort--such mental tautness is essential in developing the dynamic vision that enables us to reject rigid thinking and grasp the constantly changing conditions of the times. French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859-1941) defines this tautness as 'deep-rooted mental healthiness' expressed in 'a bent for action, the faculty of adapting and re-adapting oneself to circumstances, in firmness combined with suppleness, in the prophetic discernment of what is possible and what is not, in a spirit of simplicity which triumphs over complications.'
"These qualities deeply resonate with the spirit of striving to strengthen and brace oneself found in a person of courage.... People of courage with the spirit of ceaseless striving know no limits. The essence of Buddhist humanism lies in the insistence that human beings exercise their spiritual capacities to the limit, or more accurately, without limit, coupled with an unshakable belief in their ability to do this. In this way, faith in humanity is absolutely central to Buddhism.
"The knowledge that one is practising the fundamental Law that encompasses the universe is a source of enduring pride and self-confidence. As such, it should never be confused with the arrogance and unrestrained desire of modern man portrayed, for example, by Goethe's Faust.
"Such pride and self-confidence are tempered by a sense of responsibility and self-discipline, the determination to uphold the principle that religion--which is vital in the formation of human character--must always serve the needs of real people, never those of religious institutions. As Jules Michelet (1798-1874)maintained: 'Religion is comprised within the realm of spiritual activity; spiritual activity is not contained within religion.'
"This distinction--between religion that serves the needs of people and that which demands people serve its needs--is crucial. When this line is crossed, religion can descend into passive compliance, leaving us vulnerable to the impulses of human weakness, ugliness, stupidity and lethargy."
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 ---
HITORI NO JOSEI NO
SOMEINA FURUMAI DE
KANKYO WA OKIKU KAWARU!
MINA GA SHINJIDAI O HIRAKU
KOFUKU HAKASE NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHIYORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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