Saturday, May 21st, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's always start everything off with daimoku!
When times are difficult it's important that we chant first.
When times are good it's important that we chant first.
It is faith like running water that ensures us of absolute victory.*
*"Today there are people who have faith in the Lotus Sutra. The belief of some is like fire while that of others is like water. When the former listen to the teachings, their passion flares up like fire, but as time goes on, they tend to discard their faith. To have faith like water means to believe continuously without ever regressing." - "The Two Kinds of Faith", WND-I, page 899
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all. From the time you read this letter on, strive to accumulate the treasures of the heart!"
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 851)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, May 21st, 2011
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Life is an arduous struggle to win over the onslaughts of karma. Do we allow ourselves to be swept away by the winds of fate, or do we courageously stand firm and come through victorious? Faith in the Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the essence of the Lotus Sutra, enables us to triumph over all obstacles."
SGI Newsletter No. 8238, "Strengthen Your Faith Day by Day and Month after Month," from the June 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated May 20th, 2011
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's NEW web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ISSAI WA INORI KARA!
KURUSHII TOKI MO DAIMOKU.
TANOSHII TOKI MO DAIMOKU.
MIZU NO GOTOKI SHINJIN KOSO
SHORI ENO GENSEN!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MI NO TAKARA SUGURETARI MI NO TAKARA YORI KOKORO NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI KONO ONFUMI O GORAN ARAN YORI WA KOKORO NO TAKARA O TSUMASE TAMAU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)
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