Thursday, May 5th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
You have a role, a purpose in life, which only you can fulfil!
Therefore don't allow yourself to get flustered or impatient,
never let yourself become disheartened,
and always try to immerse yourself in something
that helps you to achieve your aspirations and goals.
Shine in your own very special, very unique way!
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Hence the character myo means to open. If there is a storehouse full of treasures but no key, then it cannot be opened, and if it cannot be opened, then the treasures inside cannot be seen."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 145)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, May 5th
Friday, May 6th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Why do the Bodhisattvas of the Earth encounter great obstacles? From one perspective, it is so that they can demonstrate to all humanity now and in the future that human beings, and youth in particular, possess the power to positively transform and prevail over even the most daunting obstacles in accord with the Buddhist principle of 'changing poison into medicine.'
"At present, the youth division in Tohoku, uniting solidly with the men's and women's divisions, are exerting themselves all out, with lionhearted courage and energy, to deal with the many challenges that have arisen in the wake of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami that struck north-eastern Japan.
"I would like to present these words from the Japanese poet Bansui Doi (1871-1952), a native of Tohoku, to these valiant young Bodhisattvas of the Earth:
"After rain and storm,
comes sunshine;
we make our way
with unshaken hope;
overcoming adversity
is what makes a person great."
SGI Newsletter No. 8227, Message to the 48TH SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING, held in Kansai, The Vow of Mentor and Disciple Shines with Diamond-like Brilliance, from the April 29th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated May 2nd, 2011.
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
KIMI NI WA KIMI DAKE NO
SHIMEI GA ARU!
ASERAZU KUJIKEZU
NANI KA NI CHOSEN SEYO!
JIBUN RASHIKU HIKARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYO TO MOSU KOTOWA KAI TO IU KOTO NARI SEKEN NI TAKARA O TSUMERU KURA NI KAGI NAKEREBA HIRAKU KOTO KATASHI HIRAKAZAREBA KURA NO UCHI NO TAKARA O MIZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 943)
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