A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
From the time we make the strong determination to achieve something,
the direction towards victory will open up.
Let's all take the initiative as SGI leaders!
With a fresh new spirit and way of thinking, as if we were reborn,
let's create a surge of joy around us!
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The greatest evil among evils produces consequences that not only affect the
perpetrators personally but extend to their sons, their grandsons, and so on down to the seventh generation. And the same is true of the greatest good among good."
(On Offerings for Deceased Ancestors - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 820)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 9th, 2011
Sunday, July 10th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what the times or circumstances, the practice of chanting daimoku is our foundation. Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo' (WND-1, 681). He urges us to chant daimoku in times of 'both suffering and joy.' To keep chanting through all--times of happiness, sadness, or suffering--is the sure path to attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the means by which we can tap our inner Buddhahood, vanquish devilish functions, overcome our karmic suffering, and transform our state of life. It is an unparalleled practice that enables us to savour the 'boundless joy of the Law' (WND-1, 681). Chanting daimoku makes it possible for us to forge a state of absolute happiness in which being alive is itself a joy. If we always keep chanting no matter what happens, we will come to savour complete peace of mind. We will be able to bring forth the vast and boundless life-state of Buddhahood within us."
SGI Newsletter No. 8272, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE
TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [28] 'How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain
Buddhahood Through the Lotus Sutra', Chanting Vibrant Daimoku Is the Driving Force for Limitless Progress--Everything Starts with Our Own Inner Transformation, translated July 6th, 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 ---
KETSUI SHITA SHUNKAN KARA
SHORI NO MICHI WA HIRAKERU.
"Leader" GA SENKU O!
UMARE KAWATTA INOCHI DE
KANKI NO HADO O OKOSE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"AKU NO NAKA NO DAIAKU WA WAGAMI NI SONO KU O UKURU NOMI NARAZU KO TO MAGO TO SUE NANADAI MADEMO KAKARI SOROKERUNARI ZEN NO NAKA NO DAIZEN MO MATAMATA KAKU NO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1430)
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