A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our deepest appreciation to our friends
who are leading the efforts in communities and apartment complexes
to construct close knit citadels of harmonious relations between human beings!
Let us take full responsibility to
completely carry out our unique missions
to spread happiness in the communities and lands we are in!
Thursday, July 28th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 909)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 28th, 2011
Friday, July 29th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Soka Gakkai is an organization that unceasingly fosters capable people. The sincere and tireless efforts that all of you are making in the forefront of this endeavor—especially today, in a society where the birthrate is declining and the population is graying rapidly—are truly to be commended. . . . I thank you from the bottom of my heart. . . .
Nichiren Daishonin cites the proverb: "One is the mother of ten thousand" (WND-1, 131). No matter how challenging the situation in society may be, your work as those responsible for raising the future division starts with encouraging each young person in front of you. If you encourage just one person a day, in 30 years from now you will have encouraged 10,000 people. With this spirit and resolve, I have striven to personally foster and raise one person after another, while struggling with an endless succession of obstacles on the road to kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 8287, Messages of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda <New Series>, Translated on July 25, 2011
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
NINGEN KYOWA NO MIYAKO O KIZUKU
DANCHIBU, CHIIKI BU NO TOMO NI
KOKORO KARA KANSHA!
TOTOKI SHIMEI NO TENCHI DE
KOFUKU SEKININSHA TARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O TAKUWAI NUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)
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