Friday, August 5th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A life dedicated to repaying our debts of gratitude*
is indeed a bright and beautiful one!
I hope that we will become people who recognize and acknowledge the debt we owe our parents,
become the kind of children who take good care of them
and do all it take to act upon our resolve!
Gosho - On Repaying Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 690 - "What can we say, then, of persons who are devoting themselves to Buddhism? Surely they should not forget the debts of gratitude they owe to their parents, their teachers, and their country."
Friday, August 5th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Carry through with your faith in the Lotus Sutra. You cannot strike fire from flint if you stop halfway."
(Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 319)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 5th, 2010
Saturday, August 6th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Irrespective of the times, the way to transform the chaos and confusion of human society on a fundamental level lies in individuals cultivating their wisdom and strength so that they can create lives of happiness and victory for themselves. The spiritual revitalization of the people is the key to achieving this, and in the thought and life of Nichiren Daishonin, we find a hope-filled philosophy and path of action that make this possible."
SGI Newsletter No.8294, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teaching for Victory, translated August 3rd, 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 ---
HO ON NO JINSEI NO
NANTO HAREYAKA!
FUBO NO ON O SHIRI
CHIKAI NI IKINUKU
OYAKOKO NO HITO TARE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO NO SHINJIN O TOSHITAMAE HI O KIRUNI YASUMINUREBA HI O EZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1117)
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