Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
* We have a press holiday in Japan tomorrow so we'll hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap. Hope that is OK with one and all and that you have a great week!...
Monday, October 10th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's look after each of our fellow members with the utmost of care.
Let's reach out to every area of our district (leaving no person uncared for)
and inspire each member with warm caring encouragement.
By having this kind of enthusiasm and earnestness as a leader,
all of our fellow members will quite naturally awaken
to their very unique and important roles in life!
Monday, October 10th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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 - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 899)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 10th, 2011
Tuesday, October 11th, 2012
----DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, often used to say: 'Approach life with confidence and courage!'
"When someone was ill, he would repeatedly encourage them with warm care and concern. Sometimes his guidance could be strict and emphatic, because remaining steadfast in faith as a practitioner of the Daishonin's Buddhism is so vital when waging a life-and-death struggle against illness. He would say: 'Don't let anything shake you. Just chant with your whole life. Never lose heart! Activate the positive forces of the universe!'"
SGI Newsletter No. 8347, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [31] 'The Good Medicine for All Ills.' Turning All Adversity into an Impetus for Unceasing Progress, from the August 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Oct. 5th, 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 ---
HITORI O TAISETSU NI!
WAGA CHIKU NO SUMIZUMI MADE
GEKIREI NO TE O UTE!
"Leader" NO DAIJONETSU NI
DOSHI WA FURUITATSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
SOMOSOMO IMA NO TOKI HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO ARI ARUIWA HI NO GOTOKU SHINZURU HITO MO ARI ARUIWA MIZU NO GOTOKU SHINZURU HITO MO ARI CHOMON SURU TOKI WA MOETATSU BAKARI OMOEDOMO TOZAKARINUREBA SUTSURU KOKORO ARI MIZU NO GOTOKU TO MOSUWA ITSUMO TAISEZU SHINZURU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1544)
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