A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
November 14th-20th, 2011
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Together let us proudly celebrate our glorious Soka Founding Day
with all our fellow members around the world.
The spirit of the shared commitment of
mentor and disciple is indeed invincible.
Let's carefully look after and protect the great solidarity of the SGI
by forever being victorious and successful.
Monday, November 14th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"My praise of your mother counts for little, but the sutra says that she 'wins the admiration of the Buddhas.' Thinking, 'How encouraging, how encouraging!' you should apply yourself earnestly to faith."
(The Origin of the Service for Deceased Ancestors - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 191) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, November 13th, 2011
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"To read the Lotus Sutra with our life means to actualise the Buddha's intent; it means to fulfill our vow for kosen-rufu—that is, to carry out the noble mission of leading all people to enlightenment in the evil age after the Buddha's passing. When we read the Lotus Sutra with our life, we can open the way for kosen-rufu into the eternal future. When we dedicate our life to the great vow of the Buddha for the happiness of all people, we can attain a state of being brimming with the 'boundless joy of the Law,'[1] a state of unsurpassed happiness."
SGI Newsletter No. 8373, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [32] "The Four Debts of Gratitude"[1], Gratitude Is the Driving Force for Unlimited Development, from the Sep. 2011 issue of the Daibyaku Renge, translated Nov. 11th, 2011
[1] Boundless joy of the Law: The supreme and ultimate happiness of the Buddha, the benefit of the Mystic Law. In "Happiness in This World," the Daishonin writes: "There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The [Lotus] sutra reads, ' . . . where living beings enjoy themselves at ease' [LSOC16, 272 (LS16, 230)]. How could this passage mean anything but the boundless joy of the Law?" (WND-1, 681).
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--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
HOMARE NO "SORITSU NO HI" O
ZENSEKAI NO TOMO TO SHUKUGA!
SHITEI NO TAMASHII WA MUTEKI NARI.
SOKA NO DAIJO O
EIEN NI KACHI MAMORE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN SANTAN SHI TATEMATSURU KOTO WA MONO NO KAZU NARAZU SHOBUTSU SHOTAN TO MIETARI ARA TANOMOSHIYA ARA TANOMOSHIYA TO SHINJIN O FUKAKU TORI TAMAU BESHI SHINJIN O FUKAKU TORI TAMAU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1112)
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