A VERY Happy New Year to all our subscribers! We hope you enjoyed the service this last year and that you will continue to read on! And tell others in 2013 about the service! The more people we can connect to Sensei on a day to day basis the more our movement will certainly advance this year! Here then is to a great year. With VERY BEST WISHES from All of the TMF Team - Mitsuko, Jim, Ritu and Scobie-john
Seikyo Shimbun was on holiday on the 31st so there is no "To My Friends" ...
Monday, December 31st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 788, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 212) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Kosen-rufu is the effort to share the Mystic Law with one person after another and increase the number of people who practise the Daishonin's Buddhism to realise their fullest inner potential. The Gohonzon exists to make this possible. Indeed, the Gohonzon exists for the happiness of humanity and the realisation of kosen-rufu.
"Therefore, when we embrace faith in the Gohonzon, it is important that we firmly believe in the justice of the Daishonin's struggle. Unless we have the resolve to share in this struggle and participate in widely propagating the Mystic Law, then the supremely noble life-state of Buddhahood will not manifest powerfully within us. The essence of faith in Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is for disciples to strive for kosen-rufu with the same spirit as their mentor."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 2012
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 788)
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 30th Dec. 2012 Daily Gosho + 31st Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
Seikyo Shimbun will not be publishing on Dec. 30th and 31st, 2012 and Jan. 2nd and 3rd, 2013. BUT we will endeavour to carry on with Daily Gosho and Daily Encouragement in the interim! Hope you have a GREAT holiday season!...
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Sunday, December 30th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The true path lies in the affairs of this world."
(The Gift of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1126)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012
Monday, December 31st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'It is the heart that is important' (WND-1, 1000), the Daishonin says. Our attitudes and mental states are indeed subtle, and sometimes the smallest difference can lead to a huge divergence in the directions our lives take.
"Even when addressing members of the same family, the Daishonin always tailored his advice to fit the unique circumstances and emotional state of each individual.
"Always being mindful of how we can help each person establish strong faith in the Gohonzon is the essence of the humanistic teaching of Nichiren Daishonin."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 2012
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MAKOTO NO MICHI WA SEKEN NO JIHO NITE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1597)
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Sunday, December 30th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The true path lies in the affairs of this world."
(The Gift of Rice - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1126)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012
Monday, December 31st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'It is the heart that is important' (WND-1, 1000), the Daishonin says. Our attitudes and mental states are indeed subtle, and sometimes the smallest difference can lead to a huge divergence in the directions our lives take.
"Even when addressing members of the same family, the Daishonin always tailored his advice to fit the unique circumstances and emotional state of each individual.
"Always being mindful of how we can help each person establish strong faith in the Gohonzon is the essence of the humanistic teaching of Nichiren Daishonin."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 2012
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MAKOTO NO MICHI WA SEKEN NO JIHO NITE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1597)
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 30th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's forever advance, no matter what,
with an ever-youthful spirit!
That is the very spirit of the SGI.
Together with our wonderful fellow members,
let's set a fresh new pace to the next year
and open up new paths to our advancement.
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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. no matter what happens."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"From the viewpoint of the correct teaching of Buddhism, what is the best way to help guide to enlightenment people living in an age of conflict that seems filled with inescapable suffering; what is the best way to eliminate misery and misfortune from the world? The only solution is to help those living in such an age become strong and wise, and to awaken them to the powerful life force of Buddhahood that resides within them and can provide them with the strength to bounce back from every form of hardship and adversity."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
WARERA WA TSUNENI MAE E!
EIEN NI SEINEN NO KOKORO DE!
SORE GA SOKA NO TAMASHII DA.
IDAINA DOSHI TO TOMONI
MYONEN MO ARATANA KAIKAKU O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's forever advance, no matter what,
with an ever-youthful spirit!
That is the very spirit of the SGI.
Together with our wonderful fellow members,
let's set a fresh new pace to the next year
and open up new paths to our advancement.
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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. no matter what happens."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 29th, 2012
Sunday, December 30th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"From the viewpoint of the correct teaching of Buddhism, what is the best way to help guide to enlightenment people living in an age of conflict that seems filled with inescapable suffering; what is the best way to eliminate misery and misfortune from the world? The only solution is to help those living in such an age become strong and wise, and to awaken them to the powerful life force of Buddhahood that resides within them and can provide them with the strength to bounce back from every form of hardship and adversity."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama." The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, from the August 2012 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 25th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
WARERA WA TSUNENI MAE E!
EIEN NI SEINEN NO KOKORO DE!
SORE GA SOKA NO TAMASHII DA.
IDAINA DOSHI TO TOMONI
MYONEN MO ARATANA KAIKAKU O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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Friday, December 28, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 29th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
Hope there is a chance to share this with a few friends over the holiday period! Remember we can add any number of people to the mailing list just as long as they know we're going to add them! Hit "reply" and tell us their address and we'll do the rest!...
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, December 28th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Seasonal greetings to our neighbours and friends
are especially important at this time of the year.
Even just a few words showing our care and concern for them
can create heart-to-heart bonds.
By constantly making such a sincere effort
to cultivate good relationships with others,
let's help as many people as possible to form a connection
with Buddhism and its philosophy!
Friday, December 28th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The reason that you have survived until now when so many have died was so that you would meet with this affair."
(Reply to Yasaburo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 829)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 28th, 2012
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" 'Great joy [is what] one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha. Nam-myoho- renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys.'
- From "The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings," pp. 211–12.
"When we lead our lives with a vigorous challenging spirit, we can break through all hardship and adversity and gain a state of immense joy. Through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and dedicating ourselves to the realisation of the great vow for kosen-rufu, our lives will be imbued with unsurpassed happiness and delight.
"This year, we again exerted ourselves heroically and won! Our joy lies in limitlessly revealing the power of the Buddha, which no trial or tribulation can vanquish; it lies in striving earnestly for people's happiness and the welfare of society, triumphantly paving the way for the eternal and indestructible happiness for ourselves and others.
"Together, let's confidently and cheerfully take on fresh challenges so that we can achieve fresh victories in the new year ahead!"
SGI NewsletterNo. 8692, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (100) Adorning Our Lives with Great Joy, from the 27th Dec., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 27th Dec. 2012
*** This concludes the series "Living the Gosho." ***
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KINRIN YA YUJIN E
NENMATSU NENSHI NO AISATSU O TAISETSU NI.
SEIJITSU NO HITOKOTO GA KOKORO O MUSUBU.
YUKO O FUKAME YUKU KODO DE
BUTSUEN O OKIKU HIROGEYO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JAKKAN NO HITO NO SHINURU NI IMAMADE IKITE ARITSURU WA KONO KOTO NI AWAN TAME NARIKERI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1451)
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A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, December 28th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Seasonal greetings to our neighbours and friends
are especially important at this time of the year.
Even just a few words showing our care and concern for them
can create heart-to-heart bonds.
By constantly making such a sincere effort
to cultivate good relationships with others,
let's help as many people as possible to form a connection
with Buddhism and its philosophy!
Friday, December 28th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The reason that you have survived until now when so many have died was so that you would meet with this affair."
(Reply to Yasaburo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 829)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 28th, 2012
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" 'Great joy [is what] one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been the Buddha. Nam-myoho- renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys.'
- From "The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings," pp. 211–12.
"When we lead our lives with a vigorous challenging spirit, we can break through all hardship and adversity and gain a state of immense joy. Through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and dedicating ourselves to the realisation of the great vow for kosen-rufu, our lives will be imbued with unsurpassed happiness and delight.
"This year, we again exerted ourselves heroically and won! Our joy lies in limitlessly revealing the power of the Buddha, which no trial or tribulation can vanquish; it lies in striving earnestly for people's happiness and the welfare of society, triumphantly paving the way for the eternal and indestructible happiness for ourselves and others.
"Together, let's confidently and cheerfully take on fresh challenges so that we can achieve fresh victories in the new year ahead!"
SGI NewsletterNo. 8692, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (100) Adorning Our Lives with Great Joy, from the 27th Dec., 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated 27th Dec. 2012
*** This concludes the series "Living the Gosho." ***
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KINRIN YA YUJIN E
NENMATSU NENSHI NO AISATSU O TAISETSU NI.
SEIJITSU NO HITOKOTO GA KOKORO O MUSUBU.
YUKO O FUKAME YUKU KODO DE
BUTSUEN O OKIKU HIROGEYO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JAKKAN NO HITO NO SHINURU NI IMAMADE IKITE ARITSURU WA KONO KOTO NI AWAN TAME NARIKERI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1451)
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 28th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
* Hope there might be a chance in this holiday season to let a few people know about this service! Remember we can add any number of people to the mailing list just as long as they know before we add them! All the very best...
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our deepest and heartfelt appreciation to our uncrowned heroes and heroines*
who walk the path of the greatest good fortune.
Please be extremely careful on slippery icy winter roads.
I chant for you all to remain absolutely safe and free of accidents.
Let's all try to do our utmost to look out for
and be thoughtful of those around us.
* The deliverers of the Seikyo Newspaper and our other SGI publications
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you propagate it, devils will arise without fail. If they did not, there would be no way of knowing that this is the correct teaching."
(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 501)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 27th, 2012
Friday, December 28th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The power of the Gohonzon is activated through faith. In other words, through the power of our faith and practice, we can bring forth the power of the Buddha and the power of the Law, thereby awakening to our unique potential and mission and achieving a life of victory. Here, we also find the basis for the realisation of genuine, lasting world peace. This is why Mr. Toda equated propagating the Gohonzon with spreading happiness."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama"
The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, translated 25th Dec. 2012
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
FUKUTOKU NO MICHI YUKU
MUKAN NO TOMO NI SAIKEIREI.
YUKIMICHI, TOKETSURO NI CHUI O.
ZETTAI MUJIKO O INORU!
SHUI MO SAIDAI NO HAIRYO O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO HOMON O MOSUNIWA KANARAZU MA SHUTTAI SUBESHI MA KISOWAZUWA SHOHO TO SHIRU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1087)
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A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our deepest and heartfelt appreciation to our uncrowned heroes and heroines*
who walk the path of the greatest good fortune.
Please be extremely careful on slippery icy winter roads.
I chant for you all to remain absolutely safe and free of accidents.
Let's all try to do our utmost to look out for
and be thoughtful of those around us.
* The deliverers of the Seikyo Newspaper and our other SGI publications
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you propagate it, devils will arise without fail. If they did not, there would be no way of knowing that this is the correct teaching."
(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 501)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 27th, 2012
Friday, December 28th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The power of the Gohonzon is activated through faith. In other words, through the power of our faith and practice, we can bring forth the power of the Buddha and the power of the Law, thereby awakening to our unique potential and mission and achieving a life of victory. Here, we also find the basis for the realisation of genuine, lasting world peace. This is why Mr. Toda equated propagating the Gohonzon with spreading happiness."
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama"
The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, translated 25th Dec. 2012
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
FUKUTOKU NO MICHI YUKU
MUKAN NO TOMO NI SAIKEIREI.
YUKIMICHI, TOKETSURO NI CHUI O.
ZETTAI MUJIKO O INORU!
SHUI MO SAIDAI NO HAIRYO O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO HOMON O MOSUNIWA KANARAZU MA SHUTTAI SUBESHI MA KISOWAZUWA SHOHO TO SHIRU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1087)
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 27th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our dear friends battling illness,
I sincerely hope that you will never be defeated, no matter what!
The Mystic Law is the wonderful medicine of life.
Exerting the power of a roaring lion king in our chanting,
let's all embark on a fresh journey of good health and victory!
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I wonder what karma we created in the past to have been born as such persons, and I am filled with joy."
(The Proof of the Lotus Sutra - Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, pg 1108)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 26th, 2012
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Simply put, kosen-rufu means striving to realise happiness for ourselves and others and to create a peaceful world, with our own human revolution serving as the driving force for those efforts.
"What, then, is the way for all of us to become happy and move forwards unerringly towards the great ideal of world peace?
"Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Gohonzon and bestowed it on us—people living in the turbulent times of the Latter Day of the Law—as the means for manifesting our innate Buddhahood and attaining a state of absolute happiness. Through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon, anyone can tap the immeasurable beneficial power of the Mystic Law within their life and become happy without fail. This is clear in the light of the Daishonin's teachings.
"Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, while apologising for using a simplistic analogy, often described the Gohonzon, with its tremendous power, 'a happiness-manufacturing machine.' He stated:
"We can look upon the Gohonzon as a device that employs the supreme principles of Buddhism—much in the way, for instance, a light bulb is a device that is based on the principles of electricity. As for the purpose of this Gohonzon—a device based on the highest philosophy of Buddhism—it functions as the means for helping people attain happiness. The way of practising this supreme philosophy of Nichiren Daishonin, therefore, lies in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon, a practice by which all people can become happy."[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama"
The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, translated 25th Dec. 2012
[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda) (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1981), vol. 1, pp. 104–5.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
BYOMA TO TATAKAU TOMO YO
ZETTAI NI MAKERU NA!
MYOHO WA SEIMEI NO DAIRYOYAKU.
SHISHIKU NO DAIMOKU DE
KENKO, SHORI E SHUPPATSU DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANARU KAKO NO SHUKUSHU NITE, KAKARU MI TO WA IKIRU RAMU TO WA YOROKOBI MAIRASE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1586)
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our dear friends battling illness,
I sincerely hope that you will never be defeated, no matter what!
The Mystic Law is the wonderful medicine of life.
Exerting the power of a roaring lion king in our chanting,
let's all embark on a fresh journey of good health and victory!
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I wonder what karma we created in the past to have been born as such persons, and I am filled with joy."
(The Proof of the Lotus Sutra - Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, pg 1108)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 26th, 2012
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Simply put, kosen-rufu means striving to realise happiness for ourselves and others and to create a peaceful world, with our own human revolution serving as the driving force for those efforts.
"What, then, is the way for all of us to become happy and move forwards unerringly towards the great ideal of world peace?
"Nichiren Daishonin inscribed the Gohonzon and bestowed it on us—people living in the turbulent times of the Latter Day of the Law—as the means for manifesting our innate Buddhahood and attaining a state of absolute happiness. Through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon, anyone can tap the immeasurable beneficial power of the Mystic Law within their life and become happy without fail. This is clear in the light of the Daishonin's teachings.
"Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, while apologising for using a simplistic analogy, often described the Gohonzon, with its tremendous power, 'a happiness-manufacturing machine.' He stated:
"We can look upon the Gohonzon as a device that employs the supreme principles of Buddhism—much in the way, for instance, a light bulb is a device that is based on the principles of electricity. As for the purpose of this Gohonzon—a device based on the highest philosophy of Buddhism—it functions as the means for helping people attain happiness. The way of practising this supreme philosophy of Nichiren Daishonin, therefore, lies in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon, a practice by which all people can become happy."[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 8691, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [43] "Reply to Niiama"
The Gohonzon Opens the Way to Happiness for All People, translated 25th Dec. 2012
[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda) (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1981), vol. 1, pp. 104–5.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
BYOMA TO TATAKAU TOMO YO
ZETTAI NI MAKERU NA!
MYOHO WA SEIMEI NO DAIRYOYAKU.
SHISHIKU NO DAIMOKU DE
KENKO, SHORI E SHUPPATSU DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANARU KAKO NO SHUKUSHU NITE, KAKARU MI TO WA IKIRU RAMU TO WA YOROKOBI MAIRASE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1586)
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 26th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's protect ourselves against catching colds and Influenza.
Let's remember to meticulously wash our hands and gargle
after returning home or just before eating.
Taking all measure of precautions to prevent illness
let's advance into the new year with good health as our top priority!
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, December 24th, 2012
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Our chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is directed towards our human revolution. We don't just sit and wait for people or circumstances to change. Through our own powerful inner resolve, we change ourselves and seek to exert a positive effect on our environment and all those around us."
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KAZE, INFLUENZA NI CHUI!
KITAKUJI YA SHOKUJI MAE NADO
TEARI, UGAI NO REIKO O!
YOBO TAISAKU O BANZEN NI
KENKO DAIICHI DE MYONEN E!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUKIZUKI HIBI NI TSUYORI TAMAE SUKOSHIMO TAYUMU KOKORO ARABA MA TAYORI O UBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's protect ourselves against catching colds and Influenza.
Let's remember to meticulously wash our hands and gargle
after returning home or just before eating.
Taking all measure of precautions to prevent illness
let's advance into the new year with good health as our top priority!
Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, December 24th, 2012
Wednesday, December 26th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Our chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is directed towards our human revolution. We don't just sit and wait for people or circumstances to change. Through our own powerful inner resolve, we change ourselves and seek to exert a positive effect on our environment and all those around us."
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KAZE, INFLUENZA NI CHUI!
KITAKUJI YA SHOKUJI MAE NADO
TEARI, UGAI NO REIKO O!
YOBO TAISAKU O BANZEN NI
KENKO DAIICHI DE MYONEN E!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUKIZUKI HIBI NI TSUYORI TAMAE SUKOSHIMO TAYUMU KOKORO ARABA MA TAYORI O UBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)
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Monday, December 24, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 24th-30th Dec. 2012 Words of the Week
Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, December 24th 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
How we end this year determines the momentum for the next.
It is therefore vital at this time of the year
to start the day off by chanting earnest daimoku
especially when we have a hectic schedule ahead of us.
Let's try to have a thoroughgoing approach to a glorious 2013!
Monday, December 24th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 200) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, December 24th, 2012
December 24th-30th, 2012
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
Thank you so much for all your efforts to make this year
such a victorious year of consistent expansion and development.
Let's stay healthy, free from accidents and absolutely safe
and cheerfully complete all of our tasks for this year.
Let's strive together, next year also, to win in all the challenges we face!
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html"
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
MYONEN NO IKIOI O KIMERU
DAIJINA NENMATSU.
TABO NA TOKI KOSO
INORI KARA SHUPPATSU DA!
EIKO E BANZEN NO JOSO O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
KAKUDAI DAISHORI NO ICHINEN
HONTO NI ARITAGO!
KENKO MUJIKO DE
HAREBARE TO SOSHIAGE O!
MYONEN MO TOMONI KACHINUKO!
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 23rd Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 24th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
An enduring unshakable friendship is one of the most valuable assets in life
that we can ever have!
The lives of those who live with pride and integrity
will as a matter of course shine gloriously and victoriously.
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Leave such people strictly alone. The time will certainly come when, by the workings of Brahma, Shakra, and other gods, the entire Japanese nation will simultaneously take faith in the Lotus Sutra. At that time, I am convinced, many people will insist that they too have believed since the very beginning."
(The Workings of Brahma and Shakra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 800) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's poem, Seikyo Shimbun, December 23rd, 2012
Monday, December 24th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, said: 'Daimoku is the great good medicine that can cure everything, from personal problems to the challenges facing society and humanity as a whole. The key is to decide to win through faith and keep on chanting to the very end. Daimoku is a source of limitless courage.'"
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KAWARANU YUJO WA
JINSEI SAIKO NO TAKARA!
HOKORI TAKAKU
SEIJITSU NI IKIRU HITO WA
SHORI NO EIKAN GA KAGAYAKU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TADA OKASE TAMAE BONTEN TAISHAKU NO ON HAKARAI TO SHITE NIHONKOKU ICHIJI NI SHINZURU KOTO ARUBESHI SONO TOKI WARE MO MOTO YORI SHINJITARI SHINJITARI TO MOSU HITO KOSO OKU OWASEZURANME TO OBOE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1539)
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22nd Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 23rd Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Hurrah for all our "Mamoru Kai/Dynamo" group members and
all of our other members and groups who keep our community centres,
our "Treasure Castles", clean and protected!
Thank you so much for your dedicated efforts throughout the year.
It is absolutely certain that immeasurable benefit will adorn your lives
and boundless good fortune will shine on you for eternity.
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only
of the Lotus Sutra."
(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 502) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 22nd, 2012
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'When we chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo single-mindedly with strong faith, this ordinary body of ours will immediately become the body of the Buddha' (GZ, 872).[1] The chanting of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the supreme rhythm that infuses our bodies and minds, just as they are, with the power of the Mystic Law, the fundamental law of universe. The Daishonin bestowed this most profound and accessible means for attaining Buddhahood on those living in the Latter Day of the Law. It is a practice open to all, without discrimination - a practice that everyone can engage in immediately and directly, and by which they can equally gain vast and boundless benefit."
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
[1] "Honnin-myo Sho"� (On the Mystic Principle of the True Cause); not translated in WND, vols. 1 or 2.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
"MAMORU KAI" O HAJIME
KOFU NO HOJO O GENGO SURU
TOTOKI DOSHI, BANZAI!
ICHINENKAN ARIGATO!
KUDOKU WA BANDAI NI EIEN NARI.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TATOI IKANARU WAZURAWASHIKI KOTO ARITOMO YUME NI NASHITE TADA HOKEKYO NO KOTO NOMI SAWAGURASE TAMAU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1088)
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Friday, December 21, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 21st Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 22nd Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, December 21st, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
(At this time of the year in Japan,)
many students are struggling and working hard
for upcoming school entrance exams.
I hope all of you put forth your very best with confidence
by being true to yourselves.
At the same time, it is important for their family and fellow members to
be understanding of their situation
and give them warm support and encouragement.
Friday, December 21st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"From now on too, no matter what may happen, you must not slacken in the least. You must raise your voice all the more and admonish [those who slander]."
(Kamatari Suggests the Fashioning of a Buddha Image - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 2, page 597) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 21st, 2012
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"While chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, which is the driving force for taking on fresh challenges, let's start something new!
"In your own chosen field, the place where you can shine, set a new personal best for yourself."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
JUKENSEI GA DAIFUNTO!
JIBUN RASHIKU DODOTO
"best" O TSUKUSE!
KAZOKU YA SHUI NO TOMO MO
ATATAKANA HAIRYO TO HAGEMASHI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANARU KOTO ARITOMO SUKOSHI MO TAYUMU KOTO NAKARE IYOIYO HARIAGETE SEMU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1090)
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
(At this time of the year in Japan,)
many students are struggling and working hard
for upcoming school entrance exams.
I hope all of you put forth your very best with confidence
by being true to yourselves.
At the same time, it is important for their family and fellow members to
be understanding of their situation
and give them warm support and encouragement.
Friday, December 21st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"From now on too, no matter what may happen, you must not slacken in the least. You must raise your voice all the more and admonish [those who slander]."
(Kamatari Suggests the Fashioning of a Buddha Image - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 2, page 597) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 21st, 2012
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"While chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, which is the driving force for taking on fresh challenges, let's start something new!
"In your own chosen field, the place where you can shine, set a new personal best for yourself."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
JUKENSEI GA DAIFUNTO!
JIBUN RASHIKU DODOTO
"best" O TSUKUSE!
KAZOKU YA SHUI NO TOMO MO
ATATAKANA HAIRYO TO HAGEMASHI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"IKANARU KOTO ARITOMO SUKOSHI MO TAYUMU KOTO NAKARE IYOIYO HARIAGETE SEMU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1090)
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th Dec. 2012 To my Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Amidst the flurry of the busiest, eventful season of the year,
let's be extra careful about fire and traffic accidents!
Reminders and words of caution from people in responsibility
can help to keep everyone alert.
Together, let's put the final touches to an amazing year!
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain— as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 851)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 20th, 2012
Friday, December 21st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Recent studies have shown that when we feel a sense of accomplishment from being able to do something that required some effort on our part, it's very good for our brain. So when we challenge something new, our brain will develop to become even stronger and sharper.
"...Striving to do even better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today—such daily efforts lead to a truly great life."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
TABO NA TOSHI NO SE.
KASAI YA KOTSU JIKO NI CHUI!
"LEADER" NO KOEGAKE GA
MINA NO KOKORO O HIKISHIMERU.
SAIKO NO SOHSHIAGE O TOMO NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JINSHIN WA UKE GATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU HYAKU NIJU MADE TAMOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)
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Thursday, December 20th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Amidst the flurry of the busiest, eventful season of the year,
let's be extra careful about fire and traffic accidents!
Reminders and words of caution from people in responsibility
can help to keep everyone alert.
Together, let's put the final touches to an amazing year!
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain— as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 851)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 20th, 2012
Friday, December 21st, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Recent studies have shown that when we feel a sense of accomplishment from being able to do something that required some effort on our part, it's very good for our brain. So when we challenge something new, our brain will develop to become even stronger and sharper.
"...Striving to do even better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today—such daily efforts lead to a truly great life."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
TABO NA TOSHI NO SE.
KASAI YA KOTSU JIKO NI CHUI!
"LEADER" NO KOEGAKE GA
MINA NO KOKORO O HIKISHIMERU.
SAIKO NO SOHSHIAGE O TOMO NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"JINSHIN WA UKE GATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU HYAKU NIJU MADE TAMOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 19th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 20th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is thanks to the struggles and efforts of our Women's division
that all of us are able to advance victoriously.
Our hearts are filled with appreciation
and our palms are pressed together in reverence.
Three cheers to our sun-like mothers,
whose lives will eternally overflow with the greatest of good fortune!
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(It also states that, if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land.) There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 4)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 19th, 2012
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Some of you may have experienced setting yourself a target, but not being able to stick to it for long. I also understand this feeling well.
"But even if you only manage to stick to something for a few days, that's fine. When you challenge something even for three days, you'll achieve three days' worth of growth. You should feel good about yourself for having persevered in something for three days. There's no need to feel bad about stopping after a few days; just keep starting over again. If you repeat that pattern 10 times, that makes a whole month!
"Those who can keep refreshing their determination and trying again are most admirable. They are winners. The important thing is to continue challenging yourself with perseverance."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
FUJINBU NO FUNTO ARITE
MINA GA ZENSHIN, MINA GA SHORI!
KOKORO KARA KANSHA GASSHO.
EIEN NO FUKUTOKU NI MICHITA
TAIYO NO HAHA TACHI, BANZAI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MATA SHUJO NO KOKORO KEGARUREBA DO MO KEGARE KOKORO KIYOKEREBA DO MO KIYOSHI TOTE JODO TO II EDO TO IUMO DO NI FUTATSU NO HEDATE NASHI TADA WARERAGA KOKORO NO ZENAKU NI YORU TO MIETARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 384)
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is thanks to the struggles and efforts of our Women's division
that all of us are able to advance victoriously.
Our hearts are filled with appreciation
and our palms are pressed together in reverence.
Three cheers to our sun-like mothers,
whose lives will eternally overflow with the greatest of good fortune!
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(It also states that, if the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land.) There are not two lands, pure or impure in themselves. The difference lies solely in the good or evil of our minds."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 4)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 19th, 2012
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Some of you may have experienced setting yourself a target, but not being able to stick to it for long. I also understand this feeling well.
"But even if you only manage to stick to something for a few days, that's fine. When you challenge something even for three days, you'll achieve three days' worth of growth. You should feel good about yourself for having persevered in something for three days. There's no need to feel bad about stopping after a few days; just keep starting over again. If you repeat that pattern 10 times, that makes a whole month!
"Those who can keep refreshing their determination and trying again are most admirable. They are winners. The important thing is to continue challenging yourself with perseverance."
SGI Newsletter No. 8689, Soar into the Skies of Hope! [4] Summer of Challenge, from the 1st Aug., 2012, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translated 14th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
FUJINBU NO FUNTO ARITE
MINA GA ZENSHIN, MINA GA SHORI!
KOKORO KARA KANSHA GASSHO.
EIEN NO FUKUTOKU NI MICHITA
TAIYO NO HAHA TACHI, BANZAI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MATA SHUJO NO KOKORO KEGARUREBA DO MO KEGARE KOKORO KIYOKEREBA DO MO KIYOSHI TOTE JODO TO II EDO TO IUMO DO NI FUTATSU NO HEDATE NASHI TADA WARERAGA KOKORO NO ZENAKU NI YORU TO MIETARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 384)
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 18th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 19th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Thanks to the passion and commitment of our youth,
kosen-rufu has taken a giant leap forwards.
Thank you so much for all your efforts.
With renewed vigour and resolve
let's all make a fresh departure towards a brand new future.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."
(The Good Medicine for All Ills - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 937)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 18th, 2012
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What is the secret to finding true fulfillment in life? Pearl Buck (1892–1973), the American author of such acclaimed novels as The Mother and The Good Earth, wrote: 'The secret of life and content is to begin a new day with courage and with the belief that it can be made the best of all days, whatever change it brings.'[1] While lovingly caring for a daughter who was born with severe disabilities, Buck also worked for peace and human rights.
"The sun of time without beginning rises unfailingly in the hearts of all of us who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo day after day and year after year. Even in the darkness of adversity with no end in sight, we can revitalise our lives with the light of hope through invigorating gongyo and daimoku."
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
[1] Pearl S. Buck, American Argument, in collaboration with Eslanda Goode Robeson (New York: The John Day Company, 1949), p. 198.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SEINEN NO NETSU TO CHIKARA DE
KOSEN RUFU WA DAIYAKUSHIN!
HONTO NI ARIGATO!
MINA GA ATARASHI KETSUI DE
ATARSHI MIRAI E SHUPPATSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAI KA SONO YUE WA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1480)
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Thanks to the passion and commitment of our youth,
kosen-rufu has taken a giant leap forwards.
Thank you so much for all your efforts.
With renewed vigour and resolve
let's all make a fresh departure towards a brand new future.
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."
(The Good Medicine for All Ills - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 937)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 18th, 2012
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What is the secret to finding true fulfillment in life? Pearl Buck (1892–1973), the American author of such acclaimed novels as The Mother and The Good Earth, wrote: 'The secret of life and content is to begin a new day with courage and with the belief that it can be made the best of all days, whatever change it brings.'[1] While lovingly caring for a daughter who was born with severe disabilities, Buck also worked for peace and human rights.
"The sun of time without beginning rises unfailingly in the hearts of all of us who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo day after day and year after year. Even in the darkness of adversity with no end in sight, we can revitalise our lives with the light of hope through invigorating gongyo and daimoku."
SGI Newsletter No. 8690, Bringing the Sun of Time without Beginning to Shine in Our Lives, from the January 2013 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated 17th Dec. 2012
[1] Pearl S. Buck, American Argument, in collaboration with Eslanda Goode Robeson (New York: The John Day Company, 1949), p. 198.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SEINEN NO NETSU TO CHIKARA DE
KOSEN RUFU WA DAIYAKUSHIN!
HONTO NI ARIGATO!
MINA GA ATARASHI KETSUI DE
ATARSHI MIRAI E SHUPPATSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAI KA SONO YUE WA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1480)
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Monday, December 17, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 17th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 17th-23rd Dec. 2012 Words of the Week
Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, December 17th 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Shouts of triumph for justice and the truth are now resounding!
The sun has risen on a glorious new era of kosen-rufu.
Our solidarity is indeed the pillar of hope for society.
Monday, December 17th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When one comes to realise and see that each thing--the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson--in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies, then this is what is meant by the word ryo 'to include' or all-inclusive."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 784, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 200) Selection Source: Buddhist Study, Seikyo Shinbun, December 17th, 2012
December 17th-23rd, 2012
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
Hurrah for one of our greatest victories!
It is absolutely certain that every single dedicated effort that
our precious members have made has been witnessed by the Daishonin.
Now, embracing immeasurable treasures of the heart,
let's all proudly welcome the new year!
(*)Soka Gakkai (in Japan) endorses the New Komeito Party, and all nine candidates running in single-seat election districts won in the House of Representatives election held on Sun., Dec. 16th. Another 22 were voted into office on the proportional representation ballot, for a total of 31 seats--an increase from the party's pre-election strength of 21 seats.
The Liberal Democratic Party, which secured 294 seats, and the New Komeito Party have agreed, in principle, to work together as a coalition government as it had done for ten years previously, from 1999 to 2009.
The New Komeito Party is a party originally founded by the Soka Gakkai in 1964 but later separated as an independent entity, although Soka Gakkai provides electoral support. The New Komeito Party is committed to protecting human rights, including freedom of religion, and protects the interests of non-union labour and people who work in small and medium-sized companies, constituencies that make up a large segment of the Japanese public.
For more information, if you are interested, check out the NEW KOMEITO English website: http://www.komei.or.jp/en/
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
TODOROKU SEIGI NO KACHIDOKI!
KOFU SHINJIDAI NO
EIKO NO KYOKUJITSU WA NOBOTTA!
WARERA NO "scrum" WA
SHAKAI NO KIBO NO HASHIRA NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KORE SUNAWACHI OBAITORI NO ONO-ONO NO TOTAI O ARATAMEZU SHITE MUSA NO SANJIN TO KAIKEN SUREBA KORE SUNAWACHI RYO NO GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 784)
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
TOTOKI DAISHORI, BANZAI!
IDAINA DOSHI NO FUNTO WA
DAISHONIN GA GOSHOSAN NARI.
MURYO NO "KOKORO NO TAKARA" O MUNE NI
HOKORI MO TAKAKU ARATANA TOSHI O!
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 16th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 17th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our great vow is to help all people to lead happy lives
and to achieve that it is the common people who must be the protagonists!
Towards the realisation of this great noble dream,
let's strive together
chanting strong powerful daimoku
with unyielding courage and perseverance.
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(From the time I was a small child, I prayed to Bodhisattva Space Treasury, asking that I might become the wisest person in all Japan. The bodhisattva transformed himself into a venerable priest before my very eyes and) bestowed upon me a jewel of wisdom as bright as the morning star."
(The Tripitaka Master Shan-wu-wei - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 176) Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, December 16th 2012
Monday, December 17th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what kind of important facility is built, unless kosen-rufu progresses in the surrounding community, then that facility will be nothing more than a house of cards."
SGI Newsletter No. 8687, The New Human Revolution, Vol. 26: Chap. 1, Atsuta 30, translated 13th Dec. 2012
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
WARERA NO DAIGAN WA
ZENJINRUI NO KOFUKU!
SONO SHUYAKU WA MINSHU DA!
OINARU RISO E
YUKI TO SHUNEN NO INORI TSUYOKU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYOJO NO GOTOKU NARU CHIE NO HOJU O SAZUKE SASE TAMAITE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 888)
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 15th Dec. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 16th Dec. 2012 Daily Enc.
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The determinations we make in the morning
are what determine how the day unfolds.
All the actions that we take today
will be actions we will look back on forever.
Let's put forth our very best effort
to fullfill our own unique mission!
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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. no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 15th 2012
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In his novel The Eternal City, Hall Caine writes: "And if they ask us when our Republic of Man is to come to practical results, we say when the world is ready for it, until first here and then there, as this or that country is ripe for it, it will govern the powers that govern the world."[1]
"The ideal we seek is not something divorced from everyday reality. It is something for us to build where we are right now."
SGI Newsletter No. 8687, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 1, Atsuta 29, translated 13th Dec. 2012
[1] Hall Caine, The Eternal City (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901), p. 177.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
ASA NO KETSUI GA
ICHINICHI O KIMERU!
KYO NO KODO GA
EIEN NO OMOIDE O TSUKURU!
WAGA SHIMEI O HATASE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJU HORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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Saturday, December 15th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The determinations we make in the morning
are what determine how the day unfolds.
All the actions that we take today
will be actions we will look back on forever.
Let's put forth our very best effort
to fullfill our own unique mission!
Saturday, December 15th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"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. no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 15th 2012
Sunday, December 16th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In his novel The Eternal City, Hall Caine writes: "And if they ask us when our Republic of Man is to come to practical results, we say when the world is ready for it, until first here and then there, as this or that country is ripe for it, it will govern the powers that govern the world."[1]
"The ideal we seek is not something divorced from everyday reality. It is something for us to build where we are right now."
SGI Newsletter No. 8687, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 1, Atsuta 29, translated 13th Dec. 2012
[1] Hall Caine, The Eternal City (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901), p. 177.
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
ASA NO KETSUI GA
ICHINICHI O KIMERU!
KYO NO KODO GA
EIEN NO OMOIDE O TSUKURU!
WAGA SHIMEI O HATASE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJU HORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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