Saturday, January 14th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of the Shirakaba-kai members (nurses group),
the trailblazers of the century of human life,
I would like to express my utmost appreciation and respect
for your selfless dedication to protecting everyone's health.
May the glorious crown of good fortune and benefit
shine brilliantly on your heads!
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha's precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood."
(Letter from Sado - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 301)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 14th, 2012
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'From the indigo, an even deeper blue'—~this is a well-known expression in the East that refers to a student or disciple surpassing their teacher.
"Alluding to this principle, Nichiren Daishonin writes in one of his letters to the lay nun Ueno, the mother of Nanjo Tokimitsu: 'The Lotus Sutra is like the indigo, and the strength of one's practice is like the deepening blue' (WND-1, 457). To personally endeavour to keep advancing with more vitality and enthusiasm today than yesterday, this year than the last, is the hallmark of a genuine leader of kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 8423, Our Brilliant Path to Victory, A Youthful SGI—Shining Brightly like the Morning Sun, from the Jan. 1st, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Jan 13th, 2012
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SEIMEI NO SEIKI NO SENKUSHA
SHIRAKABA NO MINASAMA YO.
TOMO NO KENKO O MAMORU
TOTOKI KENSHIN NI KANSHA!
ANATA NI FUKUTOKU NO EIKAN O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SEKEN NO ASAKI KOTO NIWA SHINMYO O USHINAEDOMO DAIJI NO BUPPO NANDO NIWA SUTSURU KOTO KATASHI YUE NI HOTOKE NI NARU HITO MO NAKARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 956)
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