A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The time for the great flourishing of Buddhism,
that all human beings have been yearning for,
has arrived.
For the sake of the peace of the entire world
and the happiness of all people,
singing songs of unity aloud with our friends,
let's muster up all our courage and be absolutely victorious,
no matter what kind of obstacles might confront us!
Sunday, January 1st, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo embraces both the converting of others and one's own religious practice. Now Nichiren and his followers are encouraging others to adopt Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and to make it their own practice."
(Ongi kuden - Gosho Zenshu, page 747, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 109)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, January 1st, 2012
Monday, January 2nd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Peace
is not something far away.
Peace
is caring for and valuing
a single individual.
It is bringing joy, not suffering,
to our mother.
It is reaching out
to those who are different from us.
It is having the wisdom
to reconcile after an argument.
"And it is protecting
our beautiful natural world.
It is fostering
a rich culture.
It is refusing to build our happiness
on the misfortune of others.
It is sharing
others' joys and sufferings."
SGI Newsletter No. 8416, Symphony of Life: SGI President Ikeda's Photographs and Poems, from the June 12th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 27th, 2011
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by clicking on
Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
JINRUI GA MOTOMETE YAMANU
BUPPO DAIKORYU NO TOKI DA.
ZENSEKAI NO HEIWA TO KOFUKU E
DANKETSU NO UTAGOE TAKARAKA NI
KIMI YO YUKI DE KACHIMAKURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA JIGYO KETA NI WATARU NARI IMA NICHIREN RA NO TAGUI NANMYOHORENGEKYO O SUSUMETE TAMOTASHIMURU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 747)
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