Friday, January 6th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Greeting people in a refreshing voice
opens doors to new friendships.
It's important that we do our utmost to meet face to face with people
and sincerely try to bond, heart to heart, with them.
Buddhism is all about our behaviour as human beings.*
*"The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being." - "The Three Kinds of Treasure", WND-I, page 852
Friday, January 6th, 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: Suntetsu, Seikyo Shimbun, January 6th, 2012
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: "Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring" (WND-1, 536). Even when confronted with the harshest winter of karmic suffering, if we continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and striving courageously for kosen-rufu, we can definitely bring the spring sunshine of happiness to shine in our lives.
"The members of the Soka Gakkai, warmly encouraging and supporting each other, have demonstrated this principle of faith for absolute victory.
"Times are dark and people's hearts are cold and numb. There is a desperate need for a sound life-philosophy and strong, supportive human connections. Let us, therefore, talk to others about the Daishonin's Buddhism with a confident, upbeat spirit and further expand the great network of our youthful Soka Gakkai—the most positive, warm, and friendly organisation in all the world."
SGI Newsletter No. 8402, 54th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting. Let's Continue Our Joyous Ascent of the Mountain of Kosen-rufu!, from the Dec. 4th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 14th, 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 ---
SAWAYAKANA AISATSU WA
YUKO NO TOBIRA O HIRAKU.
KAO TO KAO O AWASE
KOKORO TO KOKORO O MUSUBU NODA.
BUPPO WA HITO NO FURUMAI NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MAKOTO NO MICHI WA SEKEN NO JIHO NITE SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1597)
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