Thursday, February 16th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Where there are lively conversations in full swing
and where people are radiating with hope,
that is where you'll find a discussion meeting of Soka!
Towards a spring of victory
let's help expand the connections people have with Buddhism.
Thursday, February 16th, 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 345) Selection
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Feb 16th, 2012
Friday, February 16th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'I entreat the people of this country: Do not look down upon my disciples! If you inquire into their past, you will find that they are great bodhisattvas who have given alms to Buddhas over a period of eight hundred thousand million kalpas, and who have carried out practices under Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Hiranyavati and Ganges rivers. And if we speak of the future, they will be endowed with the benefit of the fiftieth person [who rejoices on hearing the Lotus Sutra],[1] surpassing that of one who gave alms to innumerable living beings for a period of eighty years [cf. LSOC18, 289–91]. They are like an infant emperor wrapped in swaddling clothes, or a great dragon who has just been born. Do not despise them! Do not look on them with contempt!'
- From "On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice" (WND-1, 788–89).
"Nichiren Daishonin asserts here that those who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo are supremely respectworthy and must not be looked upon with contempt.
"I read these words together with members in different regions across Japan, including during the pioneering campaigns in Kansai and Yamaguchi, to encourage them in our shared struggle. Brimming with this conviction, we achieved unprecedented success in widely spreading the Mystic Law.
"I hope you will pass this sense of pride and honour on to our precious future division members and those who are new to the practice. With utmost respect for our fellow members, let's forge ahead harmoniously and with confidence."
SGI Newsletter No. 8453, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (67) Everyone Has a Noble Mission, translated Feb. 15th, 2012, from the Feb. 4th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper.
[1] Benefit of the fiftieth person: This refers to the immeasurable benefit obtained by even the fiftieth person in a chain of transmission who rejoices on hearing the Lotus Sutra.
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
[TAIWA] GA HAZUMU!
[KIBO] GA HIKARU!
SORE GA SOKA NO ZADANKAI.
SA SHORI NO HARU E
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYO!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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