Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week" published in Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, March 5th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's all, with great respect, praise those members
who are especially challenging to share this Buddhism with others!
People who speak about this Buddhism,
even if it is only a single word or phrase,
are indeed "the emissary of the Thus Come One"*.
*"The Lotus Sutra states: 'If one of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the Thus Come One. He has been dispatched by the Thus Come One and carries out the Thus Come One's work.' One who recites even one word or phrase of the Lotus Sutra and who speaks about it to another person is the emissary of Shakyamuni Buddha, lord of the teachings." - "The Pure and Far-Reaching Voice", WND-I, page 331
Monday, March 5th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myo means to revive, that is, to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 149) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, March 5th, 2012
March 5th-11th, 2012
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
The Daishonin states,
"In battles soldiers regard the general as their soul."*
When our Men's Division members take action,
great momentum is created towards victory.
When encouraged, people gain the strength of ten thousand.
Let's strive now, now more than ever,
to expand the solidarity of our gallant heroic men!
*"The Supremacy of the Law", WND-I, page 613
* 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 ---
TAIWA NI IDOMU TOMO O
MINA DE TATAE AO!
ICHIMON IKKU DEMO
BUPPO O KATARU HITO WA
"NYORAI NO TSUKAI" NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSU WA YOMIGAERU GI NARI
(Gosho Zenshu, page 947)
--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
"IKUSA NIWA DAISHOGUN O TAMASHII TO SU"
SONENBU GA UGOKEBA
SHORI NO DAIKAITEN GA HAJIMASU.
HAGEMASHI WA "MAN" NO "CHIKARA"
YUSHI NO JINRETSU O IKUE NIMO!
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