Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's all combine our energies to encourage and support
those who are new to this faith and practice.
The very foundation of this practise is gongyo and daimoku.
Together with our new members,
let's stride to realise the highest life condition of "Buddhahood"
and spend each day full of joy!
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one's heavy karma from the past is not expiated within this lifetime, one must undergo the sufferings of hell in the future, but if one experiences extreme hardship in this life [because of the Lotus Sutra], the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly."
(Lessening One's Karmic Retribution - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 199)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 7th, 2012
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"President Toda declared:
"'We of the Soka Gakkai have faith; we have the Gohonzon. Everything we have achieved is a result of the benefit of our faith in the Gohonzon....Faith is at the heart of everything. Remaining steadfast in our Buddhist practice is what matters. As long as we have this firm conviction, we'll never be surprised by anything anyone writes or says about us.'[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 8466, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [35] "The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon", Tapping the Infinite Benefit of the Gohonzon through Faith, from the December 2011 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated March 6th, 2012
[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (The Collected Writings of Josei Toda), (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1989), vol. 4, pp. 582–83.
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SHINNYUKAI NO TOMO O
MINA DE O-EN SHIYO!
KONPON WA GONGYO, SHODAI DA.
SAIKO NO [BUKKAI] O HIRAKU
DAIKANKI NO HIBI O TOMO NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENGO NO OMOKI KONJO NI TSUKIZU SHITE MIRAI NI JIGOKU NO KU O UKUBEKI GA KONJO NI KAKARU JUKU NI AI SORAEBA JIGOKU NO KURUSHIMI PATTO KIETE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1000)
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