Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's pay close attention to safety, especially in summer,
to prevent all possible accidents in mountains, at beaches, etc.
Let's be careful not to become overconfident or careless
so that we can spend meaningful time and create value!
Monday, August 13th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1001) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 13th, 2012
August 13th-19th, 2012
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
The Daishonin states,
"... the ray of light from the daimoku reaches
all the way to the hell of incessant suffering
and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood then and there."*
The power of the Mystic Law is boundless and immeasurable.
To earnestly devote ourselves to achieving kosen-rufu is
the very best way to transfer merit for the deceased.
*"Now when Nichiren and his followers perform ceremonies for the
deceased, reciting the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo,
the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of
incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain
Buddhahood then and there. This is the origin of the prayers for
transference of merit for the deceased." - Ongi Kuden, Gosho Zenshu,
page 712, The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 17
* 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 ---
UMI YA YAMA NADO
NATSU NO JIKO NIWA
SAISHIN NO CHUI O!
YUDAN O HAISHI
JUJITSU NO TOKI O OKURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMAU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1192)
--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
"DAIMOKU NO HIKARI MUKEN NI ITARITA
SOKUSHIN JOBUTSU SESHIMU"
MYOHO NO CHIKARA WA KODAI MUHEN!
KOFU NO TAME NI TATAKAU KOTO GA
SAIKO NO TSUIZEN EKO NARI.
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