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A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
Every step forward that we take
with fresh new determination will open a new era.
By singing songs cheerfully,
let's move forever forward.
Let's advance with full of hope!
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A woman who takes this efficacious medicine will be surrounded and protected by these four great bodhisattvas at all times. When she rises to her feet, so too will the bodhisattvas, and when she walks along the road, they will also do the same."
(On Offering Prayers to the Mandala of the Mystic Law - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 415) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 23rd, 2012
Friday, August 24th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
No one can avoid the four sufferings of birth, aging, sickness, and death. In that sense, our entire lives are a battle against illness. That's why we shouldn't fear illness. Nor should we make light of it, however. It's important to take speedy practical steps to combat illness.
To another follower whose husband was sick, the Daishonin writes: "Could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way" (WND-1, 937).
We can use the hardships of illness as fuel to strengthen our faith and also to develop a deeper and more expansive state of life. In the light of the Mystic Law, the struggle against illness is, from the perspective of eternity, a test to enable us to attain happiness and victory.
SGI Newsletter No. 8588, SGI President Ikeda's Guidance for Youth, To My Young Friends—Leaders of a New Age, Translated on August 15, 2012
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ATARASHII KETSUI NO IPPO GA
ATARASHII JIDAI O HIRAKU.
UTAGOE MO KAROYAKA NI
TSUNENI MAE E MAE E!
KIBO NI MOETE SUSUMO.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO RYOYAKU O TAMOTAN NYONIN TO OBA KONO YONIN NO DAIBOSATSU ZENGO SAYU NI TACHI SOITE KONO NYONIN TATASE TAMAEBA KONO DAIBOSATSU MO TATASE TAMAU NAISHI KONO NYONIN MICHI O YUKU TOKI WA KONO BOSATSU MO MICHI O YUKI TAMAU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1306)
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