* We have a press holiday here in Japan tomorrow so the "Words of the Week" which was published today, will be held over to cover the one day gap. Hope that is OK and apologies if you were expecting to see it today. Hope you have a great week!
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
If we do indeed consider ourselves youthful,
let's have that challenging spirit to realise
the great noble ideal of kosen-rufu!
Unflaggingly, fearlessly and boldly,
let's charge straight towards our great goal!
Sunday, November 11th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"One who, on hearing the teachings of the Lotus Sutra, makes even greater efforts in faith is a true seeker of the way. T'ien-t'ai states, 'From the indigo, an even deeper blue.' This passage means that, if one dyes something repeatedly in indigo, it becomes even bluer than the indigo leaves. The Lotus Sutra is like the indigo, and the strength of one's practice is like the deepening blue."
(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 457) Selection source: Buddhist teachings, Seikyo Shimbun, November 11th, 2012
Monday, November 12th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what your dream, when you start challenging yourself to realise it, the adventure begins.
"I once asked leading American economist Lester Thurow what true wealth meant for him, to which he replied unhesitatingly: a spirit of adventure and inquiry.[1]
"Professor Thurow is himself an adventurer who has climbed 7,000-meter peaks in the Himalayas and driven across the Saudi Arabian desert.
"I completely agree with his assertion that a spirit of adventure and inquiry, not money, constitutes true wealth."
SGI Newsletter No. 8663, Dialogue for the Future: Traveling the Path of Victory Together with You, [4] Dreams Are the Key to Unlock a Brilliant Future, from the Aug. 1st, 2012, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translated 6th Nov. 2012
[1] See SGI Newsletter, No. 4116.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web- site
address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SEINEN NARABA
KOSENRUFU NO DAIRISO NI
IDOMU KIGAI O MOTE.
TAYUMAZU OSOREZU
KAKAN NI TSUKI SUSUME!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO NO HOMON O KIKU NI TSUKETE NAONAO SHINJIN O HAGEMU O MAKOTO NO DOSHINSHA TO MOSU NARI TENDAI IWAKU 'JURAN NISHO' UNNUN KONO SHAKU NO KOKORO WA AI WA HA NO TOKI YORIMO NAO SOMUREBA IYOIYO AOSHI HOKEKYO WA AI NO GOTOSHI SHUGYO NO FUKAKI WA IYOIYO AOKI GA GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1505)
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