A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
With our practice, we have unlimited possibilities for growth!
Each and every day is a chance to make great strides forwards.
Let's challenge to win over ourselves
as we approach our glorious founding day*
and leave behind a golden history of victories!
* The Soka Gakkai's was founded on Nov 18th, 1930. At that time, it was called the Soka Kyoiku Gakkai.
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nichiren's disciples cannot accomplish anything if they are cowardly."
(The Teaching, Practice, and Proof - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 481) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, Seikyo Shimbun, June 24th, 2012
Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, November 13th, 2012
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes to his youthful disciple Nanjo Tokimitsu: 'My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow' (WND-1, 1003). Here, to make a great vow means to dedicate our life to the Mystic Law and the realisation of kosen-rufu. The Daishonin likens this to 'a drop of dew rejoining the ocean, or a speck of dust returning to the earth' (cf. WND-1, 1003). Though our life may seem fragile and evanescent like a drop of dew, when we fuse it with vast ocean of the universe, we can gain a boundless state of being. Though we may seem as small and insignificant as a speck of dust, when we firmly ground ourselves in the great earth of life, we can become an immense source of support for others and a wellspring of infinite creativity.
"You who uphold the Mystic Law are the hope and dream of humanity. If you dedicate your lives to the dream of bringing peace to our planet, the world will move closer to peace.
"When we have a dream, we can grow without end. Dreams are the key that enables us to manifest our fullest potential and unlock a brilliant future."
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
* 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--
SHINJIN TO WA MUGEN NO SEICHO!
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI GA ZENSHIN DA.
JIBUN JISHIN NI KACHI
EIKO NO SORITSU KINEN BI E
OGON NO REKISHI O TSUZURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN GA DESHIRA WA OKUBYO NITEWA KANAU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1282)
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