[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 6th Nov. 2012 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 7th Nov. 2012 Daily Enc.

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's not about "someone" taking up the challenge.
It's about "me, myself" determining to stand up!
It's not about "sometime" in the future.
It's about "now," doing our best right now!
This is what the formula for victory is!

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"What is the poison? It is the three paths of earthly desires, karma, and suffering that are our lot. What is the medicine? It is the Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation. And what does it mean to change poison into medicine? It means to transform the three paths into the three virtues: the Dharma body, wisdom, and emancipation.... This is what the attainment of Buddhahood in one's present form means."

(What It Means to Hear the Buddha Vehicle for the First Time - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 743)
Selection source: The teachings of Buddhism for Beginners, Seikyo Shimbun, October 28th, 2012

Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I'd like to share with you today a passage from Nichiren Daishonin's writing 'On Losing Faith and Falling into Evil': 'Shakyamuni Buddha had all the thirty-two auspicious features, his body a golden colour, his face like the full moon. And yet when evil persons looked at him, some saw his colour as ashen, some saw him as sooty, and some saw him as an enemy' (WND-2, 1079).

"Shakyamuni was born in India with these thirty-two superior physical characteristics that distinguished him as a great man. He was respected and revered by the people as the Buddha. Yet when people with impure hearts looked at him they saw him as lowly or tainted, and some saw him as an enemy.

"In contrast to Shakyamuni, Nichiren Daishonin was born as an ordinary being in the evil age of the Latter Day of the Law. As such, it was only to be expected that he would encounter hostility and opposition in propagating his teaching.

"For our part, we are ordinary people, followers of Nichiren Daishonin. We are making kosen-rufu a reality exactly as the Daishonin instructs. Though we are unexceptional beings who have been disparaged by others, we are carrying out the noblest of missions. It is inevitable that we, too, will encounter all sorts of trials and hardships.

"That is why Mr. Makiguchi and Mr. Toda were jailed for their beliefs, and Mr. Makiguchi ultimately died in prison. I have also faced continual opposition throughout my life. In the light of the teachings of the Gosho, the Soka Gakkai will continue to face harsh obstacles.

"But we mustn't allow ourselves to be defeated. We must not flinch."

"...Having a firm resolve essentially means dispelling illusions and opening our eyes to the right path. The path of upholding the correct teachings is always fraught with great difficulties—it is unflinching faith that awakens us to this truth."

SGI Newsletter No. 8661, The New Human Revolution––Volume 26: Chapter 1, Atsuta 13, translated 5th 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--
[DAREKA] DEWA NAI.
[JIBUN GA HITORI TATSU!
[ITSUKA] DEWA NAI.
[IMA] "BEST" O TSUKUSU!
KOREGA SHORI NO HOTEISHIKI DA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"DOKU TO IUWA NANIMONO ZO WARERA GA BONNO GO KU NO SANDO NARI KUSURI TOWA
NANIMONO ZO HOSSHIN HANNYA GEDATSU NARI YOKU DOKU O MOTTE KUSURI TO NASU TOWA
NANIMONO ZO SANDO O HENJITE SANTOKU TO NASU NOMI ... SOKUSHIN JOBUTSU TO MOSUWA
KORE KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 984)


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