A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's a cheerful and refreshing greeting
that opens the door to other people's hearts.
Let's always try to talk to others with a bright and friendly smile.
Trust and good friends are some of the most valuable treasures
that we can ever have in life!
Sunday, March 31st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Mount Sumeru is paltry in comparison to the towering debt you owe your father; the great ocean is shallow compared to the profoundness of the debt you owe your mother."
(The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 2, page 637) Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, March 31st, 2013
Monday, April 1st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"A true victor is someone who can say, 'I did the very best I could do.'
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring' (WND-1, 536).
"It is because trees weather the harsh cold of winter that they bring forth beautiful, fragrant blossoms in the spring. No matter how cold it gets, trees endure patiently, slowly but surely taking in the nutrients they need.
"In every area of life, challenges and crises make us stronger."
SGI Newsletter No. 8740.* Dialogue for the Future: Travelling the Path of Victory Together with You, [7] Proudly Walk the Path of Self-Improvement, from the Nov. 1st, 2012 issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translated March 28th, 2013
* 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--
SAWAYAKANA AISATSU GA
KOKORO NO TOBIRA O HIRAKU.
EGAO DE KOEKAKE O!
SHINRAI TO YUJO KOSO
JINSEI SAIKO NO TAKARA NARI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"CHICHI NO ON NO TAKAKI KOTO SHUMISEN NAO HIKISHI HAHA NO ON NO FUKAKI KOTO TAIKAI KAETTE ASASHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1527)
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