[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 20th June, 2013 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 21st June, 2013 Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, June 20th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Both life and Buddhism are about victory or defeat.
There is a constant battle within
to emerge victorious over our weaknesses.
Let's cherish every single moment of our lives
and live every single day without any regrets!
Let's live out the purpose of our lives to the very fullest!

Thursday, June 20th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Even if you are not the Venerable Mahakashyapa, you should all
perform a dance...When Bodhisattva Superior Practices emerged from the
earth, did he not emerge dancing?"

(Great Evil and Great Good - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1119)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 20th, 2013

Friday, June 21st, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""In 'The Fourteen Slanders,' the Daishonin writes about the fourteen types of slander of the Lotus Sutra.[1] The last four are despising, hating, envying, and bearing grudges, especially against those who embrace the Gohonzon. This describes, in other words, ill feelings or hostility towards one's fellow members.

"Because Nichiren Daishonin considers these fourteen slanders as extremely grave offenses, he writes, 'You must be on guard against them' (WND-1, 756). Slander and jealousy not only erase your own benefit and good fortune, they also undermine our organisation that is working for kosen-rufu. That's what makes them so harmful.

"Looking closely at local organisations where members have trouble uniting, things don't run smoothly, and members are giving their all but aren't receiving benefit, you can see that the underlying problem is slander and jealousy."

SGI Newsletter No. 8786, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 31 translated 18th, June, 2013

[1] Fourteen types of slander enumerated in The Annotations on "The Words and Phrases of the Lotus Sutra" by Miao-lo (711-782) based on the contents of the "Simile and Parable" (3rd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra. They consist of fourteen offenses against the Law, or the Buddha's teachings, and against the people who believe in and practice it. They are (1) arrogance, (2) negligence, (3) wrong views of the self, (4) shallow understanding, (5) attachment to earthly desires, (6) not understanding, (7) not believing, (8) scowling with knitted brows, (9) harboring doubts, (10) slandering, (11) despising, (12) hating, (13) envying, and (14) bearing grudges. According to the "Simile and Parable" chapter, the last four offenses are leveled at the practitioners of the Lotus Sutra. The chapter reads, "If this person should slander a sutra such as this, or on seeing those who read, recite, copy, and uphold this sutra, should despise, hate, envy, or bear grudges against them, the penalty this person must pay—listen, I will tell you now: When his life comes to an end he will enter the Avichi hell." (LSOC, 110)


* 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--
JINSEI MO BUPPO MO SHOBU.
TSUNE NI JIBUN TO NO TATAKAI DA.
ISSHUN ISSHUN O TAISETSU NI!
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI O KUI NAKU!
WAGA SEIMEI O HATASHINUKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KASHO SONJA NI ARAZUTOMO, MAI O MAINUBESHI...JOGYO BOSATSU NO DAICHI
YORI IDETAMAISHI NIWA ODORITE KOSO IDETAMAISHIKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1300)




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