A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Hooray for all our heroes and heroines of faith and practice,
who so selflessly dedicate themselves to achieving kosen-rufu.
At last, a new era has begun!
Let's take good care of our health, first and foremost,
and start anew towards a hope-filled future.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law ... I will be the pillar of Japan. I will be the eyes of Japan. I will be the great ship of Japan. This is my vow, and I will never forsake it!"
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 280) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 22nd, 2013
July 22nd-28th, 2013
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
Congratulations on the achievement of such a great victory!*
The good fortune and benefit that we have accumulated
through all of our unseen dedicated efforts are immeasurable
and will brilliantly adorn our lives for eternity as visible reward.**
Let's make this solidarity of capable people and trust
even more unassailable than ever!
(*)Soka Gakkai (in Japan) endorses the New Komeito party, and all four candidates running in single-seat districts won seats and another seven were voted into office on the proportional representation ballot in the House of Councillors election on Sun., July 21st. The New Komeito now has 20 seats in the Upper House. The Liberal Democratic Party, now have 115 and its coalition partner New Komeito now control both the Lower and Upper houses.
The New Komeito was originally founded by Soka Gakkai in 1964 but later separated as an independent entity, with Soka Gakkai providing only electoral support. The New Komeito is committed to giving political voice to the most vulnerable and underrepresented members of society on the issues of peace, social security, education, the environment and human rights. It also works to protect the interests of non-union labour and people who work in small and medium-sized companies that makes up a large segment of the Japanese public.
NEW KOMEITO English website: http://www.komei.or.jp/en/
**"As I have often mentioned before, it is said that, where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward." - "Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward", WND-I, page 907
* 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--
KOSENRUFU NI TSUKUSU
SHINJIN NO DAIEIYU, BANZAI!
SA SHINJIDAI NO MAKUAKE DA.
DOKOMADEMO KENKO DAIICHI DE
KIBO KAGAYAKU MIRAI E SHUPPATSU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENZURU TOKORO WA TEN MO SUTETAMAE SHONAN NIMO AE SHINMYO O GO TO SEN ... WARE NIHON NO HASHIRA TO NARAN WARE NIHON NO GANMOKU TO NARAN TOTO CHIKAISHI NEGAI YABURU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 232)
--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
DAISHORI AMEDETO!
"INTOKU YOHO" NO FUKUUN WA
MURYO NI SHITE EIEN NARI.
JINZAI TO SHINRAI NO SHIRO O
IYOIYO BANJAKU NI!
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