* National Press Holiday yesterday so no To My Friends and we've kept Words of the Week over to cover the gap. Hope that is OK, all the best for the week...
A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
August 12th-18th, 2013
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin encourages us with the following words,
"Exert yourself in the two ways of practise and study."*
With youthful energy,
let's do all we can to study this Buddhism
and share what we learn from its philosophy with others.
Now is the very time, together with our friends,
for us to challenge our human revolution.
*"Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practise and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practise and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase." - "The True Aspect of All Phenomena", WND-I, page 386
Monday, August 12th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is definitely something extraordinary in the ebb and flow of the tide, the rising and setting of the moon, and the way in which summer, autumn, winter, and spring give way to each other. Something uncommon also occurs when an ordinary person attains Buddhahood."
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 637) Selection Source: Soka Gakkai member's experience, Seikyo Shinbun, August 11th, 2013
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" Faith is a spiritual struggle against doubt, against a wavering mind. It is the struggle tobreak through delusion and lack of confidence—which make us think we cannot become happy or that we are hopeless. It is to bring the power of the Mystic Law to well forth from within and establish absolute conviction."
SGI Newsletter No. No. 8819 The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 52. Translated 6th Aug., 2013
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"GYOGAKU NO NIDO O
HAGEMI SORO BESHI"
SEINEN NO IBUKI DE
BUPPO O MANABI KATARO!
TOMONI NINGEN KAKUMEI NO CHOSEN DA.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHIO NO HIRU TO MITSU TO TSUKI NO IZURU TO IRU TO NATSU TO AKI TO FUYU TO HARU TONO SAKAI NIWA KANARAZU SOI SURU KOTO ARI BONPU NO HOTOKE NI NARU MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1091)
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