A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our mission as members of the SGI
is the realisation of kosen-rufu for the happiness of all humankind.
Let's illuminate the entire world
with the brilliant light of the Buddhism of the Sun* and into the future!
* "Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is the Buddhism of the sun that will
illuminate the entire world into the eternal future. It is a teaching
of limitless hope that enables us to surmount the challenges of any
time or age."
(SGI Newsletter No. 8438, Living the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (65) The Buddhism of the Sun Shines over All Humanity, from the Jan. 19th, 2012, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, the Soka Gakkai daily newspaper, translated Jan. 25th, 2012.)
Thursday, August 15th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(A passage in the Six Paramitas Sutra says) to become the master of your mind rather than let your mind master you."
Reply to the Lay Priest Soya, Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 486. Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, August 15th, 2013
Friday, August 16th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I wish to stress to you that your human revolution and your character development hold the key to everything in both your work and in kosen-rufu.
"The treasures of the heart that we accumulate through our Buddhist practice come to shine in our life condition and character. They contribute more than anything to the realisation of kosen-rufu.
"The American poet Walt Whitman (1819–92) wrote:
"'Is reform needed? Is it through you?
The greater the reform needed, the greater the Personality
you need to accomplish it.'"
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
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
WARERA SOKA NO SHIMEI WA
JINRUI NO KOFUKU O KIZUKU
KOSEN RUFU NO JITSUGEN DA.
TAIO NO BUPPO NO HIKARI O
SEKAI E! MIRAI E!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KOKORO NO SHI TO WA NARU TO MO KOKORO O SHI TO SEZARE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1025)
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