* Apologies for the delay today, we are moving about the globe and getting our dates and times right is a bit confusing for us! Please remember also that there may be a few gaps in August as we may not be able to send from where we are. We will endeavour though!
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the
Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our uncrowned heroes and heroines,
the deliverers and senders of our SGI publications*
who play a most pivotal role in the advancement of kosen-rufu!
We are most grateful to you for your daily selfless efforts,
regardless of it being stiflingly hot and humid or pouring with rain.
We will always be chanting for your complete and utter safety
and that you never ever encounter any danger or incident.
Thursday, August 1st, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"What can we say, then, of persons who are devoting themselves to Buddhism? Surely they should not forget the debts of gratitude they owe to their parents, their teachers, and their country. But if one intends to repay these great debts of gratitude, one can hope to do so only if one learns and masters Buddhism, becoming a person of wisdom."
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 690)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 31st, 2013
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the realm of faith in Nichiren Buddhism, everything starts with prayer before the Gohonzon. Prayer is an indispensable part of Buddhist practice, of becoming happy, and of striving as champions of kosen-rufu.
"Nichiren Daishonin says: `[Pray] as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground' (WND-1, 444). Just as this indicates, it is important for us to advance with unwavering faith, strong prayer, and the unshakable conviction that all of our prayers will be answered."
SGI Newsletter No. 8817, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 26: Chap. 2, Banner of the Law 51, translated 2nd Aug., 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--
KOFU ZENSHIN NO KANAME
[MUKAN NO TOMO] YO!
MOSHO NO NAKA MO AME NO HI MO
MAIASA NO HAITATSU NI DAIKANSHA.
ZETTAI MUJIKO O INORU.
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BUKKYO O NARAWAN MONO FUBO SHISHO KOKUON O WASURU BESHIYA KONO DAION O HOZEN NIWA KANARAZU BUPPO O NARAI KIWAME CHISHA TO NARADE KANAU
BEKIKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 293)
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