[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 9th-15th Sep. 2013 Words of the Week, 9th Sep. 2013 Daily Gosho and 10th Sep. 2013 Daily Enc.

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Sept 9th-15th, 2013
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
(Throughout Japan,)
our Women's Division's general meetings have just begun.
Our local community is indeed the starting point for peace.
Happily, cheerfully and with lots of laughter,
let's hold meetings where everyone can enjoy discussing
what it means and takes to become happy!

Monday, Sept 9th, 2013
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward."

(Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 907) Selection source: Soka Gakkai member's experience, Seikyo Shimbun, September 8th, 2013

Tuesday, Sept 10th, 2013
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 'The Benefits of Responding with Joy' (18th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni teaches that those who invite others to hear the Law preached, and who share their seat with them, acquire enormous benefit (cf. LSOC18, 288 [LS18, 247–48]).[1] We "should respect one another [as Buddhas]" (WND-1, 757), as the Daishonin says. When we respect and value our fellow members in the course of our day-to-day SGI activities, we are practising the correct teaching in accord with the Buddha's intent.

"There may well be times when one finds it somewhat challenging to work together with other members, who may have different personalities or backgrounds. Young people, in particular, often find organisations restrictive and stifling, and many may think it is easier and more pleasant to be on one's own. There is also a strong general tendency these days for people to try to avoid direct interaction with others. But that trend deprives us of the opportunity to make the most of our differing personalities, to praise and support one another, and to cultivate our capacities for tolerance and understanding. As a result, we may end up being unable to appreciate the pain and suffering of others, control our own anger, or patch up even small differences and misunderstandings—producing negativity that at its very worst can drive one, or cause one to drive others, to violence, alienation, despair, and even suicide. I'm sure everyone agrees this is a problem we must do something about."

SGI Newsletter No. 8835, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [50] "Three Tripitaka Masters Pray for Rain." Be "Good Friends" Who Illuminate People's Lives with the Light of Compassion and Wisdom, from the March 2013 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated 6th Sep. 2013

[1] The Lotus Sutra states: "Suppose there is a person who is sitting in the place where the Law is expounded, and when another person appears, the first person urges him to sit down and listen, or offers to share his seat and so persuades him to sit down. The benefits gained by this person will be such that when he is reborn he will be in a place where the lord Shakra is seated, where the heavenly king Brahma is seated, or where a wheel-turning sage king is seated" (LSOC18, 288 [LS18, 247–48]).

* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
FUJINBU SOKA GA KAIMAKU!
WAGA CHIIKI KOSO
HEIWA NO SHUPPATSUTEN NARI.
AKARUKU TANOSHIKU NIGIYAKANI
KOFUKU HAKASE NO KATARAI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"INTOKU AREBA TOYO ARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1178)


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