A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, Jan 24th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Thanks for everything you do!"
"Welcome! Thank you for coming out in this cold weather!"
These sort of words expressing our appreciation and sincerity
are what spread happiness and joy among everyone.
Let's become the type of leader who people recall as
"the one with a nice warm friendly smile!"
Friday, Jan 24th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"You must simply make up your mind. Look at the world this year as a mirror. The reason that you have survived until now when so many have died was so that you would meet with this affair."
(Reply to Yasaburō - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 829)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Jan 24th, 2014
Saturday, Jan 25th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"There are three quotes from Nichiren Daishonin that I have always engraved in my heart at the start of the New Year since the days of my youth, along with a fresh personal determination.
"The first is: 'You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come' (WND-1, 622).
"The second is: 'Life is limited; we must not begrudge it. What we should ultimately aspire to is the Buddha land' (WND-1, 214).
"Our lives are finite. Our time in this world passes by before we know it, one year quickly following another. That is why I have been determined to strive to the fullest each year, day after day, wholeheartedly devoting my life to realising the great vow for kosen-rufu—together with the eternal and indestructible Mystic Law and my mentor who was selflessly committed to spreading the correct teaching. That has been my resolve from my youth, a resolve that remains unchanged to this day.
"The third quote from Nichiren Daishonin that I have engraved in my heart each New Year is a passage from 'Letter to the Brothers': 'Could there ever be a more wonderful story [in all future time] than your own?' (WND-1, 499). These were words of praise for the Ikegami brothers who, by uniting together with courageous faith, had persevered steadfastly in their Buddhist practice, even when the elder brother was disowned by their father, who had allowed himself to fall under the influence of scheming priests hostile to the Daishonin.
"In this way, the Daishonin assures and encourages us that all our present challenges, hardships, efforts, victories, and our sense of fellowship as SGI members, will never fade—all shining on gloriously forever as 'wonderful stories' of our own lives."
SGI Newsletter No. 8913, 3rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Write a "Wonderful Story" That Will Endure for All Time!, from 12th Jan., 2014, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated 20th Jan. 2014
* 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--
"ITSUMO ARIGATO!"
"SAMUI NAKA YOKOSO!"
KANSHA TO MAGOKORO NO KOTOBA GA
MINA NI YOROKOBI O HIROGERU.
EGAO HIKARU "leader" TARE!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TADA HITOENI OMOIKIRUBESHI KOTOSHI NO SEKEN O KAGAMI TO SEYO JAKKAN NO HITONO SHINURUNI IMAMADE IKITE ARITSURUWA KONO KOTONI AWAN TAMENARIKERI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1451)
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