[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 1st Feb. 2014 To My Friends and Daily Gosho + 2nd Feb. 2014 Daily Enc.

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Saturday, Feb 1st, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The expansion of our movement for kosen-rufu
depends on the passion and momentum of leaders.
Through sincere and earnest daimoku and concrete action
let's inspire our friends with hope and courage!

Saturday, Feb 1st, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you
to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many
Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those
persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha
lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' cannot be
false in any way."

(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 217)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, Feb 1st, 2014

Sunday, Feb 2nd, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, Nichiren Daishonin discusses the term 'lion's roar'[1] (Jpn. shishi ku), explaining:

"The first shi [which means "teacher"] of the word shishi, or "lion," is the Wonderful Law that is passed on by the teacher. The second shi [which means "child"] is the Wonderful Law as it is received by the disciples. The "roar" (ku) [of the lion] is the sound of the teacher and the disciples chanting in unison. (cf. OTT, 111)

"In other words, the ultimate "lion's roar" is the sound of mentor and disciple chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with a shared vow for kosen-rufu. There is no sound more strong and true, more profound and sublime, in all the world.

"…For all of us, life is a struggle against the fundamental sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness, and death. But the Daishonin assures us: 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?' (WND-1, 412). Nothing surpasses the 'lion's roar' of daimoku.

"My youthful disciples, whose hearts are one with mine, please never allow yourselves to be defeated. Illnesses and problems exist so that we can overcome them, so that we can attain Buddhahood. They are trials that arise so that we can resolutely surmount them and thereby encourage and help many others who are suffering."

SGI Newsletter No. 8922, Forever Protect the Main Bastion of the Victory of Mentor and Disciple!, from 30th Nov., 2013, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translated 29th Jan. 2014

[1] Referring to the passage in the "Encouraging Devotion" (13th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra: "At that time the bodhisattvas, respectfully complying with the Buddha's will and at the same time wishing to fulfill their own original vows, proceeded in the presence of the Buddha to roar the lion's roar and to make a vow" (LSOC13, 231–32).

* 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 NO SHINTEN WA
"LEADER" NO
KIHAKU TO IKIOI DE KIMARU.
SHINKEN NA INORI TO KODO DE
TOMO NI YUKI TO JISHIN O OKURE!

- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KAKO NO SHUKUEN OIKITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMAUKA
SHAKA TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME ZAIZAISHOBUTSUDO JOYO SHIGUSHO YOMO
SORAGOTO SORAWAJI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1338)


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