A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Golden Week" has started (in Japan).*
Let's make good use of these holidays to create
a meaningful history by meeting friends and acquaintances.
At the same time,
let's also use this time to try and create value each day
by developing stronger family bonds.
*Golden Week is a series of four holidays closely spaced together and observed at the end of April and beginning of May in Japan. (Ref.: Britannica Encyclopedia)
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Tell them to be prepared for the worst, and not to expect good times, but take the bad times for granted."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.I, page 998) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 26th, 2014
Sunday, April 27th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Golden Week" has started (in Japan).*
Let's make good use of these holidays to create
a meaningful history by meeting friends and acquaintances.
At the same time,
let's also use this time to try and create value each day
by developing stronger family bonds.
*Golden Week is a series of four holidays closely spaced together and observed at the end of April and beginning of May in Japan. (Ref.: Britannica Encyclopedia)
Saturday, April 26th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Tell them to be prepared for the worst, and not to expect good times, but take the bad times for granted."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.I, page 998) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 26th, 2014
Sunday, April 27th, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What is the purpose of life? It is happiness. The goal of Buddhism and of faith, too, is to become happy.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. The [Lotus Sutra] reads, ". . . where living beings enjoy themselves at ease" [LSOC16, 272]' (WND-1, 681). "Enjoy themselves at ease" here means being freely able to live the kind of life one desires and wholeheartedly enjoying that life.
"If you possess strong life force and abundant wisdom, it is possible to enjoy the challenge of overcoming life's hardships much in the same way that waves make surfing exhilarating and steep mountains give mountaineering its appeal.
"Because the Mystic Law is the source of the life force and wisdom for overcoming life's difficulties, the Daishonin states that there is no greater happiness than chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.
"Reality is harsh. Please courageously challenge the stern realities of life and win, and win again, in everything—in daily life, work, school, and family relations. The teachings of Buddhism and our practice of faith are the driving force for unlimited improvement.
"Where people possess wisdom and life force derived from their Buddhist practice, they can move everything in a brighter, more positive, and more encouraging direction. Wise, genuine practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism are able to enter into a winning rhythm in actuality, not just in theory."
SGI Newsletter No. 8986, Selected Excerpts of SGI President Ikeda's Guidance, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace <New Series>, from the April 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 25th April 2014
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www."
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
"Golden Week" GA "start".
YUJIN TONO KORYU NADO
YUIGINA REKISHI O!
KAZOKU NO KIZUNA O TSUYOMERU
KACHI ARU HIBI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TADA ICHIENNI OMOIKIRE YOKARAN WA FUSHIGI WARUKARAN WA ICHIJO TO OMOE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www."
--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
"Golden Week" GA "start".
YUJIN TONO KORYU NADO
YUIGINA REKISHI O!
KAZOKU NO KIZUNA O TSUYOMERU
KACHI ARU HIBI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TADA ICHIENNI OMOIKIRE YOKARAN WA FUSHIGI WARUKARAN WA ICHIJO TO OMOE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
http://treasures-of-heart.com/
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