Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and
"Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's give all the encouragement and support we can
to those members who are challenging
to make their Soka youth conventions and festivals a magnificent success!
The development and growth of young capable people
is the driving force that makes the way to a better future.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra - The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 211) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 28th, 2014
April 28th to May 4th, 2014
— WORDS OF THE WEEK —
The great towering spirit of the establishment of Nichiren Buddhism
ceaselessly lives on and will forever do so in the SGI.*
The Daishonin states,
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."*
Let's courageously call forth our fellow Bodhisattvas of the Earth
whom we share karmic bonds with
"Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's give all the encouragement and support we can
to those members who are challenging
to make their Soka youth conventions and festivals a magnificent success!
The development and growth of young capable people
is the driving force that makes the way to a better future.
Monday, April 28th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra - The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 211) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, April 28th, 2014
April 28th to May 4th, 2014
— WORDS OF THE WEEK —
The great towering spirit of the establishment of Nichiren Buddhism
ceaselessly lives on and will forever do so in the SGI.*
The Daishonin states,
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."*
Let's courageously call forth our fellow Bodhisattvas of the Earth
whom we share karmic bonds with
and together let's continue to strive towards achieving kosen-rufu!
*On April, 28th, 1253, Nichiren Daishonin chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for the first time.
**"The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings", page 82
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SOKA SEINEN TAIKAI E
IDOMIYUKU TOMO O
MINADE SASAE HAGEMASO!
WAKAKI JINZAI NO SEICHO GA
MIRAI O HIRAKU CHIKARA DA!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRUO SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 788)
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
RISSHU NO DAISEISHIN WA
SOKA GAKKAI NI MYAKUMYAKUTO!
"DAIGAN TOWA HOKKE GUTSU NARI"
MIZUKARA NO JIYU NO KENZOKU O
ISANDE YOBIOKOSE!
*On April, 28th, 1253, Nichiren Daishonin chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for the first time.
**"The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings", page 82
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
SOKA SEINEN TAIKAI E
IDOMIYUKU TOMO O
MINADE SASAE HAGEMASO!
WAKAKI JINZAI NO SEICHO GA
MIRAI O HIRAKU CHIKARA DA!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRUO SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 788)
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
RISSHU NO DAISEISHIN WA
SOKA GAKKAI NI MYAKUMYAKUTO!
"DAIGAN TOWA HOKKE GUTSU NARI"
MIZUKARA NO JIYU NO KENZOKU O
ISANDE YOBIOKOSE!
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ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practise
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/
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
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But do drop us a line at sjlmg@wta.att.ne.jp when you leave and tell us why you are leaving as it often can help us to improve the service! Please!
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