Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and
"Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, May 5th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
May, the month when the sun really shines, is here.
Let's spend each day of this month valuably and meaningfully
talking and getting to know our friends even more.
It's through helping other people to form
"Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Monday, May 5th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
May, the month when the sun really shines, is here.
Let's spend each day of this month valuably and meaningfully
talking and getting to know our friends even more.
It's through helping other people to form
a connection with Buddhism that we,
at the same time, polish our own lives.
at the same time, polish our own lives.
Monday, May 5th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"But all of these abuses were incurred because of the Lotus Sutra, and they are therefore no shame to the men who suffered them. To be praised by fools—that is the greatest shame."
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 287) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, May 5th, 2014
May 5th - 11th, 2014
— WORDS OF THE WEEK —
Soka is all about the spirit, "From the indigo, an even deeper blue."*
To all of our Future Division members
(primary and secondary school students),
who are the successors of kosen-rufu,
my wish is that you grow up to be strong and capable of doing many things.
Everyone, together, let's put all our effort into helping support
these young people's growth and development,
our priceless treasures full of hope for the human race.
*In his Great Concentration and Insight, the sixth-century Chinese Buddhist teacher T'ien-t'ai used the phrase "from the indigo, an even deeper blue." This employs the example of the ancient process of dyeing cloth using a blue dye made from the indigo plant, where the dyed cloth takes on a deeper blue than the plant from which it was derived due to repeated immersion in the dye. In the same way, if the mentor is likened to the indigo plant, by absorbing the mentor's teachings, the disciple can achieve an even more splendid "blue." This illustrates that the ultimate goal of the relationship is to enable the disciple to surpass the mentor. (For more information, visit:http://www.joseitoda.org/religious/mentor_disciple.html)
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
YOKO KAGAYAKU GOGATSU.
YUJIN TONO KATARAI NADO
JUJITSU NO HIBI O!
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYUKU NAKA DE
WAGA SEIMEI WA MIGAKARERU!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MINA HOKEKYO NO YUE NAREBA HAJI NARAZU GUNIN NI HOMERARETARUWA DAIICHI NO HAJI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 237)
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
SOKA TOWA JURANNISHO NARI.
WAGA KOKEI NO MIRAIBU YO
TSUYOKU OKIKU SODACHIYUKE!
JINRUI NO KIBO NO TAKARA O
MINADE OENSHI NOBASO!
*In his Great Concentration and Insight, the sixth-century Chinese Buddhist teacher T'ien-t'ai used the phrase "from the indigo, an even deeper blue." This employs the example of the ancient process of dyeing cloth using a blue dye made from the indigo plant, where the dyed cloth takes on a deeper blue than the plant from which it was derived due to repeated immersion in the dye. In the same way, if the mentor is likened to the indigo plant, by absorbing the mentor's teachings, the disciple can achieve an even more splendid "blue." This illustrates that the ultimate goal of the relationship is to enable the disciple to surpass the mentor. (For more information, visit:http://www.joseitoda.org/religious/mentor_disciple.html)
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address athttp://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
YOKO KAGAYAKU GOGATSU.
YUJIN TONO KATARAI NADO
JUJITSU NO HIBI O!
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYUKU NAKA DE
WAGA SEIMEI WA MIGAKARERU!
- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MINA HOKEKYO NO YUE NAREBA HAJI NARAZU GUNIN NI HOMERARETARUWA DAIICHI NO HAJI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 237)
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
SOKA TOWA JURANNISHO NARI.
WAGA KOKEI NO MIRAIBU YO
TSUYOKU OKIKU SODACHIYUKE!
JINRUI NO KIBO NO TAKARA O
MINADE OENSHI NOBASO!
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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/
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