A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
June 2nd-8th, 2014
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Let's make the month of June,
Soka Women's month,
a really happy and special one!*
May the wonderful unity of our
"White Lilies (Women's Division) and
"Flowers and Sun" (Young Women's Division)
flower in full blossom together.
It is the truly remarkable women of the SGI
who can really light up this world.
*June 4th is SGI Kayo-kai Day and June 10th is Soka Gakkai Women's Division Day.
**The SGI Ikeda Kayo-kai is an international training group for young women founded by SGI President Ikeda. (http://www.sgi-usa.org/youth/ywd/kayokai.php)
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 681) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 2nd
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
*June 4th is SGI Kayo-kai Day and June 10th is Soka Gakkai Women's Division Day.
**The SGI Ikeda Kayo-kai is an international training group for young women founded by SGI President Ikeda. (http://www.sgi-usa.org/youth/ywd/kayokai.php)
Monday, June 2nd, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 681) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 2nd
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Our attitude or determination in faith is perfectly reflected in the mirror of the Gohonzon and mirrored in the universe. This accords with the principle of three thousand realms in a single moment of life.
"In a letter to Abutsu-bo, one of his loyal disciples on Sado Island, the Daishonin writes: 'You may think you offered gifts to the treasure tower of the Thus Come One Many Treasures, but that is not so. You offered them to yourself' (WND-1, 299).
"An attitude in faith that reveres and honours the Gohonzon dignifies and honours the treasure tower of our own lives. When we chant before the Gohonzon, all Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout the universe will instantly lend their support and protection. On the other hand, if we slander the Gohonzon, the opposite will be true [i.e., such support and protection will not be forthcoming].
"Accordingly, our attitude or mind is extremely important. Our deep-seated attitude or determination in faith has a subtle and far-reaching influence.
"There may be times, for instance, when you feel reluctant to do gongyo or take part in SGI activities. That state of mind will be unerringly reflected in the universe, as if on the surface of a clear mirror. The heavenly deities will then also feel reluctant to play their part, and they will naturally fail to exert their full protective powers.
"On the other hand, when you joyfully do gongyo and carry out activities for kosen-rufu with the determination to accumulate even more good fortune in your life, the heavenly deities will be delighted and actively function to support you. If you are going to take some action anyway, it is to your advantage to do so willingly and joyfully.
"If you carry out your Buddhist practice reluctantly with a sense that it's a waste of time, doubt and complaint will erase your benefits. Of course, if you continue in this way, you will fail to perceive any benefit from your practice, only further reconfirming your incorrect conviction that there's no point in practising. This is a vicious circle.
"If you practice the Daishonin's Buddhism filled with doubt and skepticism, you will get results that are, at best, vague and unsatisfactory. This is the reflection of your own weak conviction in faith on the mirror of the universe. On the other hand, when you stand up with strong conviction in faith, you will accrue limitless good fortune and benefit.
"It's important that we vibrantly open up and free our mind of faith, which is both extremely subtle and far-reaching, while striving for self-mastery. When we do so, both our life and state of mind will expand limitlessly, and every action we take will become a source of benefit. Deeply mastering the subtle and far-reaching workings of the mind is the key to faith and to attaining Buddhahood in this lifetime."
SGI Newsletter No. 9000, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace,
Part 1: Happiness, 2.2 Buddhahood Is the Sun within Us, from the May
2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 26th May, 2014
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
SA, KOKORO HAZUMU JOSEI GEKKAN
"SHIRAYURI" TO "KAYO" NO
HANA NO "scrum" O MANKAI NI!
SEKAI O AKARUKU TERASU NOWA
SOKA NO IDAINA JOSEI TACHI DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
Part 1: Happiness, 2.2 Buddhahood Is the Sun within Us, from the May
2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 26th May, 2014
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
SA, KOKORO HAZUMU JOSEI GEKKAN
"SHIRAYURI" TO "KAYO" NO
HANA NO "scrum" O MANKAI NI!
SEKAI O AKARUKU TERASU NOWA
SOKA NO IDAINA JOSEI TACHI DA!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)
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