A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, June 27th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our SGI Cleaning Group members,
thank you so much for keeping our community centres
so spick-and-span.
It's because of your dedication that our centres
shine as castles for kosen-rufu.
Please wisely take every possible measure
to protect yourselves from the heat
by wearing a hat when you are outside,
constantly drinking enough fluids, replacing any lost sodium, etc..
Friday, June 27th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine
can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 17) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, June 27th, 2014
Saturday, June 28th, 2014
—--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin sent many letters to his lay follower Toki Jonin.[1] In one of them, titled 'On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice,' he outlines the correct Buddhist practice for people in the Latter Day of the Law, clarifying that such practice lies in 'making [the] single word "faith" the foundation' (cf. WND-1, 785).
"The essence of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is not ceremony or formality. It is our heart. It is our faith. The Daishonin further states that the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon contains within it all other forms of practice. He explains with the following simple allegory: 'The two characters that comprise the name Japan contain within them all the people and animals and wealth in the sixty-six provinces of the country,[2] without a single omission' (WND-1, 788). Similarly, he says, the phrase 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo' contains within it the entirety of the Lotus Sutra. Therefore, the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is itself the direct path to attaining Buddhahood. All other practices, especially those entrenched in formality, are secondary practices that, if given primary importance, can become an impediment to faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9023, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1: Happiness, Chapter 3: The Practice for Transforming Our State of Life, from the June 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 25th June, 2014
[1] Toki Jonin (1216–99): A lay follower of the Daishonin. He lived in Wakamiya, Katsushika District of Shimosa Province (part of present-day Chiba Prefecture) and was a leading samurai retainer of Lord Chiba, the constable of that province. He converted to the Daishonin's teaching around 1254, the year after it was first proclaimed at Seicho-ji temple. Also known as the lay priest Toki, he was the recipient of many of the Daishonin's writings, including "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind," the majority of which he carefully preserved.
[2] The sixty-six provinces refer to the entire country of ancient Japan.
* 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 SHIRO O KAGAYAKASERU
"MAMORU KAI" NI KANSHA!
OKUGAI NO BOSHI CHAKUYO YA
SUIBUN ENBUN HOKYU NADO
ATSUSA TAISAKU MO KENMEI NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, June 27th, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our SGI Cleaning Group members,
thank you so much for keeping our community centres
so spick-and-span.
It's because of your dedication that our centres
shine as castles for kosen-rufu.
Please wisely take every possible measure
to protect yourselves from the heat
by wearing a hat when you are outside,
constantly drinking enough fluids, replacing any lost sodium, etc..
Friday, June 27th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine
can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 17) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, June 27th, 2014
Saturday, June 28th, 2014
—--- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin sent many letters to his lay follower Toki Jonin.[1] In one of them, titled 'On the Four Stages of Faith and the Five Stages of Practice,' he outlines the correct Buddhist practice for people in the Latter Day of the Law, clarifying that such practice lies in 'making [the] single word "faith" the foundation' (cf. WND-1, 785).
"The essence of Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism is not ceremony or formality. It is our heart. It is our faith. The Daishonin further states that the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with faith in the Gohonzon contains within it all other forms of practice. He explains with the following simple allegory: 'The two characters that comprise the name Japan contain within them all the people and animals and wealth in the sixty-six provinces of the country,[2] without a single omission' (WND-1, 788). Similarly, he says, the phrase 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo' contains within it the entirety of the Lotus Sutra. Therefore, the practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is itself the direct path to attaining Buddhahood. All other practices, especially those entrenched in formality, are secondary practices that, if given primary importance, can become an impediment to faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9023, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1: Happiness, Chapter 3: The Practice for Transforming Our State of Life, from the June 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 25th June, 2014
[1] Toki Jonin (1216–99): A lay follower of the Daishonin. He lived in Wakamiya, Katsushika District of Shimosa Province (part of present-day Chiba Prefecture) and was a leading samurai retainer of Lord Chiba, the constable of that province. He converted to the Daishonin's teaching around 1254, the year after it was first proclaimed at Seicho-ji temple. Also known as the lay priest Toki, he was the recipient of many of the Daishonin's writings, including "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind," the majority of which he carefully preserved.
[2] The sixty-six provinces refer to the entire country of ancient Japan.
* 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 SHIRO O KAGAYAKASERU
"MAMORU KAI" NI KANSHA!
OKUGAI NO BOSHI CHAKUYO YA
SUIBUN ENBUN HOKYU NADO
ATSUSA TAISAKU MO KENMEI NI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)
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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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
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