A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, Oct 29th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's set our sights on the goals we have set ourselves
and put our best efforts into the realisation of them!
It's in the midst of such relentless efforts
that we are able to experience both growth and advancement,
as well as the construction of something new and unique!
Wednesday, Oct 29th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions
assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law."
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 280)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, Oct 29th, 2014
Thursday, Oct 30th, 2014
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin declares: '"Joy" means that oneself and others together experience joy. . . . Both oneself and others together will take joy in their possession of wisdom and compassion' (OTT, 146).
"Both ourselves and others matter. Caring only about one's own happiness is selfish. Claiming to care only about the happiness of others is hypocritical. Real 'joy' lies in both ourselves and others becoming happy together.
"Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda said: 'Becoming happy yourself is no great challenge; it's quite simple. But the essence of Nichiren Buddhism lies in helping others become happy, too.'"[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9112, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1: Happiness, Chap. 5: Happiness for Both Ourselves and Others, from the October 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 27th Oct., 2014
[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda), (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1984), vol. 4, p. 378.
* 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--
WAGA MOKUHYO E MUKAI
SHUNEN NO CHOSEN O!
TAYUMAZARU DORYOKU NO NAKA NI
JISHIN NO SEICHO GA ARI
ATARASHIKI KENSETSU GA ARU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENZURU TOKORO WA TEN MO SUTE TAMAE SHONAN NIMO AE SHINMYO O GO TO SEN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 232)
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, Oct 29th, 2014
— TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's set our sights on the goals we have set ourselves
and put our best efforts into the realisation of them!
It's in the midst of such relentless efforts
that we are able to experience both growth and advancement,
as well as the construction of something new and unique!
Wednesday, Oct 29th, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions
assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law."
(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 280)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, Oct 29th, 2014
Thursday, Oct 30th, 2014
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin declares: '"Joy" means that oneself and others together experience joy. . . . Both oneself and others together will take joy in their possession of wisdom and compassion' (OTT, 146).
"Both ourselves and others matter. Caring only about one's own happiness is selfish. Claiming to care only about the happiness of others is hypocritical. Real 'joy' lies in both ourselves and others becoming happy together.
"Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda said: 'Becoming happy yourself is no great challenge; it's quite simple. But the essence of Nichiren Buddhism lies in helping others become happy, too.'"[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9112, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1: Happiness, Chap. 5: Happiness for Both Ourselves and Others, from the October 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 27th Oct., 2014
[1] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda), (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1984), vol. 4, p. 378.
* 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--
WAGA MOKUHYO E MUKAI
SHUNEN NO CHOSEN O!
TAYUMAZARU DORYOKU NO NAKA NI
JISHIN NO SEICHO GA ARI
ATARASHIKI KENSETSU GA ARU!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SENZURU TOKORO WA TEN MO SUTE TAMAE SHONAN NIMO AE SHINMYO O GO TO SEN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 232)
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If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
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from there on it is all automatic!
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
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from there on it is all automatic!
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...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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