A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The unique mission of our fellow members in Hokkaido
is the realisation of the vow to accomplish kosen-rufu!
Now is the time to expand and foster capable new bodhisattvas of the earth
by exerting the true power of a lion!
Let's rigorously exert ourselves in faith with a strong seeking spirit!
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"As you crave food when hungry, seek water when thirsty, long to see a lover, beg for medicine when ill, or as a beautiful woman desires powder and rouge, so should you put your faith in the Lotus Sutra."
(Persecution by Sword and Staff
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2014
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The unique mission of our fellow members in Hokkaido
is the realisation of the vow to accomplish kosen-rufu!
Now is the time to expand and foster capable new bodhisattvas of the earth
by exerting the true power of a lion!
Let's rigorously exert ourselves in faith with a strong seeking spirit!
Wednesday, Dec 3rd, 2014
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"As you crave food when hungry, seek water when thirsty, long to see a lover, beg for medicine when ill, or as a beautiful woman desires powder and rouge, so should you put your faith in the Lotus Sutra."
(Persecution by Sword and Staff
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 965)
Selection source: President Ikeda's Essay,
Selection source: President Ikeda's Essay,
Seikyo Shimbun, Nov 15th, 2014
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2014
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2014
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Unseen virtue leads to visible reward, notes the Daishonin. As an expression of my gratitude to all who work so hard behind the scenes for kosen-rufu, I would like to offer these words from the Silk Road poet Berdakh (1827–1900): 'If you strive arduously for the happiness of others, your sincere efforts will not be wasted. Eventually, the people will sing the praises of your labours.' [1]
"The quiet, dedicated efforts
you continue to make
behind the scenes
will imbue your life eternally
with the lofty fragrance of visible reward."
SGI Newsletter No. 9120, Appreciation for Those Making Noble Efforts Behind the Scenes, from the December 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 18th Nov., 2014
[1] Translated from Russian. Vechnyie istinyi: Aforizmyi izrecheniya mudretsov Vostoka (Eternal Truths), compiled by V. I. Tyurikov and R. Sh. Shagulyamov (Tashkent: Uzbekiston milliy ensiklopediyasi, 1997), p. 86.
* 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 HOKKAIDO NO SHIMEI WA
KOFU SEIGAN NO JITSUGEN NARI!
IMA KOSO SHISHI NO SOKOJIKARA DE
ARATANA JIYU NO KAKUDAI O!
KYUDO NO SHINJIN O TSURANUKE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KASSHITE MIZU O SHITAU GA GOTOKU KOITE HITO O MITAKI GA GOTOKU YAMAI
NI KUSURI O TANOMU GA GOTOKU MIME KATACHI YOKI HITO BENI SHIROI MONO O
TSUKURU GA GOTOKU HOKEKYO NIWA SHINJIN O ITASASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1558)
* 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 HOKKAIDO NO SHIMEI WA
KOFU SEIGAN NO JITSUGEN NARI!
IMA KOSO SHISHI NO SOKOJIKARA DE
ARATANA JIYU NO KAKUDAI O!
KYUDO NO SHINJIN O TSURANUKE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KASSHITE MIZU O SHITAU GA GOTOKU KOITE HITO O MITAKI GA GOTOKU YAMAI
NI KUSURI O TANOMU GA GOTOKU MIME KATACHI YOKI HITO BENI SHIROI MONO O
TSUKURU GA GOTOKU HOKEKYO NIWA SHINJIN O ITASASE TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1558)
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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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