A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The rich and invaluable experiences in life
of those in assistant or vice leadership roles
is the driving force behind our efforts for advancing kosen-rufu
On the stage of our respective missions
let's create a history of no regrets!
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain, Vol. 1, page 909)
Selection source:
Young Men's Division Gosho for March,
Seikyo Shimbun, April 15th, 2015
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding president of the Soka Gakkai. is recorded as having given the following response to one of the interrogators' questions:
"'Sometimes people, overly concerned about the opinion of society, satisfy themselves with a way of life in which they do no real good or bad, or in which what good they do is very limited. In extreme cases, this leads to the view that it is acceptable to do anything so long as it is not prohibited by law. I consider all such ways of life a form of slander against the Buddhist dharma.'[i]
"By slander, Makiguchi is referring to actions that run counter to the teachings of Buddhism; but in a more expansive sense, he is encouraging us to reflect on all actions that are not in harmony with the path of humanity."
SGI Newsletter No. 9229, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal 2015, A Shared Pledge for a More Humane Future: To Eliminate Misery from the Earth, translation released 1st April, 2015
[i] (trans. from) Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo zenshu, 10:209–10.
* 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--
YUTAKANA KEIKEN O MOTSU
FUKU YAKUSHOKU NO MINASAMA NO KATSUYAKU GA
KOFU ZENSHIN NO CHIKARA DA.
WAGA SHIMEI NO BUTATAI DE
KUI NAKI REKISHI O TUZURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O
TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO
MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The rich and invaluable experiences in life
of those in assistant or vice leadership roles
is the driving force behind our efforts for advancing kosen-rufu
On the stage of our respective missions
let's create a history of no regrets!
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell."
(Flowering and Bearing Grain, Vol. 1, page 909)
Selection source:
Young Men's Division Gosho for March,
Seikyo Shimbun, April 15th, 2015
Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the founding president of the Soka Gakkai. is recorded as having given the following response to one of the interrogators' questions:
"'Sometimes people, overly concerned about the opinion of society, satisfy themselves with a way of life in which they do no real good or bad, or in which what good they do is very limited. In extreme cases, this leads to the view that it is acceptable to do anything so long as it is not prohibited by law. I consider all such ways of life a form of slander against the Buddhist dharma.'[i]
"By slander, Makiguchi is referring to actions that run counter to the teachings of Buddhism; but in a more expansive sense, he is encouraging us to reflect on all actions that are not in harmony with the path of humanity."
SGI Newsletter No. 9229, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal 2015, A Shared Pledge for a More Humane Future: To Eliminate Misery from the Earth, translation released 1st April, 2015
[i] (trans. from) Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo zenshu, 10:209–10.
* 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--
YUTAKANA KEIKEN O MOTSU
FUKU YAKUSHOKU NO MINASAMA NO KATSUYAKU GA
KOFU ZENSHIN NO CHIKARA DA.
WAGA SHIMEI NO BUTATAI DE
KUI NAKI REKISHI O TUZURE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O
TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO
MO NASU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)
__._,_.___
Posted by: Scobie-John Le May-Grellan <sjlmg@icloud.com>
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a new topic | • | Messages in this topic (1) |
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"
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
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
But do drop us a line at sjlmg@wta.att.ne.jp when you leave and tell us why you are leaving as it often can help us to improve the service! Please!
To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
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
But do drop us a line at sjlmg@wta.att.ne.jp when you leave and tell us why you are leaving as it often can help us to improve the service! Please!
To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
.
__,_._,___
No comments:
Post a Comment