[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 12th May, 2015 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 13th May Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- To the future leaders of our movement the members of the training groups of the Sokahan and Gajokai members,* we wish you the very best in your efforts to challenge yourselves! Hardships are the very treasures of our lives. I am also counting on our experienced members to wholeheartedly support and encourage them in their activities! * Sokahan/Soka Dedicated Group - YMD group that works behind the scenes to look after and safely guide participants at SGI activities * Gajokai - YMD group that is chiefly responsible for protecting SGI centres, sometimes called "Keibi" in some countries Tuesday, May 12th, 2015 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "If votaries of the Lotus Sutra carry out religious practice as the sutra directs, then every one of them without exception will surely attain Buddhahood within his or her present lifetime. To cite an analogy, if one plants the fields in spring and summer, then, whether it be early or late, one is certain to reap a harvest within the year. (Votaries of the Lotus Sutra fall into three categories, superior, middling, and inferior, depending upon their capacities, and yet all will invariably attain enlightenment within a single lifetime.)" (The Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 88) Selection source: Teachings of Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, May 2nd, 2015 Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "The strength of your faith must manifest itself in the form of studying, exercising your ingenuity, and exerting twice as much effort as anyone else. "Earnestly chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the wellspring for the energy to rise to that challenge. And your chanting must also be based on a vow. "By a vow, I mean making a personal pledge and praying to fulfil it. Some people just pray that everything they want will fall into their laps without effort on their own part. But a religion that encourages that kind of prayer disempowers people. Prayer in Nichiren Buddhism means chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo based on a vow. The essence of this vow is the realisation of kosen-rufu. "In other words, it means chanting resolutely with the determination, 'I will realise kosen-rufu.… I will show magnificent actual proof of this Buddhism in my work. Please enable me to give play to my fullest potential.' This is what our prayer should be like. "It is also important that we establish clear and concrete goals for what we hope to achieve each day and then pray and challenge ourselves to achieve each of them. This earnest determination gives rise to wisdom and resourcefulness, thereby leading to success. In short, to win in life we need determination and prayer, effort and ingenuity. It is misguided to dream of getting rich quick, expecting to encounter a rare stroke of luck or some shrewd money-making scheme. That is not faith. It is mere fantasy." SGI Newsletter No. 9238, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 9.6 Stand Up with Faith Based on a Vow, from the April 2015 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 30th April, 2015 * 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-- MIRAI NO LEADER TARU SOKAHAN, GAJOKAI NO DAIGAKKOSEI, GANBARE! KUTO KOSO SHOGAI NO ZAISAN DA. SENPAI MO SAIDAI NO OEN O! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA NYOSETSU SHUGYO SEBA KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI HITORI MO NOKORAZU JOBUTSU SUBESHI TATOEBA HARU NATSU TA O TSUKURU NI WASE OKU AREDOMO ICHINEN NO NAKA NIWA KANARAZU KORE O OSAMU HOKKE NO GYOJA MO JO CHU GE KON AREDOMO KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI SHOTOKU SU" (Gosho Zenshu, page 416)

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