A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- Let's put our very best into preparing for meetings so that all who attend can leave feeling "Right, from here on I am going to give it my best shot!" From our joyful gatherings emerges an unstoppable momentum for victory! Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys." (The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples - The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 211) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, May 27th, 2015 Thursday, May 28th, 2015 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "Courageous people are positive and cheerful. Gandhi often laughed, making those around him feel happy and brave. "Courageous people don't give up. Gandhi was very patient, saying that 'Good travels at a snail's pace.'[1] "Courageous people stand at the forefront. Gandhi believed that 'what is possible for one is possible for all,'[2] and took the lead himself in taking on great challenges. "…Maybe some of you think you don't have courage. But all people do. Everyone, without exception, has courage inside them. The key is being able to draw it out. "Everyone can do this by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. "Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion.' (WND-1, 412). Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo awakens the lion's heart inside you. When that happens, you'll feel wisdom, hope, and courage well up from inside." SGI Newsletter No. 9246, Rainbow of Hope—Great Figures of the World, [7] Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of the Indian Independence Movement: Take a Courageous Step Forwards!, from 1st Oct., 2014, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translation released 22nd May, 2015 [1] Mahatma Gandhi, The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1966), vol. 10 (November 1909–March 1911), p. 27. [2] Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections, compiled and edited by Krishna Kripalani (New York: Continuum, 2000), p. 4. * 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-- [YOSHI GANBARO] MINA GA KETSUI DEKIRU YO KAIGO NO JUNBI NI BANZEN O! KANKI AFURERU TSUDOI KARA SHORI NO IKIOI WA UMARERU! -- KYO NO GOSHO -- "HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI" (Gosho Zenshu, page 788) |
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