A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. June 22nd-28th, 2015 -- Words of the Week -- A person who tries to introduce others to Nichiren Buddhism is indeed an emissary of the Buddha. Therefore, there is no need to feel afraid or be hesitant. As the Daishonin states, "But still I am not discouraged,"* let's share this Buddhism with as many people as we can, proudly and with confidence! *"Because I have expounded this teaching, I have been exiled and almost killed. As the saying goes, 'Good advice grates on the ear.' But still I am not discouraged. The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field. If you deviate from these principles, not even I can save you in your next life." - "The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood" - WND-I, page 748 Monday, June 22nd, 2015 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "Deep in the Snow Mountains lives a bird called the cold-suffering bird that, tortured by the numbing cold, cries that it will build a nest in the morning. Yet when day breaks, it sleeps away the hours in the warm light of the morning sun without building its nest. So it continues to cry vainly throughout its life." (Letter to Niike - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 1027) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 22nd, 2015 Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "There is a pioneering women's division member in Shikoku [the smallest of Japan's four main islands] who devotedly cared for both her aged mother and mother-in-law. While facing a series of hardships—including harassment by authoritarian Nichiren Shoshu priests, her own illness, the death of her beloved son—she continued to participate in Soka Gakkai activities together with her husband, committed to advancing even one step, even one millimetre, every day. "Having emerged triumphant over all, she says with a smile: 'Tears of gratitude fill my eyes, knowing that all the hardships I went through were to show others the power of the Mystic Law. Those hardships made me want to share Nichiren Buddhism with everyone and help them become happy.'" SGI Newsletter No. 9257, A Bright Gathering of Eternity, Happiness, True Self, and Purity, from the July 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 18th June, 2015 * The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html -- KONSHU NO KOTOBA -- SHAKUBUKU O GYOZURU HITOWA GOHONBUTSU NO TSUKAI DE ARU. YUENI OKUSURUNA! "IMADA KORIZU SORO" TO MUNE O HATTE KATARIYUKE! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "SESSEN NO KANKUCHO WA KANKU NI SEMERARETE YO AKENABA SU TSUKURANTO NAKUTO IEDOMO HI IDENUREBA ASAHI NO ATATAKANARU NI NEMURI WASURETE MATA SU O TSUKURAZU SHITE ISSHO MUNASHIKU NAKUKOTO OU" (Gosho Zenshu, page 1440) |
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