A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
— TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us to
diligently polish our mirror day and night.*
No one is a match for someone
who devotes themselves to chanting daimoku,
no matter what happens!
Let's unceasingly continue our faith and practice.
*"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." - "On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime", WND-I, page 4
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra. Since it will be the same in any event, do not betray grief. Just as you have written in your letter, you must act and speak without the least servility. If you try to curry favour, the situation will only worsen."
(A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 824)
Selection source: Gosho for June Discussion Meeting, Seikyo Shimbun, June 2nd, 2015
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The driving force for changing suffering into joy and adversity into the energy for dynamic development is our Buddhist practice and SGI activities.
"The more challenging the obstacles we overcome, the more dramatically we can transform our karma and the bigger, better people we can become."
SGI Newsletter No. 9247, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chapter 10: Transforming Karma into Mission, from the May 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 29th May, 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--
"NICHIYA CHOBONI
MATA OKOTARAZU MIGAKUBESHI"
DAIMOKU O AGENUKU HITO NIWA
DAREBITO MO KANAWANAI!
TAYUMANU SHINJIN O TSURANUKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ISSHO WA YUME NO UE ASU O GOSEZU IKANARU KOTSUJIKI NIWA NARUTOMO HOKEKYO NI KIZU O TSUKETAMAU BEKARAZU SAREBA ONAJIKUWA NAGEKITARU KISHIKI NAKUTE KONO JO NI KAKITARUGA GOTOKU SUKOSHIMO HETSURAWAZU FURUMAI OSE ARUBESHI NAKANAKA HETSURAU NARABA ASHIKARINAN"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1163)
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
— TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us to
diligently polish our mirror day and night.*
No one is a match for someone
who devotes themselves to chanting daimoku,
no matter what happens!
Let's unceasingly continue our faith and practice.
*"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo." - "On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime", WND-I, page 4
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra. Since it will be the same in any event, do not betray grief. Just as you have written in your letter, you must act and speak without the least servility. If you try to curry favour, the situation will only worsen."
(A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 824)
Selection source: Gosho for June Discussion Meeting, Seikyo Shimbun, June 2nd, 2015
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The driving force for changing suffering into joy and adversity into the energy for dynamic development is our Buddhist practice and SGI activities.
"The more challenging the obstacles we overcome, the more dramatically we can transform our karma and the bigger, better people we can become."
SGI Newsletter No. 9247, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chapter 10: Transforming Karma into Mission, from the May 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 29th May, 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--
"NICHIYA CHOBONI
MATA OKOTARAZU MIGAKUBESHI"
DAIMOKU O AGENUKU HITO NIWA
DAREBITO MO KANAWANAI!
TAYUMANU SHINJIN O TSURANUKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ISSHO WA YUME NO UE ASU O GOSEZU IKANARU KOTSUJIKI NIWA NARUTOMO HOKEKYO NI KIZU O TSUKETAMAU BEKARAZU SAREBA ONAJIKUWA NAGEKITARU KISHIKI NAKUTE KONO JO NI KAKITARUGA GOTOKU SUKOSHIMO HETSURAWAZU FURUMAI OSE ARUBESHI NAKANAKA HETSURAU NARABA ASHIKARINAN"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1163)
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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:
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