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Friday, July 31, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To Mon Friends & Daily Gosho July 30th 2015 & Daily Enc. July 31st, 2015

 

* Sorry everyone but we got things in the wrong order! You received the 31st's before the 30th's. Getting a bit mixed up with times while in France! 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Thursday, July 30th, 2015
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
Summer is a time when 
various types of accidents take place.
Be extremely cautious of fires 
and possible drowning situations!
Try not to drive for too long, 
it's always good to take a break when driving 
in order to remain safe.
By chanting powerful daimoku
let's keep clear of carelessness!

Thursday, July 30th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, it will be very difficult for evil persons to do you harm. And if by chance something should happen to you, then you may be certain that it is a retribution in this present life for the hatred that you manifested in some previous existence towards a votary of the Lotus Sutra. Retribution of that kind can never be avoided, no matter how deep one may be within the mountains or how far away at sea."

(Gosho, On Consecrating an Image 
of Shakyamuni Buddha Made by Shijō Kingo, 
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin I, pg. 687)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, 
Seikyo Shimbun, July 29th, 2015

Friday, July 31st, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) said that pleasant conversation among those who share activities and experiences is 'all the more fruitful and uplifting to the spirit.'

SGI Newsletter No. 9274, The Women of Soka Are Suns of Hope, Sent from Scobie-john's iPad

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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
JIKO GA TAHATSU SURU NATSU.
SUINAN YA KASAI NI CHUI!
KURUMA NO CHOJIKAN UNTEN MO
MURI NAKU ANZEN DAIICHI DE.
TSUYOKI INORI DE YUDAN O HAISE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
MOSHIYANO KOTO ARABA SENSHO NI HOKEKYO NO GYOJA O ADAMITARIKERU GA KONJO NI MUKUU NARUBESHI KONO KOTO WA IKANARU YAMA NO NAKA UMI NO UE NITEMO NOGARE GATASHI
(Gosho zenshu, pg. 1147)

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[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To Mon Friends and Daily Gosho July 31, 2015 + Daily Encouragement Aug. 1, 2015

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Friday, July 31st, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our Future Division members
(school students up to high school),
our priceless treasures for kosen-rufu,
try to keep on studying, no matter what,
aiming towards your dreams and goals!
I hope all of you, 
brimming with the vow you made 
in the springtime of your youth,
will use this summer as an opportunity 
for you to develop and grow.

Friday, July 31st, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."

(Happiness in This World 
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, 
Volume 1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, July 31st, 2015

Saturday, August 1st, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Prayer is the determination to accomplish one's goal without fail; it is a pledge, a vow."

SGI Newsletter No. 9274, The Women of Soka Are Suns of Hope, from the June 8th, 2015 edition of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released July 23rd, 2015. 

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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
KOFU NO TAKARA MIRAIBU YO
YUME NI MUKATTE
TESSHITE MANABI NUKE!
SEISHUN NO CHIKAI O MOYASHI
KITAE TO SEICHO NO NATSU NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHITONAE ISASETAMAE KORE ANI JIJU HORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1143)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

http://www.nichirenlibrary.org

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th July To Mon Friends & Daily Gosho + 30th July, 2015 Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's start each day 
with a powerful gongyo and resonant daimoku! 
Bringing forth abundant life force and wisdom
let's stay in the orbit of a healthy rhythm of life.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is nothing to lament when we consider that we will surely become Buddhas. Even if one were to become an emperor's consort, of what use would it be? Even if one were to be reborn in heaven, what end would it serve?"
(The Bow and Arrow, 
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin - 1, page 657)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin,
 Seikyo Shimbun, July 29th, 2015

Thursday, July 30th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"​Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'It is the heart that is important' (WND-1, 1000).

​"The heart is invisible, but it has the power to significantly change our visible reality. In accord with the Mystic Law, the great law governing all life, a fundamental change in one person's heart not only transforms their own life, but also transforms society and the land in which they live. The doctrine of 'three thousand realms in a single moment of life' taught in Nichiren Buddhism explains this.

"​The Daishonin assures us that all actions that arise out of faith, based on a wish for the happiness of both ourselves and others, 'will implant benefits and roots of goodness in [our] life' (cf. WND-1, 4). Our heart, our mind, determines everything." 


SGI Newsletter No. 9274, The Women of Soka Are Suns of Hope, from the June 8th, 2015 edition of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released July 23rd, 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--
RORO TARU GONGYO, SHODAI DE
KYO ICHINICHI O SHUPPATSU DA!
YUTAKANA SEIMEIRYOKU TO
CHIE O WAKASHI NAGARA
"RHYTHM" TADASHII SEIKATSU O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WARERA WA HOTOKE NI UTAGAI NASHI OBOSEBA, NANI NO NAGEKI KA ARUBEKI, KISAKI NI NARITEMO NANIKASEN TEN NI UMARETEMO YOSHI NASHI"
(Gosho Zenshu  pg. 976)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28 July, 2015 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 29 July, 2015 Daily Enc.

 

* Apologies if we are not matching our normal schedule as we are working out of  the UK at UK time! And French from tomorrow. 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our very best wishes go out to all those 
people who, in the midst of the summer,
are preparing for entrance or other exams.
This is obviously a crucial time for you.
May we assure you that
hard work definitely pays off.
Aiming for that final victory, 
let's all strive to put in our very best today!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you should fall into hell for some grave offense, no matter how Shakyamuni Buddha might urge me to become a Buddha, I would refuse; I would rather go to hell with you."

(The Three Kinds of Treasure
 - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Volume 1, page 850)
Selection source: Teachings of Buddhism, 
Seikyo Shimbun, July 21st, 2015

Wednesday, July 28th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" What distinguishes someone as a truly cultured person, a person of outstanding character? The Swiss philosopher Carl Hilty (1833–1909) had a clear answer to this question. Cultured people, he wrote, always possess 'enthusiasm and eagerness for whatever is good.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 9274, The Women of Soka Are Suns of Hope, from the June 8th, 2015 edition of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released July 23rd, 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--
TENNOZAN NO NATSU NI IDOMU
JUKENSEI, GANBARE!
DORYOKU WA KANARAZU MI O MUSUBU.
SAIGO NO SHORI O MEZASHI
KYO MO "BEST' O TSUKUSE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TATOI TONO NO TSUMI FUKAKU SHITE JIGOKU NI IRITAMAWABANICHIREN O IKANI HOTOKE NI NARE TO SHAKABUTSU KOSHIRAESASE TAMAUTOMO MOCHIIMAIRASE SORO BEKARAZU ONAJIKU JIGOKU NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1173)

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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&#39;s a wonderful new web-site

http://treasures-of-heart.com/

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Monday, July 27, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th July - 2nd Aug. 2015 Words of the Week, 27th July 2015 Daily Gosho & 28th July 2015 Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

July 27th - August 2nd, 2015
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Bonds of trust are indeed a lifetime treasure.
Let's take every opportunity 
to help our friends,
both old and new, 
to form a connection with this Buddhism,
cheerfully and in a refreshing manner.

Monday, July 27th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"But how great is the difference between the blessings received when a sage chants the daimoku and the blessings received when we chant it?' To reply, one is in no way superior to the other."

(The Fourteen Slanders - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 756)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 27th, 2015

Tuesday, 28th July, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

​"Changing our karma, realising happiness for all humanity, and creating a peaceful society—all begin with a change in our hearts. 

"​Nichiren Daishonin speaks of the 'wonderful workings of one mind' (OTT, 30).The workings of the human heart and mind are truly mysterious.

​"The Daishonin states: 'This mind that is beyond comprehension constitutes the core teaching of the sutras and treatises' (WND-2, 844). Nichiren Buddhism is ateaching of value creation that allows us to open the limitless treasure house of the mind, the heart. 

"​As the Daishonin says: 'It is the heart that is important' (WND-1, 1000; WND-1, 949). The intention in one's heart determines everything. 

"​We can achieve completely different results depending on how our minds perceive things, what they decide, and what they prompt us to do at each moment, each instant. This is the essence of faith in the Mystic Law, and the principle of 'three thousand realms in a single moment of life.' Our true capacity as human beings is determined by what we have in our hearts and minds."


SGI Newsletter No. 9270, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [68] "The Gift of Rice" The "Earnest Resolve" That Unlocks Infinite Hope and Boundless Strength, from the December 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released 16th July, 2015

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--KONSHU NO KOTOBA--
"SHINRAI NO KIZUNA" KOSO
JINSEI NO TAKARA NARI.
NATSUKASHII TOMO TOMO
ATARASHII YUJIN TOMO
SAWAYAKANI BUTSUEN O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHONIN NO TONAESASETAMAU DAIMOKU NO KUDOKU TO WARERAGA TONAEMOSU DAIMOKU NO KUDOKU TO IKAHODO NO TASHO SOROBEKIYA TO UNNUN SARANI SHORETSU ARU BEKARAZU SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1381)

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http://www.sgi.org/
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] July 26th, 2015 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + July 27th, 2015 Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Sunday, July 26th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Summer is a great opportunity
to cultivate our friendships with the neighbours.
Through participating in activities, events, etc.
in our local community,
let's have heartwarming exchanges with our neighbors

Sunday, July 26th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. 'All others who bear you enmity or malice will likewise be wiped out.' These golden words will never prove false."

(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 1, page 1001)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, July 26th, 2015

Monday, July 27th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"​I hope that each of you, individuals who have roused unsurpassed faith, will use that great power to blaze a great path forwards in kosen-rufu and in your own life. 

"​While supporting and thriving together with our wonderful SGI organisation, striving harmoniously and exuberantly with your fellow members, as family and comrades  from the remote past, please try on brilliantly in your efforts for Buddhism and in your personal lives.

         "I am praying for your health, happiness, and successful endeavours. Thank you!"


SGI Newsletter No. 9272, SGI President Ikeda's Speech Excerpts, from 7th July, 2015, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 17th July, 2015

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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
NATSU WA KINRIN TONO
YUKO O FUKAMERU KOKI.
CHIIKI GYOJI ENO
SANKA NADO O TOSHI
KOKORO ATATAMARU KORYU O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMAUBESHI SHOYO ONTEKI KAISHITSU SAIMETSU NO KINGEN MUNASHIKARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1192)

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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&#39;s a wonderful new web-site

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Saturday, July 25, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho July 25, 2015 & Daily Encouragement July 26, 2015

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Saturday, July 25th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Learning is the power of illuminate.
To be a "leader" means to 
make a constant effort to study
so as to continually improve ourselves.
Let's try to become first-class leaders
who have a profound philosophy and insight.

Saturday, July 25th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"So, when you come of age and take faith in Buddhism, you must first of all think of paying the debt you owe to your father and mother. Mount Sumeru is paltry in comparison to the towering debt you owe your father; the great ocean is shallow compared to the profoundness of the debt you owe your mother. You must bear in mind these debts you owe to your father and mother."

(The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume 2, page 637)
Selection source: For Young Men's Division Gosho study meetings, Seikyo Shimbun, July 25th, 2015

Sunday, July 26th, 2015 
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There is not the least doubt that we, the members of the SGI, are Bodhisattvas of the Earth. We are all great emissaries of the Buddha. 

​"We have indisputably been carrying out the noble mission of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth to sow the seeds of Buddhahood in the lives of all people and making actual efforts towards the realisation of kosen-rufu. No one can destroy this organisation acting in accord with the Buddha's intent and decree, nor should we allow anyone to try.

​"Nothing will ever hinder our progress. We will continue to freely and confidently open new paths for kosen-rufu. We will lead wonderful, fulfilling lives. This is the true purpose for which the SGI exists and the essence of Nichiren Buddhism."


SGI Newsletter No. 9272, SGI President Ikeda's Speech Excerpts, from 7th July, 2015, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 17th July, 2015


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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
"GAKU WA HIKARI" NARI.
"Leader" WA TSUNENI MANABI
JISHIN NO KOJO NI DORYOKU O!
FUKAKI TETSUGAKU TO KENSHIKI O MOTSU
ICHIRYU NO SHIDOSHA TO SODATE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HITO TO NARITE BUKKYO O SHINZUREBA MAZU KONO CHICHI TO HAHA TONO ON O HOZUBESHI CHICHI NO ON NO TAKAKI KOTO SHUMISEN NAO HIKISHI HAHA NO ON NO FUKAKI KOTO TAIKAI KAETTE ASASHI AIKAMAETE FUBO NO ON O HOZUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1527)

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Friday, July 24, 2015

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho 24th July 2015 + 25th July Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Friday, July 24th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Never ever give up, no matter what!
It's such unyielding determination 
and decisive action
that opens the door to glorious victory.
Let's start everything 
by chanting the type of daimoku
that shakes the Buddhist gods 
and activates their protective powers
to assist us!*

*"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?" - "Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo", WND-II, page 811 

Friday, July 24th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching 
for the Peace of the Land
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, 
Volume 1, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, July 24th, 2015

Saturday, July 25th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"​We are all bodhisattvas endowed with good fortune and profound karmic ties to the Mystic Law from the distant past. As the Daishonin states: 

 

'These great bodhisattvas [who emerged from the earth] are particularly suited to bring benefit to people in the Latter Day of the Law, like fish who are at home in the water or birds that move freely through the sky. When people in that corrupt and evil age encounter these great bodhisattvas, the seed of Buddhahood will be implanted in them, just as when a piece of crystal is exposed to the light of the moon, it produces water, or when a peacock hears the sound of thunder, it conceives.' (WND-2, 551)

 

"The Daishonin says that the Bodhisattvas of the Earth freely take action to sow the seeds of Buddhahood in the lives of people in the Latter Day of the Law and benefit them. They have the power to bring benefit to everyone they encounter, everyone with whom they are connected."


SGI Newsletter No. 9272, SGI President Ikeda's Speech Excerpts, from 7th July, 2015, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 17th July, 2015


* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at
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--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
DANJITE AKIRAMENAI!
FUKUTSU NO ICHINEN TO KODO GA
EIKO ENO TOBIRA O HIRAKU.
SHOTEN O YURIUGOKASU
TSUYOKI INORI KARA SHUPPATSU O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SOYO KIBINI FUSHIT BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 26)

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