A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
"Having good friends is all the Buddhist way."*
Let's cherish the friends with whom
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
--- TO MY FRIENDS ---
"Having good friends is all the Buddhist way."*
Let's cherish the friends with whom
we've become karmically connected
and try to develop a really heart-to-heart
and try to develop a really heart-to-heart
connection with them!
Friendships are indeed life's treasures.
*"Ananda, one of Shakyamuni Buddha's closest disciples, once asked him: 'It seems to me that by having good friends and advancing together with them, one has already halfway attained the Buddha way. Is this way of thinking correct?'
Shakyamuni replied, 'Ananda, this way of thinking is not correct. Having good friends and advancing together with them is not half the Buddhist way but all the Buddhist way.'" (Good Friends - http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/good-friends.html)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myō means to revive, that is, to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
*"Ananda, one of Shakyamuni Buddha's closest disciples, once asked him: 'It seems to me that by having good friends and advancing together with them, one has already halfway attained the Buddha way. Is this way of thinking correct?'
Shakyamuni replied, 'Ananda, this way of thinking is not correct. Having good friends and advancing together with them is not half the Buddhist way but all the Buddhist way.'" (Good Friends - http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/good-friends.html)
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myō means to revive, that is, to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Volume 1, page 149)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, August 2nd, 2015
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what happens, never falter, never despair. No matter how bitterly frustrating your current situation may be, the invincible power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will positively transform everything into a brilliant history of triumph."
Monday, August 3rd, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter what happens, never falter, never despair. No matter how bitterly frustrating your current situation may be, the invincible power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will positively transform everything into a brilliant history of triumph."
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
* 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--
"YOKI TOMO O MOTSU KOTOGA
BUTSUDO SHUGYO NO SUBETE"
ENSHITA YUJIN O TAISETSU NI
KOKORO NO KORYU O HIROGEYO!
YUJO KOSO JINSEI NO TAKARA DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 947)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
--WAGATOMO NI OKURU--
"YOKI TOMO O MOTSU KOTOGA
BUTSUDO SHUGYO NO SUBETE"
ENSHITA YUJIN O TAISETSU NI
KOKORO NO KORYU O HIROGEYO!
YUJO KOSO JINSEI NO TAKARA DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 947)
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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!
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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
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