A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
One good book has the power to change our lives.
To the extent we come in contact with
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
One good book has the power to change our lives.
To the extent we come in contact with
good positive words
we can develop
a good positive heart and mind.
Let's all become wise and knowledgable readers!
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
* 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--
ISSATSU NO RYOSHO NIWA
JINSEI O KAERU CHIKARA GA ARU.
YOKI KOTOBA NI FURETA BUN
YOKI KOKORO WA HAGUKUMARERU.
SOMEI NA DOKUSHO SENSHI TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO
MICHIINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHIYORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO
INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
Let's all become wise and knowledgable readers!
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection source:
Selection source:
"Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, August 4th, 2014
Thusday, August 6th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As human beings, we all have shortcomings. But it's a terrible waste to focus only on those, and overlook the quality of our strengths as a result. Instead of concentrating on what we don't like about a person, we can highlight their positive aspects."
Thusday, August 6th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As human beings, we all have shortcomings. But it's a terrible waste to focus only on those, and overlook the quality of our strengths as a result. Instead of concentrating on what we don't like about a person, we can highlight their positive aspects."
* 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--
ISSATSU NO RYOSHO NIWA
JINSEI O KAERU CHIKARA GA ARU.
YOKI KOTOBA NI FURETA BUN
YOKI KOKORO WA HAGUKUMARERU.
SOMEI NA DOKUSHO SENSHI TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO
MICHIINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHIYORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO
INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1351)
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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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