A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, Sep. 24th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A seeking mind breaks through inertia and stagnation.
The attitude of forever learning leads to a youthful life.
Let's continue to strive and challenge ourselves each day!
Thursday, Sep 24th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The greater the hardships befalling him, the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith."
(A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering
Thursday, Sep. 24th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A seeking mind breaks through inertia and stagnation.
The attitude of forever learning leads to a youthful life.
Let's continue to strive and challenge ourselves each day!
Thursday, Sep 24th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The greater the hardships befalling him, the greater the delight he feels, because of his strong faith."
(A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering
- The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 33)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 33)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Sep. 24th, 2015
Friday, Sep. 25th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Throughout the four seasons, I continue to chant for all of our admirable members who work in the farming and fishing industries. [1] Growing up in a family of seaweed farmers as I did, I am deeply aware of how challenging and arduous their professions are.
Friday, Sep. 25th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Throughout the four seasons, I continue to chant for all of our admirable members who work in the farming and fishing industries. [1] Growing up in a family of seaweed farmers as I did, I am deeply aware of how challenging and arduous their professions are.
"Food is life itself. We need to express our gratitude anew to all those engaged in the sacred labour of producing our food, persevering dauntlessly in the face of natural disasters and the vagaries of the weather as they exert themselves in supporting and fostering life, the most precious treasure of all.
"Citing an analogy to the fact that, though crops may be early or late, depending upon conditions, they are all harvested within the year of planting, Nichiren Daishonin assures us: 'If votaries of the Lotus Sutra carry out religious practice as the sutra directs, then every one of them without exception will surely attain Buddhahood within his or her present lifetime' (WND-2, 88)."
SGI Newsletter No. 9298, Our Pride and Joy: Sowing and Fostering the Seeds of Happiness, from the October 2015 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released Sep. 18th, 2015
SGI Newsletter No. 9298, Our Pride and Joy: Sowing and Fostering the Seeds of Happiness, from the October 2015 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released Sep. 18th, 2015
[1] October is the founding month of the Soka Gakkai's Farming and Fishing Division, which was originally established as the Farming and Fishing Communities Division in October 1973. The division's name was changed in December 2011.
* 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 --
KYUDNO NO KOKORO GA
DASEI O UCHIYABURU.
MANABI TUZUKERU SEISHIN GA
WAKAWAKASHISA O KIZUKU.
CHOSEN NO HIBI TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAINAN KITARINABA GOJONO SHINJIN IYOIYO YOROKOBI O NASUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1448)
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KYUDNO NO KOKORO GA
DASEI O UCHIYABURU.
MANABI TUZUKERU SEISHIN GA
WAKAWAKASHISA O KIZUKU.
CHOSEN NO HIBI TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAINAN KITARINABA GOJONO SHINJIN IYOIYO YOROKOBI O NASUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1448)
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