A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, Oct 14th, 2015
-- To My Friends --
The youthfulness of our hearts
is not determined by our chronological age.
An eternally youthful person is one
who constantly and enthusiastically strives
Wednesday, Oct 14th, 2015
-- To My Friends --
The youthfulness of our hearts
is not determined by our chronological age.
An eternally youthful person is one
who constantly and enthusiastically strives
to progress towards achieving their goals in life!
Wednesday, Oct 14th, 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
Wednesday, Oct 14th, 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,
Vol. 1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, October 14th, 2015
Thursday, Oct 15th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The American poet Samuel Ullman (1840–1924) wrote in his well-known poem 'Youth':
'Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. . . .
'Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. . . . ' [1]
Thursday, Oct 15th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The American poet Samuel Ullman (1840–1924) wrote in his well-known poem 'Youth':
'Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. . . .
'Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. . . . ' [1]
"Youth is not a matter of chronological age. As long as one has a burning passion for kosen-rufu, one can still be a youth at 90.
"Faced with the inescapable realities of ageing and death, how can people make their final chapter in life and in society a brilliant and active one, lived true to themselves? This will be the most important question for our rapidly greying society in the 21st century.
"Nichiren Buddhism and the SGI alone offer a genuine solution to this challenge. With that conviction, let us continue the grand journey of hope that is kosen-rufu, creating a triumphant history of lives lived to the fullest."
SGI Newsletter No. 9302, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chapter 13: "You Will Grow Younger, and Your Good Fortune Will Accumulate," 13.1 Enjoying a Rewarding and Fulfilling "Third Stage of Life," from the September 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 2nd Oct. 2015
[1] Margaret England Armbrester, Samuel Ullman and "Youth": The Life, the Legacy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1993), p. 113.
SGI Newsletter No. 9302, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chapter 13: "You Will Grow Younger, and Your Good Fortune Will Accumulate," 13.1 Enjoying a Rewarding and Fulfilling "Third Stage of Life," from the September 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 2nd Oct. 2015
[1] Margaret England Armbrester, Samuel Ullman and "Youth": The Life, the Legacy (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: The University of Alabama Press, 1993), p. 113.
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KOKORO NO WAKASA WA
NENREI DEWA KIMARANAI.
WAGA JINSEI NO MOKUHYO E
HATSU RATSU TO SUSUMU HITO GA
EIEN NO SEINEN DA!
--- 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)
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KOKORO NO WAKASA WA
NENREI DEWA KIMARANAI.
WAGA JINSEI NO MOKUHYO E
HATSU RATSU TO SUSUMU HITO GA
EIEN NO SEINEN DA!
--- 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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