A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We unleash our strengths
Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We unleash our strengths
when we persist in our endeavours.
Every small step we take and every effort we make
to keep advancing, even if it is a little,
helps us to get closer to a glorious victory.
Let's win by leaving no room for regrets
Every small step we take and every effort we make
to keep advancing, even if it is a little,
helps us to get closer to a glorious victory.
Let's win by leaving no room for regrets
in what we do today!
Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, one should by all means persist in preaching the Lotus Sutra and causing them to hear it. Those who put their faith in it will surely attain Buddhahood, while those who slander it will establish a "poison-drum relationship" with it and will likewise attain Buddhahood."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way
Tuesday, Oct 27th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, one should by all means persist in preaching the Lotus Sutra and causing them to hear it. Those who put their faith in it will surely attain Buddhahood, while those who slander it will establish a "poison-drum relationship" with it and will likewise attain Buddhahood."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way
Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Vol 1, page 882)
(Selection Source: YMD October Gosho study,
(Selection Source: YMD October Gosho study,
Seikyo Shimbun, Sep 26, 2015)
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Discarding one's faith in the Mystic Law is wilfully straying from the path of happiness. It is the cause for all kinds of misery and misfortune. The Daishonin keenly understood the main reason why people stopped practising: cowardice.
Wednesday, Oct 28th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Discarding one's faith in the Mystic Law is wilfully straying from the path of happiness. It is the cause for all kinds of misery and misfortune. The Daishonin keenly understood the main reason why people stopped practising: cowardice.
"That's why he warns against succumbing to cowardice, writing: 'Be . . . fearless' (WND-1, 498); 'You should not have the slightest fear in your heart' (WND-1, 637); and 'No matter how many terrible enemies you may encounter, banish all fears and never think of backsliding' (WND-1, 395). He is determined to prevent even a single disciple from discarding faith and takes great pains to ensure that each and every one of them becomes happy.
Many of the Daishonin's followers abandoned their faith while he was exiled in Sado Island. Among them were learned Buddhist priests and wealthy lay practitioners. They were individuals who should have stood as models for their fellow believers and protected and supported them. But they gave in to cowardice and cast aside their faith in order to protect their own social status, reputation, and wealth instead of protecting the correct teaching of Buddhism and defending the Daishonin."
SGI Newsletter No. 9311, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory, [70] "The Great Battle," Champions of Humanity, Champions of Life, from the March 2015 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 20th Oct. 2015
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU---
JIZOKU KOSO CHIKARA NARI!
CHISANA IPPO DEMO
MAE E SUSUMI TUZUKEREBA
EIKO NO ITADAKI WA CHIKAZUKU.
KUI NAKU KYO O KATE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TOTEMO KAKUTEMO HOKEKYO O SHIITE TOKIKIKASUBESHI SHINZEN HITO WA HOTOKENI NARUBESHI BOZEN MONOWA DOKKU NO EN TO NATTE HOTOKENI NARUBEKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 552)
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU---
JIZOKU KOSO CHIKARA NARI!
CHISANA IPPO DEMO
MAE E SUSUMI TUZUKEREBA
EIKO NO ITADAKI WA CHIKAZUKU.
KUI NAKU KYO O KATE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TOTEMO KAKUTEMO HOKEKYO O SHIITE TOKIKIKASUBESHI SHINZEN HITO WA HOTOKENI NARUBESHI BOZEN MONOWA DOKKU NO EN TO NATTE HOTOKENI NARUBEKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 552)
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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