A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our practice is about the present and future.
There is no need to lament about the past.
What's going to shape the future is
the sincere efforts we make now in the present!
Today, too, let's start off by chanting daimoku!
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When he was alive, he was a Buddha in life, and now he is a Buddha in death."
(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our practice is about the present and future.
There is no need to lament about the past.
What's going to shape the future is
the sincere efforts we make now in the present!
Today, too, let's start off by chanting daimoku!
Thursday, Nov 19th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When he was alive, he was a Buddha in life, and now he is a Buddha in death."
(Hell Is the Land of Tranquil Light
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol. I, page 456)
Selection source: "YWD Gosho Study",
Selection source: "YWD Gosho Study",
Seikyo Shimbun, Nov. 8th, 2015
Friday, Nov 20th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Buddhism is a philosophy that affirms the preciousness of life. The Daishonin writes: 'Life is the most precious of all treasures. . . . One day of life is more valuable than all the treasures of the major world system' (WND-1, 955; 'On Prolonging One's Life Span'); and 'Life is the foremost of all treasures' (WND-1, 1125; 'The Gift of Rice').
Friday, Nov 20th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Buddhism is a philosophy that affirms the preciousness of life. The Daishonin writes: 'Life is the most precious of all treasures. . . . One day of life is more valuable than all the treasures of the major world system' (WND-1, 955; 'On Prolonging One's Life Span'); and 'Life is the foremost of all treasures' (WND-1, 1125; 'The Gift of Rice').
"We must build a society guided first and foremost by the principle of respect for the dignity of life.
"The Lotus Sutra is a teaching that sees the infinitely respect worthy Buddha nature existing within each person's life. Based on this standard of value, any other system of thought that teaches the dignity of life deserves our respect as well. On the other hand, we can never accept a philosophy that denies the dignity of life. This is the true spirit of tolerance and compassion."
SGI Newsletter No. 9317, Learning from the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin: The Teachings for Victory , [71] "On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land," A Teaching for Building Happiness in the Real World, from the April 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 13 Nov. 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 --
BUPPO WA [GENTO NISE].
KAKO O NAGEKU HITSUYO WA NAI.
MIRAI O KESSURU NO WA
GENZAI NO SHINKEN NA FUNTO DA!
KYO MO INORI KARA SHUPPATSU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKITE OWASHIKI TOKIWA SEI NO HOTOKE IMAWA SHI NO HOTOKE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1504)
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
BUPPO WA [GENTO NISE].
KAKO O NAGEKU HITSUYO WA NAI.
MIRAI O KESSURU NO WA
GENZAI NO SHINKEN NA FUNTO DA!
KYO MO INORI KARA SHUPPATSU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKITE OWASHIKI TOKIWA SEI NO HOTOKE IMAWA SHI NO HOTOKE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1504)
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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/
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