A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
November 23rd - 29th, 2015
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Myō means to revive, that is, to return to life."*
Practising this Buddhism enables us
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
November 23rd - 29th, 2015
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Myō means to revive, that is, to return to life."*
Practising this Buddhism enables us
to draw forth infinite life force.
Let's single-mindedly chant daimoku
and break through whatever obstacles
we might be facing now!
With the type of momentum as if we were reborn,
let's make a fresh start towards a new era!
*"The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 149
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"But even on the rare occasions when they happen to be reborn in human form, the winds of fame and profit blow violently, and the lamp of Buddhist practice is easily extinguished.."
(Letter to Niike
Let's single-mindedly chant daimoku
and break through whatever obstacles
we might be facing now!
With the type of momentum as if we were reborn,
let's make a fresh start towards a new era!
*"The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 149
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"But even on the rare occasions when they happen to be reborn in human form, the winds of fame and profit blow violently, and the lamp of Buddhist practice is easily extinguished.."
(Letter to Niike
- The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Vol 1, page 1027)
Selection source: "Suntetsu",
Selection source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shimbun, November 23rd, 2015
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Even now many conflicts continue around the world, and the signs of an 'age of quarrels and disputes' are intensifying. Therefore, let us read the following passage from 'The Selection of the Time' with renewed determination:
"When I, Nichiren, first took faith in the Lotus Sutra, I was like a single drop of water or a single particle of dust in all the country of Japan. But later, when two people, three people, ten people, and eventually a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a million people come to recite the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] and transmit it to others, then they will form a Mount Sumeru of perfect enlightenment, an ocean of great nirvana. Seek no other path by which to attain Buddhahood! (WND-1, 580)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Even now many conflicts continue around the world, and the signs of an 'age of quarrels and disputes' are intensifying. Therefore, let us read the following passage from 'The Selection of the Time' with renewed determination:
"When I, Nichiren, first took faith in the Lotus Sutra, I was like a single drop of water or a single particle of dust in all the country of Japan. But later, when two people, three people, ten people, and eventually a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand, and a million people come to recite the Lotus Sutra [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] and transmit it to others, then they will form a Mount Sumeru of perfect enlightenment, an ocean of great nirvana. Seek no other path by which to attain Buddhahood! (WND-1, 580)
"A steadily growing current of respect for the dignity of life begins from the great human revolution of a single individual."
SGI Newsletter No. 9321, Message to 14th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Opening the Way to Peace through Dialogue Based on Respect for Others, from 19th Nov., 2015, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translation released 20th Nov., 2015.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI"
SHINJIN WA MUKYU NO KATSURYOKU.
INORIKITTE KABE O YABURE!
UMARE KAWATTA IKIOI DE
SHINJIDAI E SHUPPATSU DA!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TAMATAMA NINGEN NI KITARU TOKIWA MYOMON MYORI NO KAZE HAGESHIKU BUTSUDO SHUGYO NO HI WA KIEYASUSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1440)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI"
SHINJIN WA MUKYU NO KATSURYOKU.
INORIKITTE KABE O YABURE!
UMARE KAWATTA IKIOI DE
SHINJIDAI E SHUPPATSU DA!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TAMATAMA NINGEN NI KITARU TOKIWA MYOMON MYORI NO KAZE HAGESHIKU BUTSUDO SHUGYO NO HI WA KIEYASUSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1440)
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