A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Fostering our Future Division members
(primary and secondary students) is a sacred work
that will open way to the next fifty years.
Let's, therefore, make sure to express
our sincerest appreciation to everyone
who is selflessly dedicating themselves
to supporting these precious
young people's development and growth.
Let's really put our very best into praising
and supporting them!
Saturday, November 7th, 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
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Fostering our Future Division members
(primary and secondary students) is a sacred work
that will open way to the next fifty years.
Let's, therefore, make sure to express
our sincerest appreciation to everyone
who is selflessly dedicating themselves
to supporting these precious
young people's development and growth.
Let's really put our very best into praising
and supporting them!
Saturday, November 7th, 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: "Myoji no Gen",
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen",
Seikyo Shimbun, Nov. 8th, 2015
Sunday, November 8th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As long as we are alive, there is hope. Hope vanishes only when we give up on ourselves.
"Sufferings are a springboard for growth. If you feel no hope, then create it yourself! Find it!
"Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), the former South African president declared: 'We should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.'[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9300, Rainbow of Hope—Great Figures of the World, [11] Nelson Mandela, Former South African President: Turning Suffering into Hope, from 1st Feb., 2015, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, translation released 28th Sep. 2015
[1] Nelson Mandela, Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom (New York: Atria Books, 2012), p. 93.
* 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 --
MIRAIBU NO IKUSEI WA
TSUGINO GOJUNEN O HIRAKU SEIGYO DA.
JINRYOKU SURU TOTOKI TOMO NI
KOKORO KARANO KANSHA O!
SAIDAI NO SHOSAN TO OEN O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKITE OWASHIKI TOKIWA SEI NO HOTOKE IMAWA SHI NO HOTOKE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1504)
Sunday, November 8th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As long as we are alive, there is hope. Hope vanishes only when we give up on ourselves.
"Sufferings are a springboard for growth. If you feel no hope, then create it yourself! Find it!
"Nelson Mandela (1918–2013), the former South African president declared: 'We should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.'[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9300, Rainbow of Hope—Great Figures of the World, [11] Nelson Mandela, Former South African President: Turning Suffering into Hope, from 1st Feb., 2015, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, translation released 28th Sep. 2015
[1] Nelson Mandela, Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom (New York: Atria Books, 2012), p. 93.
* 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 --
MIRAIBU NO IKUSEI WA
TSUGINO GOJUNEN O HIRAKU SEIGYO DA.
JINRYOKU SURU TOTOKI TOMO NI
KOKORO KARANO KANSHA O!
SAIDAI NO SHOSAN TO OEN O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKITE OWASHIKI TOKIWA SEI NO HOTOKE IMAWA SHI NO HOTOKE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1504)
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ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
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