A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our karma is in fact transformed
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our karma is in fact transformed
into our true mission.
And the hardships we now face,
And the hardships we now face,
will become true treasures of the heart.
Let's encourage those who are battling illness
or who are caregivers supporting family members,
with heartfelt words of great confidence and conviction.
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nichiren alone took the lead in carrying out the task of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. He may even be one of them. If Nichiren is to be counted among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, then so must his disciples and lay supporters."
Gosho: The True Aspect of All Phenomena,
Let's encourage those who are battling illness
or who are caregivers supporting family members,
with heartfelt words of great confidence and conviction.
Thursday, Dec 4th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nichiren alone took the lead in carrying out the task of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth. He may even be one of them. If Nichiren is to be counted among the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, then so must his disciples and lay supporters."
Gosho: The True Aspect of All Phenomena,
WND - Vol 1, page 385.
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, Dec 4th, 2015
Friday, Dec 5th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During the Osaka Campaign of 1956, everyone advanced with joy, growing more confident and positive with each passing day.
Friday, Dec 5th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During the Osaka Campaign of 1956, everyone advanced with joy, growing more confident and positive with each passing day.
"One women's division member who took part in that campaign was a war widow struggling hard to support her family by peddling fish. I encouraged her humorously, saying: 'As long as you have even one tatami mat of space, you can do gongyo and conduct dialogues.' 'Well,' she responded with a bright smile, 'I have four and a half tatami mats, so I'm living in a palace!' And she went on to exert herself even more energetically for kosen-rufu.
"Eventually, she was able to move into a large new home, which she made available for Soka Gakkai activities, and helped foster many youthful leaders. She has now passed away, but her family still have people come up to them and say how deeply indebted they are to her.
"Nichiren Daishonin concludes: 'Ordinary people keep in mind the words "earnest resolve" and thereby become Buddhas' (WND-1, 1125)."
SGI Newsletter No. 9320, Teamwork That Cherishes the Heart, from the December 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 18th 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 --
SHUKUMEI WA SHIMEI NI KAWARU.
ROKU WA KOKORO NO TAKARA TO NARU.
BYOKI TO TATAKAU HITO
KAZOKU O KAIGO SURU HITO NI
DAIKAKUSHIN NO HAGEMASHI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
JIYU NO BOSATSU NO SAKIGAKE NICHIREN HITORI NARI, JIYU NO BOSATSU NO KAZU NI MO YA IRI NAMASHI, MOSHI NICHIREN JIYU NO BOSATSU NO KAZU NI IRABA ANI NI NICHIREN GA DESHI DANNA, JIYU NO RURUI NI ARAZUYA.
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHUKUMEI WA SHIMEI NI KAWARU.
ROKU WA KOKORO NO TAKARA TO NARU.
BYOKI TO TATAKAU HITO
KAZOKU O KAIGO SURU HITO NI
DAIKAKUSHIN NO HAGEMASHI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
JIYU NO BOSATSU NO SAKIGAKE NICHIREN HITORI NARI, JIYU NO BOSATSU NO KAZU NI MO YA IRI NAMASHI, MOSHI NICHIREN JIYU NO BOSATSU NO KAZU NI IRABA ANI NI NICHIREN GA DESHI DANNA, JIYU NO RURUI NI ARAZUYA.
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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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