A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What was made easily
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What was made easily
can also be destroyed easily.
Steadily and solidly, step by step,
let's establish unshakable foundations.
Let's continuously advance
Steadily and solidly, step by step,
let's establish unshakable foundations.
Let's continuously advance
just like flowing water
that never regresses.*
*"Today there are people who have faith in the Lotus Sutra. The belief of some is like fire while that of others is like water. When the former listen to the teachings, their passion flares up like fire, but as time goes on, they tend to discard their faith. To have faith like water means to believe continuously without ever regressing." - "The Two Kinds of Faith", WND-I, page 899
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The great demon of fundamental darkness can even enter the bodies of bodhisattvas who have reached near-perfect enlightenment and prevent them from attaining the Lotus Sutra's blessing of perfect enlightenment. How easily can he then obstruct those in any lower stage of practice! The devil king of the sixth heaven takes possession of the bodies of wives and children, and causes them to lead their husbands or parents astray. He also possesses the sovereign in order to threaten the votary of the Lotus Sutra, or possesses fathers and mothers, and makes them reproach their filially devoted children."
(Letter to the Brothers
*"Today there are people who have faith in the Lotus Sutra. The belief of some is like fire while that of others is like water. When the former listen to the teachings, their passion flares up like fire, but as time goes on, they tend to discard their faith. To have faith like water means to believe continuously without ever regressing." - "The Two Kinds of Faith", WND-I, page 899
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The great demon of fundamental darkness can even enter the bodies of bodhisattvas who have reached near-perfect enlightenment and prevent them from attaining the Lotus Sutra's blessing of perfect enlightenment. How easily can he then obstruct those in any lower stage of practice! The devil king of the sixth heaven takes possession of the bodies of wives and children, and causes them to lead their husbands or parents astray. He also possesses the sovereign in order to threaten the votary of the Lotus Sutra, or possesses fathers and mothers, and makes them reproach their filially devoted children."
(Letter to the Brothers
- WND, Vol 1, page 496)
Selection source: "Rashimban",
Seikyo Shimbun, Dec. 19th, 2015
Sunday, December 20th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What kind of world is the saha world? It means the 'world of endurance,' a place where we must endure suffering. The inhabitants of the saha world, afflicted by earthly desires, are viewed unfavourably as people 'given to corruption and evil, beset by overbearing arrogance, shallow in blessings, irascible, muddled, fawning, and devious, and their hearts are not sincere' (LSOC13, 230).
Sunday, December 20th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What kind of world is the saha world? It means the 'world of endurance,' a place where we must endure suffering. The inhabitants of the saha world, afflicted by earthly desires, are viewed unfavourably as people 'given to corruption and evil, beset by overbearing arrogance, shallow in blessings, irascible, muddled, fawning, and devious, and their hearts are not sincere' (LSOC13, 230).
"Another name for the Buddha is 'One Who Can Endure,' because they are a person of courage who is able to forge ahead steadily, with great endurance, to help the people of this suffering-filled world attain enlightenment. The Bodhisattvas of the Earth described in the Lotus Sutra are the direct disciples of Shakyamuni. They intrepidly make their appearance to carry on his work, filled with joy to be able to spread the Lotus Sutra in this saha world."
SGI Newsletter No. 9329, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World , [1] "On Reprimanding Hachiman", The Westward Transmission of Buddhism—Striving with a Selfless Vow for the Happiness of All Humanity, from the May 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 18th Dec. 2015
* 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 --
KANTAN NI DEKITA MONOWA
YOINI KUZURETE SHIMAU.
IPPO IPPO KENJITSUNI
YURUGANU KIBAN O KIZUKE!
MIZU NO NAGARERU GOTOKU MAE E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TATOI TOKAKU NO BOSATSU NAREDOMO GAMPON NO MUMYO TO MOSU DAIAKKI MINI ITTE HOKEKYO TO MOSU MYOKAKU NO KUDOKU O SASAE SORO NARI IKANI IWANYA SONO IKANO HITOBITO NI OITEOYA MATA DAIROKUTEN NO MAO ARUIWA SAISHI NO MINI ITTE OYA YA OTTO O TABORAKASHI ARUIWA KOKUO NO MI NI ITTE HOKEKYO O GYOJA O ODOSHI ARUIWA FUBO NO MINI ITE KOYO NO KO O SEMURU KOTO ARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1082)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KANTAN NI DEKITA MONOWA
YOINI KUZURETE SHIMAU.
IPPO IPPO KENJITSUNI
YURUGANU KIBAN O KIZUKE!
MIZU NO NAGARERU GOTOKU MAE E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TATOI TOKAKU NO BOSATSU NAREDOMO GAMPON NO MUMYO TO MOSU DAIAKKI MINI ITTE HOKEKYO TO MOSU MYOKAKU NO KUDOKU O SASAE SORO NARI IKANI IWANYA SONO IKANO HITOBITO NI OITEOYA MATA DAIROKUTEN NO MAO ARUIWA SAISHI NO MINI ITTE OYA YA OTTO O TABORAKASHI ARUIWA KOKUO NO MI NI ITTE HOKEKYO O GYOJA O ODOSHI ARUIWA FUBO NO MINI ITE KOYO NO KO O SEMURU KOTO ARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1082)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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