A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, Jan 14th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To the young lions, the members of the
Dedicated Soka Group and Gajokai* training groups,
who stand up to shoulder the responsibility of the new age!
This is the very time to challenge
Thursday, Jan 14th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To the young lions, the members of the
Dedicated Soka Group and Gajokai* training groups,
who stand up to shoulder the responsibility of the new age!
This is the very time to challenge
and break through those walls of obstacles!
May you write a glorious history of youthful victories!
* Sokahan/Soka Dedicated Group - YMD groups that works behind the scenes to look after and safely guide participants at SGI activities
* Gajokai - A group that is chiefly responsible for protecting SGI centres, sometimes called "Keibi" in some countries
Thursday, Jan 14th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."
(The Opening of the Eyes,
May you write a glorious history of youthful victories!
* Sokahan/Soka Dedicated Group - YMD groups that works behind the scenes to look after and safely guide participants at SGI activities
* Gajokai - A group that is chiefly responsible for protecting SGI centres, sometimes called "Keibi" in some countries
Thursday, Jan 14th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."
(The Opening of the Eyes,
- WND, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Shimbun, Jan 14th, 2016
Friday, Jan 15th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In your gongyo every morning and evening, after the opening lines starting with "niji seson" (At that time the World-Honoured One) from the "Expedient Means" (2nd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, you recite the verse section of the 'Life Span' (16th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, beginning with 'ji ga toku burrai' (Since I attained Buddhahood).
Friday, Jan 15th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In your gongyo every morning and evening, after the opening lines starting with "niji seson" (At that time the World-Honoured One) from the "Expedient Means" (2nd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, you recite the verse section of the 'Life Span' (16th) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, beginning with 'ji ga toku burrai' (Since I attained Buddhahood).
"As the words 'verse section' tell us, this is a poem. Shakyamuni's most important teachings have been passed down to us as poetry, with a rhythm that vibrates in our hearts.
"Nichiren Daishonin says: 'The verse section of the 'Life Span' chapter represents the soul of the twenty-eight chapters of the sutra [Lotus Sutra]' (WND-1, 516).
"So your daily gongyo is a ceremony during which, through poetry, you recite the most wonderful ode to life.
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, called the verse section of the 'Life Span' chapter the scripture of the Buddha himself and the scripture of our own lives.
"Buddhahood is not something removed from us, but an eternal state of life that exists within each one of us—that is the message of the verse section we recite.
"Through gongyo, we can awaken to the strongest, truest, deepest, and invincible life state within us."
SGI Newsletter No. 9338, Spread Your Wings toward the Future, [12] A Lake in Denver, from 1st March, 2015, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 13th Jan, 2016
* 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 --
SHIN JIDAI O NINAITATSU
SOKAHAN, GAJOKAI NO
DAIGAKKO NO WAKA JISHI YO!
IMA KOSO KABE YABURU CHOSEN O!
SEISHUN SHORI NO REKISHI O TSUZURE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WARE NARABI NI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINEN NI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)
web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHIN JIDAI O NINAITATSU
SOKAHAN, GAJOKAI NO
DAIGAKKO NO WAKA JISHI YO!
IMA KOSO KABE YABURU CHOSEN O!
SEISHUN SHORI NO REKISHI O TSUZURE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WARE NARABI NI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINEN NI BUKKAI NI ITARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)
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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...
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