A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
January 4th -10th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The practice of Nichiren Buddhism is based on the principle of
Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life.*
Therefore, it is from our determined daimoku
with the vow to devote ourselves to kosen-rufu
that expansion and development starts.
By chanting daimoku with the spirit of a lion's roar,
let's make each day a day of outstanding victory!
*Because of the deep interrelationship of our life and all phenomena at each moment, a change in our inner life exerts an influence on all things and brings about a change in our environment or circumstances, ultimately transforming the world itself. As SGI President Daisaku Ikeda writes, "The power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it." Our strong resolve or prayer permeates the entire phenomenal world, its influence manifesting more strongly as we take action. (ref. http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/three-thousand-realms-in-a-single-moment-of-life.html)
Monday, January 4th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The benefits to be gained by reciting the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo are great indeed."
(On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
January 4th -10th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The practice of Nichiren Buddhism is based on the principle of
Three Thousand Realms in a Single Moment of Life.*
Therefore, it is from our determined daimoku
with the vow to devote ourselves to kosen-rufu
that expansion and development starts.
By chanting daimoku with the spirit of a lion's roar,
let's make each day a day of outstanding victory!
*Because of the deep interrelationship of our life and all phenomena at each moment, a change in our inner life exerts an influence on all things and brings about a change in our environment or circumstances, ultimately transforming the world itself. As SGI President Daisaku Ikeda writes, "The power of belief, the power of thought, will move reality in the direction of what we believe and conceive of it." Our strong resolve or prayer permeates the entire phenomenal world, its influence manifesting more strongly as we take action. (ref. http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/three-thousand-realms-in-a-single-moment-of-life.html)
Monday, January 4th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The benefits to be gained by reciting the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo are great indeed."
(On Reciting the Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol 2, page 229)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message
for 2016 New Year's gongyo meetings,
Seikyo Shimbun, Jan. 4th, 2016
Tuesday, January 5th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, encouraged members: 'If you strive and pray for kosen-rufu with the Daishonin in your heart, you can overcome any difficulty. You can build a foundation for a happy life without fail and accumulate eternal good fortune for your family and all those in your life. Win out over every obstacle through faith! This is our way of "casting off the transient and revealing the true."'"
Tuesday, January 5th, 2015
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, encouraged members: 'If you strive and pray for kosen-rufu with the Daishonin in your heart, you can overcome any difficulty. You can build a foundation for a happy life without fail and accumulate eternal good fortune for your family and all those in your life. Win out over every obstacle through faith! This is our way of "casting off the transient and revealing the true."'"
SGI Newsletter No. 9328, "This Is My Vow, and I Will Never Forsake It!", from the January 2016 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
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
ICHINEN SANZEN NO HOMON NAREBA
SEIGAN NO INORI KARA
"KAKUDAI" WA HAJIMARU.
DAIMOKU NO SHISHIKU DE
ICHINICHI O OKIKU KACHI HIRAKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO NO GOJI O TONAURU KUDOKU BAKUDAI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 13)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
ICHINEN SANZEN NO HOMON NAREBA
SEIGAN NO INORI KARA
"KAKUDAI" WA HAJIMARU.
DAIMOKU NO SHISHIKU DE
ICHINICHI O OKIKU KACHI HIRAKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO NO GOJI O TONAURU KUDOKU BAKUDAI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 13)
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