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Monday, February 29, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] Words of the Week Feb. 29th-March 1st, 2016, Daily Gosho Feb. 29th & Daily Enc. March 1st

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

February 29th - March 7th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Our Men's Division members,
the golden pillars of the SGI,
use the strategy of the Lotus Sutra,
to confront whatever they have to battle with.
They take on any kind of challenge
by chanting daimoku with the roar of a lion.
By visiting each of our fellow members
and encouraging them with great warmth and care,
let's establish the type of unity and solidarity
that shines throughout our local communities!

Monday, February 29th, 2016
"... you can readily become as noble a Buddha as Shakyamuni."

(Letter to Niike 
- WND, Vol. I, page 1030)
Selection source: "Suntetsu", Seikyo Shimbun, 
February 29th, 2016

Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Buddhist spirit of treasuring each individual can be supplemented by an additional perspective: the conviction that each person, whatever their path of life or their current condition, has the capacity to illuminate the place where they find themselves right now. We strive to avoid judging a person's worth or potential on the basis of present appearance and instead focus on the inherent dignity of each individual. In this way, we seek to inspire in each other the confidence to live with hope from this day forwards, bathed in the light of that dignity.

Buddhism encourages us to draw lessons and strengths from the challenges we have met in life so that we can achieve personal happiness while inspiring courage in those around us and in society as a whole. Nichiren (1222–82), the thirteenth-century Buddhist priest whose teachings underpin the activities of the SGI, emphasised that the principle that all living beings can attain Buddhahood—that all people possess an inner dignity and can realise limitless possibilities—constitutes the essence of Shakyamuni's Lotus Sutra and lies at the very heart of the Buddhist teachings."

SGI Newsletter No. 9357, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal commemorating the 41st SGI Day, January 26th, 2016, Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace, translation released 22nd Feb., 2016

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-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
OGONBASHIRA NO SONENBU WA
"HOKEKYO NO HEIHO" DE TATAKAU.
"SHISHIKU NO DAIMOKU" DE IDOMU.
DAISEIJITSU NO HOMON GEKIREI DE
CHIIKI NI KAGAYAKU RENTAI O!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"SHAKUSON HODONO HOTOKE NI YASUYASUTO NARI SORO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1443) 

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Sunday, February 28, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28 Feb 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 29 Feb Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Sunday, February 28th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
What is it that needs doing, and by when?
Setting specific goals and 
taking concrete action to accomplish them
are essential in order to 
break down the walls of obstacles we face.
Let's all play out our personal dramas of
challenging ourselves!

Sunday, February 28th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all. From the time you read this letter on, strive to accumulate the treasures of the heart!"

(The Three Kinds of Treasure 
- WND, Vol. I, page 851) 
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Feb. 28th, 2016

Monday, February 29th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The foundation of Buddhism is a belief in the inherent dignity of all people. But this is something which, as the following passage from Shakyamuni's teachings indicates, is to be awakened through a process of self-reflection and self-awareness:

"'All tremble at violence; life is dear to all. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.' [i]

"In other words, Buddhism takes as its starting point the universal human impulse to avoid suffering or harm and the undeniable sense of the unique value of our own being. It then leads us to the realisation that others must feel the same. To the degree that we can put ourselves in the place of another, we gain a tangible sense of the reality of their suffering. Shakyamuni called upon us to view the world through such empathetic eyes and thus commit ourselves to a way of life that will protect all people from violence and discrimination.

"The altruism taught in Buddhism does not arise from a negation of the self. An awareness of the unavoidable pain of our own existence and the attachment we feel to the path in life that has brought us to this point can open us to the universality of human anguish, beyond all differences of nationality and ethnicity. It is our refusal to dismiss any form of suffering as unrelated to us that brings our humanity to its true lustre."

SGI Newsletter No. 9357, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal commemorating the 41st SGI Day, January 26th, 2016, Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace, translation released 22nd Feb., 2016

[i] Buddharakkhita, trans., The Dhammapada, 10:130:2.

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-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
ITSUMADE NI NANI O SURU KA.
"MEIKAKU NA MOKUHYO"
"GUTAITEKI NA KODO" GA
KABE O YABURIYUKU CHIKARA!
WAGA CHOSEN NO GEKI O TSUZURE!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MI NO TAKARA SUGURETARI MI NO TAKARA YORI KOKORO NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI KONO ONFUMI O GORAN ARAN YORIWA KOKORO NO TAKARA O TSUMASE TAMO BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1173)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Saturday, February 27, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27th Feb. 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 28th Feb Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.

Saturday, February 27th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Raising young successors is the key to
building a solid foundation 
for ten thousand years of development 
and more to come.
To all of those who are responsible for supporting
our Future Division members 
(students of primary and secondary schools),
thank you all so much for your selfless dedication.
I greatly trust and depend on you 
to look after these treasures of humanity .

Saturday, February 27th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world."

(Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra, WND, Vol. I, page 64) 
Selection source: The New Human Revolution, 
Seikyo Shimbun, Feb. 27th, 2016

Sunday, February 28th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Even a seemingly small gesture can have a significant, perhaps decisive impact on the person to whom it is offered. In regard to critical voices asserting that it is impossible to save everyone, Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) told his grandson:

"'On those occasions, it's a matter of whether one touches the life of an individual. We can't look after thousands of people. But if we can touch one person's life and save that life, that is the great change that we can effect.'" [i]

SGI Newsletter No. 9357, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal commemorating the 41st SGI Day, January 26th, 2016, Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace, translation released 22nd Feb., 2016

[i]  (trans. from) Shioda, Ganji o tsuide, 201.

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-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KOKEI NO IKUSEI KOSO 
BANDAI NO HATTEN NO ISHIZUE DA.
MIRAIBU TANTOSHA NO IDAINA
KOKEN NI KOKORO KARA KANSHA!
JINRUI NO TAKARA O TANOMU!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"SUBEKARAKU KOKORO O ITSU NI SHITE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO WARE MO TONAE TA OMO SUSUMEN NOMI KOSO KONJO NINKAI NO OMOIDE NARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 467)

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Friday, February 26, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26 Feb 2016 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 27 Feb Faily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.

Friday, Feb 26th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Believing in each individual's potential to the very end -
this is what Buddhist humanism is all about!
By earnestly chanting and sincerely encouraging our friends
let's help them to awaken their Buddha nature!

Friday, Feb 26th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I, Nichiren, have inscribed my life in sumi ink, so believe in the Gohonzon with your whole heart. The Buddha's will is the Lotus Sutra, but the soul of Nichiren is nothing other than Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

("Reply to Kyo'o" WND-1, page 412)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, Feb 26th, 2016

Saturday, Feb 26th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: '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' (WND-1, 283). Our Soka family, reading these golden words together, has triumphantly overcome every form of adversity.

"As we continue to warmly support friends who are struggling with their karma, let us now once again unite, with unwavering resolve, to transform the sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness, and death into profoundly joyful and inspiring stories of eternity, happiness, true self, and purity.

"Let's work together to build an ever-victorious castle of capable people that will endure for all time!"

SGI Newsletter No. 9358, Creating the New Era, (5) Illuminating Society with the Hope-Filled Philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, from 7th Feb., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translation released 23rd Feb., 2016 

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HITORI-HITORI NO KANOUSEI O
SAIGOMADE SHINJINUKU.
SORE GA BUPPOU NO NINGEN-SHUGI!
SHINKEN NA INORI TO HAGEMASHI DE
TOMO NO BUSSHOU O YOBI SAMASE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
NICHIREN GA TAMASHII O SUMI NI SOMENAGASHITE·KAKITE SOUROUZO SHINJI SASE TAMAE.  HOTOKE NO MIKOKORO WA HOKEKYOU NARI NICHIREN GA TAMASHII WA NAMUMYOHORENGEKYOU NI·SUGITARU WA NASHI

(KYO'O DONO GOHENJI, Gosho Zenshu, Page 1124) 

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Thursday, February 25, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25 Feb 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 26 Feb Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.

Thursday, Feb 25th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Just like the Gosho teaches us:
"If you see a person who accepts and upholds this sutra,
you should rise and greet him from afar,
showing him the same respect you would a Buddha"*
Everyone is a precious, capable individual.
Let's always remember to praise each other
and advance overflowing with joy!

* "If you see a person who accepts and upholds this sutra, you should rise and greet him from afar, showing him the same respect you would a Buddha" 
- The Lotus Sutra, "Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy" chapter.

Thursday, Feb 25th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
("Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, are persons who 'lodge in the same place as the Thus Come One.') Therefore, Fu Ta-shih says in his commentary, "Morning after morning we rise up with the Buddha, evening after evening we lie down with the Buddha. Moment by moment we attain the way, moment by moment we reveal our true identity."

(Chapter Ten: The Teacher of the Law 
-The Record of the Orally
Transmitted Teachings, page 83)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, Feb 25th, 2016

Friday, Feb 26th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Supporting those who are suffering the most, striving alongside them, never giving up on anyone—this is the starting point of Nichiren Buddhism."

SGI Newsletter No. 9358, Creating the New Era, (5) Illuminating Society with the Hope-Filled Philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism, from 7th Feb., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translation released 23rd Feb., 2016 

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GO SEIKUN [HOTOKE NO GOTOKU
TAGAI NI UYAMAU BESHI]
ZENIN TAKARANO JINZAI DA.
TOMO NI HOME TATAE AI.
KANKI AFURERU ZENSHIN O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
("IMA NICHIRENRA NO TAGUI NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU MONOWA YONYORAI GUSHUKU NO MONONARI) FUDAISHI NO SHAKU NI IWAKU CHOCHO HOTOKE TO TOMONI OKI SEKISEKI HOTOKE TO TOMONI FUSHI JIJINI JODO SHI JIJINI KENPON SU TO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 737)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Feb. 24th, 2016 + Daily Enc. Feb 25th

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.

Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's never be lazy or careless
when it comes to taking the necessary steps to prevent a fire.
For example, never overload electric circuits.
And be careful about properly turning off the stove
or other forms of heating when you are not around.
Always remember, carelessness is our greatest enemy!

Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Become the master of your mind rather than let your mind master you."

(Reply to the Lay Priest Soya 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 486)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shinbun, Feb 24th, 2016

Thursday, Feb 25th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'If one can establish a relationship with even just one phrase of the Wonderful Law, that relationship will continue unbroken over a million kalpas, and one can bring to realisation the priceless jewel of the Great Vehicle [that is, polishing and revealing the supremely noble life state of Buddhahood], which is known as being "born in an age where one can encounter the Buddha's Law." This is the Buddha's Law of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.'
- From The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, p. 219.

"Throughout Japan and the world, our youthful successors are actively striving to expand our movement. Their efforts are truly noble and reassuring.

Nichiren Buddhism is the Buddhism of sowing. The good fortune of establishing a relationship with the Mystic Law is imperishable. Similarly, the benefit we accumulate through engaging in Buddhist dialogue with others will also endure throughout the three existences of past, present, and future.

Spreading the Mystic Law is an extremely difficult undertaking. Therefore, the more we challenge ourselves in this endeavour, the more we can expand our life state and build genuine friendships. Brimming with vibrant life force, let's cheerfully share our convictions in faith."

SGI Newsletter No. 9359, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (4) Gaining Eternal Benefit through Sharing Buddhism with Others, from 10th Feb., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun translation released 23rd Feb., 2016

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KAJI E NO YOJIN OKOTARU NA!
TAKO ASHI HAISEN WA GENKIN.
"STOVE" YA KONRO NO
KESHIWASURE NI KIOTSUKEYO.
YUDAN WA DAITEKI DA!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KOKORO NO SHI TOWA NARUTOMO KOKORO O SHI TO SEZARE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1025)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 23rd Feb. 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho plus 24th Feb. Daily Enc.

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our noble friends of the Mens Division
who are working tirelessly to expand 
the solidarity of people in a new era!
Burning with the passion for self improvement and betterment,
today again, let's advance with a youthful spirit!
I hope that each of you becomes 
exemplary champions of faith and practice!

Tuesday, Feb 23rd, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
" I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground."

(On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins 
- WND, Vol. I, page 444.)
Selection source: "Teachings of Buddhism", 
Seikyo Shimbun, February 23rd, 2016

Wednesday, Feb 24th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All people have the right to live in happiness. The prime objective of our movement is to forge an expanding solidarity of ordinary citizens committed to protecting that right and, in this way, to rid the world of needless suffering. Our activities in support of the UN are a natural and necessary expression of this."

SGI Newsletter No. 9357, SGI President Ikeda's Peace Proposal commemorating the 41st SGI Day, January 26th, 2016, Universal Respect for Human Dignity: The Great Path to Peace, translation released 22nd Feb., 2016

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHIN JIDAI NO RENTAI HIROGERU
TOTOKI SONEN BU NO TOMO YO!
KOJO NO IBUKI NI MOETE
KYO MO WAKAWAKASHIKU MAE E!
MINA GA SHINJIN NO OJA TARE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKANARU YONO MIDARE NIMO ONO-ONO OBA HOKEKYO JURASETSU TASUKE TAMAE TO SHIMERERU KI YORI HI O IDASHI KAWAKERU TSUCHI YORI MIZU O MOKENGA GOTOKU GOJONI MOSUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1132)

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Monday, February 22, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22nd - 28th Feb. 2016 Words of the Week, 22nd Feb. Daily Gosho + 23rd Feb. Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week" 
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

February 22nd - 28th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The SGI is a world where everyone 
helps to encourage each other.
It's voices of courage which are in turn voices of compassion,
that enhance people's powers of revitalisation.
The Daishonin teaches us,
"Joy means that oneself and others together experience joy." *
Let's all try to lead life cheerfully, 
full of great joy and enthusiasm!

*"Chapter Eighteen: The Benefits of Responding with Joy, OTT, page 146 

Monday, February 22nd, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."

(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples - 
The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 211) 
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shimbun, Feb. 22nd, 2016

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Faith is a constant struggle against inertia.

"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage' (WND-1, 997). He also says: 'Be ever diligent in your faith so that your desire will be fulfilled' (WND-1, 452).

"Not advancing is retreating. Mr. Toda also constantly warned against having a lax attitude in our faith and practice. He said:

"'Everything in the universe, from the stars and planets to the smallest insect, is constantly changing. Nothing remains the same for a single moment. The crucial question, therefore, is whether we are changing for the better or changing for the worse. When we fail to realise this, we give in to inertia. In other words, the frightening thing about succumbing to inertia is that we are completely oblivious and indifferent to whether we are changing for the better or the worse. Moreover, when we grow apathetic in faith, practicing only out of force of habit, it's the same as if we have stopped practising altogether. Faith in Nichiren Buddhism is an active practice for rapidly changing ourselves for the better.

"Not advancing is not just stagnating; it is regressing. There is no 'this will do' in the realm of faith. Complacence gives rise to inertia and can lead one to stop practising."

SGI Newsletter No. 9356, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chap. 16: Making the Most of Each Day [Part 2 of 2], 16.5 "Strengthen Your Faith Day by Day and Month after Month," from the December 2015 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 19th Feb., 2016

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-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
GAKKAI WA HAGEMASHI NO SEKAI.
"YUKI" SOKU "JIHI" NO KOE GA
SOSEI NO CHIKARA O HIROGERU
"JITA TOMONI YOROKOBU"
DAIKANKI NO JINSEI O KAIKATSU NI!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARITO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 788) 

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