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
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,
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)
"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:
"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."
*"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 ----
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Faith is a constant struggle against inertia.
"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
* 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 --
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)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- 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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