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
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,
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.
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
* 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 --
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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