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Thursday, March 31, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 31 March 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 1 April Daily Encouragement

 

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

Thursday, March 31st, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Proactive initiative results in victory.
Slow, unresponsive efforts result in defeat.
With a vision towards the future
let's move with lightning speed!
Bravely and resolutely, 
let's open the way forwards!

Thursday, March 31st, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime  
- WND, Vol.1, page 412)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 31st, 2016

Friday, April 1st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There may be times when life itself seems a burden, when we feel trapped or weighed down by something, when we feel passive and a victim of circumstances, or when we feel somehow lost. Those are the times to shed our passivity and turn it into initiative, telling  ourselves, 'I'm going to follow through on this path!' 'I'm going to carry out my mission for today!' When we decide to do so, a genuine spring will dawn in our hearts, and flowers will start to bloom.

"Persevering for us means continuing in our efforts to chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and share Nichiren Buddhism with one person after another. We who know this sure and practical way for transforming winter into spring are fortunate indeed."

SGI Newsletter No. 9366, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 17.4 Seeking Out Challenges for Self-Development in One's Youth, from the January 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 8th March, 2016

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SENTE WA SHORI.
GOTE WA HAIBOKU.
MIRAI O MITSUME
JINSOKU NI KODO O!
KANZEN TO KATSURO O HIRAKE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"FUKAKU SHINJIN O OKOSHITE NICHIYA CHOBONI MATA OKOTARAZU MIGAKUBESHI IKAYONI SHITEKA MIGAKU BEKI TADA NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TOTONAE TATEMATSURU O KORE O MIGAKU TOWA IUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 384)

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 30th March, 2016 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 31st March Daily Enc.

 

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

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's warmly welcome those 
who have newly moved into the local area!*
Everyone is a precious member of the Soka family.
By offering warm and heartfelt encouragement
(as they adjust to their new environment)
let's advance together with hope!

* April is often a time of movement in Japan.

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' (Lotus Sutra Chap. 7) cannot be false in any way."

(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 217)
Selection source: "New Human Revolution", 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 30th, 2016

Thursday, March 31st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the natural world, winter always turns to spring. What is needed in our human world for that to happen?

"The Swiss philosopher Carl Hilty (1833–1909) declared : 'Break through!—this short phrase has an almost magical effect each time we face an inner crisis.'[1] Persevere through all; continue, no matter what difficulty. Persevering is the secret to everything, he concludes.

"To paraphrase Hilty: When your mind seems ready to drift off to sleep, or when you are overcome by a feeling of lethargy—tell yourself: Break through! This short phrase delivers a shock to a healthy will and awakens it. The elevated spirit is once again free to move towards the truth, towards what's right and just. When you feel yourself succumbing to feelings of futility or apathy, rouse yourself and press on through!

"We all experience problems and deadlocks from time to time—it might be with SGI activities, with work, or with human relations. That's the time to persevere. Continue pressing forward and win your own victory. That's the only way."

SGI Newsletter No. 9366, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 17.4 Seeking Out Challenges for Self-Development in One's Youth, translation released 8th March, 2016

[1] Ibid., p. 193.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
TENNYU SHITA TOMO O
ATATAKAKU MUKAEYO!
MINA GA TAISETSU NA SOKA KAZOKU DA.
MAGOKORO NO HAGEMASHI DE
KIBO NO ZENSHIN O TOMO NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KAKO NO SHUKUEN OIKITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARITAMOKA SHAKA TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME ZAIZAI SHOBUTSUDO JOYO SHI GUSHO YOMO SORAGOTO SORAWAJI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1338)

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http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practice

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

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[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 30th March, 2016 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 31st March Daily Enc.

 

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

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's warmly welcome those 
who have newly moved into the local area!*
Everyone is a precious member of the Soka family.
By offering warm and heartfelt encouragement
(as they adjust to their new environment)
let's advance together with hope!

* April is often a time of movement in Japan.

Wednesday, March 30th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' (Lotus Sutra Chap. 7) cannot be false in any way."

(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 217)
Selection source: "New Human Revolution", 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 30th, 2016

Thursday, March 31st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the natural world, winter always turns to spring. What is needed in our human world for that to happen?

"The Swiss philosopher Carl Hilty (1833–1909) declared : 'Break through!—this short phrase has an almost magical effect each time we face an inner crisis.'[1] Persevere through all; continue, no matter what difficulty. Persevering is the secret to everything, he concludes.

"To paraphrase Hilty: When your mind seems ready to drift off to sleep, or when you are overcome by a feeling of lethargy—tell yourself: Break through! This short phrase delivers a shock to a healthy will and awakens it. The elevated spirit is once again free to move towards the truth, towards what's right and just. When you feel yourself succumbing to feelings of futility or apathy, rouse yourself and press on through!

"We all experience problems and deadlocks from time to time—it might be with SGI activities, with work, or with human relations. That's the time to persevere. Continue pressing forward and win your own victory. That's the only way."

SGI Newsletter No. 9366, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 17.4 Seeking Out Challenges for Self-Development in One's Youth, translation released 8th March, 2016

[1] Ibid., p. 193.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
TENNYU SHITA TOMO O
ATATAKAKU MUKAEYO!
MINA GA TAISETSU NA SOKA KAZOKU DA.
MAGOKORO NO HAGEMASHI DE
KIBO NO ZENSHIN O TOMO NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KAKO NO SHUKUEN OIKITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARITAMOKA SHAKA TAHO KOSO GOZONJI SORORAME ZAIZAI SHOBUTSUDO JOYO SHI GUSHO YOMO SORAGOTO SORAWAJI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1338)

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http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practice

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

http://www.nichirenlibrary.org

And for the children there&#39;s a wonderful new web-site

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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

 

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

Tuesday, March 28th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When we make every possible effort 
to fulfil our vow for kosen-rufu,
we're able to muster the courage and strength
to face all kinds of obstacles in our lives
and at the same time 
shatter the negative forces 
we are confronted with.
Let's make great strides on our chosen path 
with a never retreating spirit!

Tuesday, March 28th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If the nation is destroyed and people's homes are wiped out, then where can one flee for safety? If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not?"

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 24)
Selection source: "New Human Revolution", 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 29th, 2016

Wednesday, March 29th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Only those who have experienced the harshness of winter can truly know the joy of spring. The same is true of life.

"The Swiss philosopher Carl Hilty (1833–1909) asserted: 'What joy is, is essentially known only to those who have suffered much. Others know only pleasure, which is in no way similar.'[1] Those who haven't experienced suffering cannot know real joy—how true that is!"

SGI Newsletter No. 9366, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 17.4 Seeking Out Challenges for Self-Development in One's Youth, translation released 8th March, 2016

[1] Translated from German. Carl Hilty, "Glück im Unglück" (Happiness amid Misfortune), Neue Briefe (New Letters), (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1906), p. 57.  

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KOFU NO SEIGAN O TSURANUKEBA
KUNAN O OSORENAI KOKORO
MASHO O UCHIYABURU CHIKARA GA
WAGA SEIMEI NI YUGEN SURU.
FUTAI NO KOKORO DE DAIYAKUSHIN O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KUNI O USHINAI IEO MESSEBA IZURENO TOKORONIKA YO O NOGAREN NANJI SUBEKARAKU ISSHIN NO ANDO O OMOWABA MAZU SHIHYO NO SEIHITSU O INORAN MONOKA"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 31)

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

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Monday, March 28, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] March 28th-April 3rd, 2016 Words of the Week, March 28th Daily Gosho + March 29th Daily Enc.

 

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

March 28th - April 3rd, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The key to the expansion of dialogue 
is to be a very good listener!
From our sincere caring attitude towards listening to others,
strong bonds of trust and friendship are developed.
Let's become someone who can speak with wisdom!

Monday, March 28th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In the light of the above points, this shows my followers, cut short your sleep by night and curtail your leisure by day and ponder this! You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come."

(The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day 
- WND, Vol. I, page 622)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 28th, 2016

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Everyone has a mission. We were born because we have a mission. That's why we must live our lives and persevere through all.

"…The crucial thing is to never give up in that process. As you struggle and strive to find your way, please chant, think, study, talk with friends, and tackle the things you need to do now. If you continue to challenge yourself without giving up, you will come to see the mission that is yours and yours alone to accomplish."

SGI Newsletter No. 9366, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, 17.3 You Are All Precious Individuals with a Special Mission, translation released 8th March, 2016

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-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
TAIWA KAKUDAI NO YOTEI WA
"YOKU KIKU" KOTO.
MIMI O KATAMUKERU SEIJITSU KARA
SHINRAI TO YUJO GA HIROGARU.
GENRONSEN NO KENJA TARE!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"WAGA MONKE WA YORU WA NEMURI O TACHI HIRU WA ITOMA O TODOMETE KORE O ANZEYO ISSHO MUNASHIKU SUGOSHITE BANZAI KUYURU KOTO NAKARE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 970)

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

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Sunday, March 27, 2016

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

 

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

Sunday, March 27th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Those who overcome their weaknesses 
are the true victors.
Aiming towards achieving  
the goals and targets we have set ourselves,
let's make every possible effort to advance, 
even if it is just a single step!
Let's create a new history of our own!

Sunday, March 27th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Volume I, page 681) 
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 27th, 2016

Monday, March 28th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The power to move people at the deepest level is not found in formulaic assertions or dogma, but in words that issue from a person's experience and carry the weight of that lived reality. Exchanges conducted in such language can mine the rich veins of our common humanity, bringing back to the surface glistening spiritual riches that will illuminate human society. This is the conviction that has supported me over the years as I have conducted dialogue with people of different cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds.

"It is indeed in the encounter between people whose paths in life have differed that our eyes are opened to vistas that would not otherwise have been visible. It is in the resonance of people encountering each other in the fullness of their humanity that the melodies of a new creative energy unfold.

"This is the true significance of dialogue: It can serve as a treasure house of possibilities, a dynamo for the creation of history.

"Sharing time and space together in dialogue. . . The friendship and trust nurtured through the committed pursuit of this process can form the basis for a solidarity of ordinary citizens working to resolve global issues and bring into being a peaceful world.

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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-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
JISHIN NO YOWASA NI KATSU HITO GA
SHIN NO SHORISHA DA.
WAGA MOKUHYO E MUKATTE
IPPO DEMO ZENSHIN O!
ARATANA REKISHI O TSUKURE!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1143)

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http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practice

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

http://www.nichirenlibrary.org

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Saturday, March 26, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 26th March, 2016 To My Friends and Daily Gosho plus 27th March, 2016 Daily Encouragement

 

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

Saturday, March 26th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Spring is here,
the season for truly taking action!
Let's make a serious effort to talk with others and
share what this Buddhism is about.
Keeping in mind that it is important to always 
stay safe and accident-free, wherever we go,
let's have a meaningful and value-creating day 
each and every day!

Saturday, March 26th, 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. II, page 229) 
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance, 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 26th, 2016

Sunday, March 27th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As UNHCR's efforts to show the human face of refugees suggests, our awareness of people belonging to different religions or ethnicities can be transformed through direct contact and conversation with even one member of that group. Such an encounter can bring into view an entirely new and different 'landscape.' By engaging in open and frank dialogue, we are able to see things that had been hidden from view, and the world begins to appear in a warmer, more human light.

"In September 1974, in the midst of heightened Cold War tensions, I decided to ignore the voices of criticism and opposition in order to visit the Soviet Union for the first time. The belief that motivated me was this: We don't need to fear the Soviet Union so much as we need to fear our ignorance of the Soviet Union.

"Conflict and tension do not in themselves render dialogue impossible; what builds the walls between us is our willingness to remain ignorant of others. This is why it is crucial to be the one to initiate dialogue. Everything starts from there."

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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-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KODO NO HARU HOMBAN!
OKIKU UGOKI KATARI
BUTSUEN O HIROGEYO.
ZETTAI MUJIKO O KOKOROGAKE
YUIGINA ICHINICHI ICHINICHI NI!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO NO GOJI O TONAURU KUDOKU BAKUDAI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 13)

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[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25th March 2016 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 26th March Daily Enc.

 

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

Friday, March 25th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter how small the promise,
we should fulfil it with the utmost of sincerity!
It's the accumulation of such wholehearted efforts
that leads to being highly trusted.
At the same time it helps us to cultivate 
the strength to achieve great things.
 
Friday, March 25th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(Tell them) to be prepared for the worst, and not to expect good times, but take the bad times for granted."

("On Persecutions Befalling the Sage" 
WND-I, page 998) 
Selection Source:  Kyo no Hosshin
Seikyo Shimbun:  March 25th, 2016

Saturday, March 26th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'At the Ceremony in the Air, when the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the ten directions gathered together, the two Buddhas, Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, nodded in agreement. What they decided on was nothing other than the perpetuation of the Law throughout the Latter Day.' 
- From "The True Aspect of All Phenomena," (WND-1, 385).

"Today, youth division members around the world are carrying on the mission of 'perpetuating the Law,' that is ensuring the transmission of the Mystic Law into the eternal future. I am certain that Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda would also be delighted to see the vibrant efforts of these youthful Bodhisattvas of the Earth.

"All the Buddhas of the ten directions and three existences gathered at the Ceremony in the Air to entrust kosen-rufu in the Latter Day of the Law to capable successors.

"The mentors and disciples of Soka embody the very essence of the Lotus Sutra. By returning to our vow from time without beginning, we can bring forth infinite power. Let's forge ahead in our journey to widely spread the Mystic Law, always respecting and encouraging one another along the way."

SGI Newsletter No. 9373, Advancing with the Gosho:  (7) Entrusting the Mission of Eternally Transmitting the Mystic Law,from 16th March, 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released 24th March, 2016

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DONNA CHIISANA YAKUSOKU MO
SEIJITSU NI HATASO!
SONO TSUMIKASANE GA
OKINA SHINRAI O UMU.
DAIJI O NASU CHIKARA TO NARU.

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
TADA ICHIEN NI OMOIKIRE · YOKARAN WA FUSHIGI WARUKARAN WA ICHIJO TO OMOE
("Shonin Gonan Ji," Gosho Zenshu, Page 1190)

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

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