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
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
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",
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.
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
"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.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- 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)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- 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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ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
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's a wonderful new web-site
http://treasures-of-heart.com/
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