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Monday, April 25, 2016

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] April 25th - May 1st, 2015 Words of the Week, April 25th Daily Gosho + April 26th Daily Enc.

 

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

April 25th - May 1st, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
May all living beings have happiness, 
peace and security!
This lofty spirit with which 
Nichiren Buddhism was established
is being practised by SGI members
all over the world.
The Daishonin states,
"But still I am not discouraged."*
With such a steadfast and unyielding spirit,
let's challenge ourselves to engage in dialogue
with as many people as we possibly can!

*"Because I have expounded this teaching, I have been exiled and almost killed. As the saying goes, 'Good advice grates on the ear.' But still I am not discouraged. The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field." - "The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood", WND-I, page 748

Monday, April 25th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The Buddha wrote that one should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master oneself."

(Letter to Gijō-bō 
- WND, Vol. I, page 390)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", 
Seikyo Shinbun, April 25th, 2016

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844­–1900) wrote: 'Let where you are going, not where you come from, henceforth be your honour! Your will and your foot that desires to step out beyond you—let them be your new honour!" [1]

"His message is that everything starts from now! Always look to the future! Buddhism also teaches the spirit of focusing on the present and the future.

"A meaningful life…is built not by focusing on the past, but on how you live from now on. That positive, forward-looking attitude is the key to greatness and victory."

SGI Newsletter No. 9388, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 2: Human Revolution, Chap. 17: Message for Youth [Part 2 of 4], 17.5 Always Look to the Future, from the January 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 22nd April, 2016

[1] Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for Everyone and No One, translated by R. J. Hollingdale (London: Penguin Books, 1969), p. 220.

* 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 --
BANNIN NI KOFUKU TO ANNON ARE!
KONO RISSHU NO DAISEISHIN O
SOKA WA SEKAI DE JISSEN SURU.
"IMADA KORIZU SORO"
FUKUTSU NO TAMASHII DE TAIWA NI CHOSEN!

--- KYO  NO GOSHO ---
"AIKAMAETE AIKAMAETE KOKORO NO SHI TOWA NARUTOMO KOKORO O SHI TO SUBEKARAZU TO HOTOKE WA SHIRUSHI TAMAISHI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 892) 

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