A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Nichiren's followers are like roaring lions."*
There is nothing
that surpasses courageous words.
Let's speak out (for the sake of justice)
boldly and without any hesitation at all!
*"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs. Slanderers are like barking foxes, but Nichiren's followers are like roaring lions." - "On Persecutions Befalling the Sage", WND-I, page 997
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth. And if you are a Bodhisattva of the Earth, there is not the slightest doubt that you have been a disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha from the remote past. The sutra states, 'Ever since the long distant past I have been teaching and converting this multitude.'"
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. I, page 385)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, June 5th, 2016
Monday, June 6th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Chanting daimoku energetically, dealing with the problems of everyday life with perseverance, making a serious effort—this is the way to build solid character."
SGI Newsletter No. 9395, Spread Your Wings towards the Future, [16] Along a River in Bangkok, from 1st July, 2015, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 19th May, 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo
Shinbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
"NICHIREN GA ICHIMON WA
SHISHI NO HOURU NARI"
YUKI NO GENRON NI
MASARU CHIKARA WA NAI.
DAITAN NI UTTE DEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA JIYU NO BOSATSU NI SADAMARINABA SHAKUSON KUON NO DESHI TARUKOTO ANI UTAGAWANYA KYO NI IWAKU WARE KUON YORI KONOKATA KORERA NO SHU O KYOKE SU TOWA KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1360)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Nichiren's followers are like roaring lions."*
There is nothing
that surpasses courageous words.
Let's speak out (for the sake of justice)
boldly and without any hesitation at all!
*"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs. Slanderers are like barking foxes, but Nichiren's followers are like roaring lions." - "On Persecutions Befalling the Sage", WND-I, page 997
Sunday, June 5th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth. And if you are a Bodhisattva of the Earth, there is not the slightest doubt that you have been a disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha from the remote past. The sutra states, 'Ever since the long distant past I have been teaching and converting this multitude.'"
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. I, page 385)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, June 5th, 2016
Monday, June 6th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Chanting daimoku energetically, dealing with the problems of everyday life with perseverance, making a serious effort—this is the way to build solid character."
SGI Newsletter No. 9395, Spread Your Wings towards the Future, [16] Along a River in Bangkok, from 1st July, 2015, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 19th May, 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo
Shinbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
"NICHIREN GA ICHIMON WA
SHISHI NO HOURU NARI"
YUKI NO GENRON NI
MASARU CHIKARA WA NAI.
DAITAN NI UTTE DEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA JIYU NO BOSATSU NI SADAMARINABA SHAKUSON KUON NO DESHI TARUKOTO ANI UTAGAWANYA KYO NI IWAKU WARE KUON YORI KONOKATA KORERA NO SHU O KYOKE SU TOWA KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1360)
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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!
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from there on it is all automatic!
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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
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