* Whoops we mixed the days and dates up yesterday! The 4th is indeed a Monday, even in Tokyo!
A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
July 4th - 10th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin states:
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
July 4th - 10th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin states:
"Buddhism primarily concerns itself
with victory or defeat."*
Let's first and foremost decide
Let's first and foremost decide
that we will definitely be victorious
and chant daimoku resolutely to the very end!
It's our own unyielding perseverance
and chant daimoku resolutely to the very end!
It's our own unyielding perseverance
to continue to challenge things
until the very last moment, no matter what,
that moves the Buddhist gods
until the very last moment, no matter what,
that moves the Buddhist gods
- the supportive forces in the universe -
and determines our victories.
May everyone, together, have reason to
shout triumphant cries of victory
and determines our victories.
May everyone, together, have reason to
shout triumphant cries of victory
in this new era!
*"The Hero of the World" - WND-I, page 835
Monday, July 4th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
*"The Hero of the World" - WND-I, page 835
Monday, July 4th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
- WND, Vol. I, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, July 4th, 2016
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Soka Gakkai members are friends in faith linked by ties from the remote past. In the Soka Gakkai, if a fellow member is suffering from illness or some other problem, many members will chant for that person's happiness and well-being. And when one of our members passes away, everyone chants sincerely for that person's eternal happiness.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Soka Gakkai members are friends in faith linked by ties from the remote past. In the Soka Gakkai, if a fellow member is suffering from illness or some other problem, many members will chant for that person's happiness and well-being. And when one of our members passes away, everyone chants sincerely for that person's eternal happiness.
"Seniors in faith also regularly visit newer members to encourage them, wanting to help them deepen their faith and become happy. They listen to each person's problems, share their sufferings with true empathy and concern, and encourage them wholeheartedly.
"They are completely unselfish. There is no realm more noble, beautiful, and filled with pure love for one's fellow human beings. The second phase of kosen-rufu is about spreading this intangible treasure fostered within the Soka Gakkai to the whole of society. Because we are living in an age rife with mistrust, suspicion, and jealousy, I call on you to build a model of wonderful human harmony in your local community…."
"They are completely unselfish. There is no realm more noble, beautiful, and filled with pure love for one's fellow human beings. The second phase of kosen-rufu is about spreading this intangible treasure fostered within the Soka Gakkai to the whole of society. Because we are living in an age rife with mistrust, suspicion, and jealousy, I call on you to build a model of wonderful human harmony in your local community…."
SGI Newsletter No. 9415, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 2, Justice 39, translation released 30th June, 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 --
"BUPPO WA SHOBU" NARI.
KATSU TO KIMETE INORIKIRE!
SAIGO MADE TATAKAINUKU SHUNEN GA
TEN O UGOKASHI SHORI O KESSU.
MINADE SHINJIDAI NO KACHIDOKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 26)
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"BUPPO WA SHOBU" NARI.
KATSU TO KIMETE INORIKIRE!
SAIGO MADE TATAKAINUKU SHUNEN GA
TEN O UGOKASHI SHORI O KESSU.
MINADE SHINJIDAI NO KACHIDOKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 26)
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