Sent to you from London, GB... A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. Thursday, August 18th, 2016 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- "One who has fallen to the ground recovers and rises up from the ground."* Our practice is all about changing poison into medicine.** Let's remember that our hardest moments are actually the best opportunities to grow and develop exponentially! Let's boldly lead a life of never being defeated! * Gosho: The Proof of the Lotus Sutra - WND, Vol.1, page 1108 ** Changing Poison into Medicine: http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/changing-poison-into-medicine.html Thursday, August 18th, 2016 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace." (The Three Kinds of Treasure - WND, Vol. I, page 851) Selection source: Teachings of Buddhism, Seikyo Shinbun, August 16th, 2016 Friday, August 19th, 2016 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "Every morning and evening, we perform a song of praise to life—the ceremony of gongyo, joining our hands in reverence to the Mystic Law, the ultimate law of the universe. This solemn ceremony unites us with all Buddhas and bodhisattvas throughout time and space, activates the protective forces of the universe, and illuminates our environment. "Day after day, all around the world, SGI members recite the 'Expedient Means' (2nd) and 'Life Span' (16th) chapters of the Lotus Sutra, the supreme scripture of Buddhism. One passage reads: "'Constantly I have preached the Law, teaching, converting countless millions of living beings, causing them to enter the Buddha way, all this for immeasurable kalpas.' (LSOC16, 270) "This verse elucidates the infinite wisdom, compassion, and life of the Buddha. And we share this same boundless and eternal life state. By practising the teaching implicit in the 'Life Span' chapter, our lives reveal their inherent brilliance of time without beginning." SGI Newsletter No. 9434, May the Joy of Victory Shine in the Lives of Our Many Treasures Group Members, from the September 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 17th Aug., 2016 * The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/ -- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU -- "CHI NI TAORERU HITO WA, KAERITE CHI YORI OKU" HENDOKU IYAKU NO BUPPO DA. KUNAN KOSO SEICHO NO CHANCE! MAKENAI JINSEI O DODO TO! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI JINSHIN WA TAMOCHIGATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU HYAKUNIJU MADE MOCHITE NA O KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE" (Gosho Zenshu - Page 1173) |
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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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
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