Sent today from Venezia, Italy
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho reminds us:
"What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"*
It's strong determined Daimoku
that gives us the power and energy
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho reminds us:
"What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"*
It's strong determined Daimoku
that gives us the power and energy
to defeat the devil of illness!
Let's demonstrate actual proof of our practice
by changing poison into medicine**!
* Gosho: Reply to Kyō'ō - WND-I, page 412, "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
** Changing Poison into Medicine:
http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/changing-poison-into-medicine.html
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"These ten factors pervade the Ten Worlds. These Ten Worlds are born from the mind of the individual and constitute the eighty-four thousand teachings."
Gosho:
Let's demonstrate actual proof of our practice
by changing poison into medicine**!
* Gosho: Reply to Kyō'ō - WND-I, page 412, "Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
** Changing Poison into Medicine:
http://www.sgi.org/about-us/buddhism-in-daily-life/changing-poison-into-medicine.html
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"These ten factors pervade the Ten Worlds. These Ten Worlds are born from the mind of the individual and constitute the eighty-four thousand teachings."
Gosho:
The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas,
WND, Vol. 1, page 844.
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Aug. 3rd, 2016
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" The 'Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King' (23rd) chapter of the Lotus Sutra states: 'You must spread it [the Lotus Sutra] abroad widely (kosen-rufu) throughout Jambudvipa [the entire world] and never allow it to be cut off, nor must you allow evil devils, the devils' people, heavenly beings [such as the devil king of the sixth heaven], dragons, yakshas, kumbhanda demons [that sap people's vitality], or others to seize the advantage!' (LSOC23, 330).
"The Lotus Sutra instructs that we must never allow the spread of its teaching to be cut off, nor let devilish functions seize the advantage to obstruct it. Such negative influences are always trying to disrupt, block, or cut off the path of mentor and disciple, the path of successors. They also try to exploit any disruption or division that may occur."
SGI Newsletter 9425, THE WISDOM FOR CREATING HAPPINESS AND PEACE, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chap. 18.2 May Young Successors Follow the Path of Kosen-rufu I'm Ever-Growing Numbers from the May 2016 edition of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 19th July, 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[IKANARU YAMAI
SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA]
GOJO NA DAIMOKU KOSO
BYOMA O UCHIYABURU CHIKARA DA!
HENDOKU IYAKU NO JISSHO O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO JUPPOKAI WA HITORI NO KOKORO YORI IDE HACHIMAN YONSEN NO HOMON TO NARU NARI, HITORI O TEHON TOSHITE ISSAI SHUJO NARU KOTO KAKU NO GOTOSHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, pg 564)
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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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