A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
September 5th-11th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
General meetings of the world's foremost women's division
are soon to be held infused with joy and in bright spirits.*
It's conversation, discussion and dialogue
all based on the day-to-day grassroots activities
that our women's division members constantly carry out,
that a culture for peace truly gleams.
May you present your friends with
beautiful bouquets of happiness for their hearts!
*During September, general meetings commemorating the 65th anniversary
of the Soka Gakkai women's division's founding are being held throughout Japan.
Monday, September 5th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakīrti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."
(The Good Medicine for All Ills
- WND, Vol. I, page 937)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, September 5th, 2016
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dedicated to the mission of spreading the Mystic Law and realising kosen-rufu through compassionate propagation, Soka Gakkai members are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth. They are emissaries of the Buddha. When they take action with that awareness, they undergo a profound inner transformation, and the powerful life force to triumph over any storm of karma flows within them.
"…The conviction of the Soka Gakkai is the deep conviction in the power of Nichiren Buddhism and the Gohonzon. It is the great conviction that the members of the Soka Gakkai, who spread the Mystic Law, are the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and the followers and disciples of the Daishonin. And it is the certain conviction that we will be victorious in our struggle for kosen-rufu.
"Shin'ichi Yamamoto said to the Izu members: "Faith, in a word, is conviction. Conviction becomes an unshakable personal belief, which in turn forms the foundation for how we live our lives."
SGI Newsletter No. 9445, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 2, Justice 42, translation released 2nd Sep., 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 --
SEKAIICHI NO FUJINBU SOKAI GA
AKARUKU TANOSHIKU KAIMAKU!
JOSEI NO KUSA NO NE NO TAIWA KARA
"HEIWA NO BUNKA" WA KAGAYAKU.
TOMO NO KOKORO NI KOFUKU NO HANATABA O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAIKA SONO YUEWA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORONARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1480)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
September 5th-11th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
General meetings of the world's foremost women's division
are soon to be held infused with joy and in bright spirits.*
It's conversation, discussion and dialogue
all based on the day-to-day grassroots activities
that our women's division members constantly carry out,
that a culture for peace truly gleams.
May you present your friends with
beautiful bouquets of happiness for their hearts!
*During September, general meetings commemorating the 65th anniversary
of the Soka Gakkai women's division's founding are being held throughout Japan.
Monday, September 5th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakīrti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way."
(The Good Medicine for All Ills
- WND, Vol. I, page 937)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, September 5th, 2016
Tuesday, September 6th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dedicated to the mission of spreading the Mystic Law and realising kosen-rufu through compassionate propagation, Soka Gakkai members are all Bodhisattvas of the Earth. They are emissaries of the Buddha. When they take action with that awareness, they undergo a profound inner transformation, and the powerful life force to triumph over any storm of karma flows within them.
"…The conviction of the Soka Gakkai is the deep conviction in the power of Nichiren Buddhism and the Gohonzon. It is the great conviction that the members of the Soka Gakkai, who spread the Mystic Law, are the Bodhisattvas of the Earth and the followers and disciples of the Daishonin. And it is the certain conviction that we will be victorious in our struggle for kosen-rufu.
"Shin'ichi Yamamoto said to the Izu members: "Faith, in a word, is conviction. Conviction becomes an unshakable personal belief, which in turn forms the foundation for how we live our lives."
SGI Newsletter No. 9445, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 2, Justice 42, translation released 2nd Sep., 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 --
SEKAIICHI NO FUJINBU SOKAI GA
AKARUKU TANOSHIKU KAIMAKU!
JOSEI NO KUSA NO NE NO TAIWA KARA
"HEIWA NO BUNKA" WA KAGAYAKU.
TOMO NO KOKORO NI KOFUKU NO HANATABA O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAIKA SONO YUEWA JOMYOKYO NEHANGYO NIWA YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORONARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1480)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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