A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho reminds us to respect people,
"rising and greeting them from afar
and showing them the same respect we would a Buddha.*"
Let's always remember to appreciate
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Gosho reminds us to respect people,
"rising and greeting them from afar
and showing them the same respect we would a Buddha.*"
Let's always remember to appreciate
the valiant efforts of our fellow members.
It's by having respect for one another
and advancing together while encouraging each other,
that true unity and solidarity is born.
*Gosho: "The Fourteen Slanders", WND-1, Page 757, "Even an ignorant person can obtain blessings by serving someone who expounds the Lotus Sutra. No matter if he is a demon or an animal, if someone proclaims even a single verse or phrase of the Lotus Sutra, you must respect him as you would the Buddha. This is what the sutra means when it says, "You should rise and greet him from afar, showing him the same respect you would a Buddha."You should respect one another as Shakyamuni and Many Treasures did at the ceremony in the "Treasure Tower" chapter."
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the
It's by having respect for one another
and advancing together while encouraging each other,
that true unity and solidarity is born.
*Gosho: "The Fourteen Slanders", WND-1, Page 757, "Even an ignorant person can obtain blessings by serving someone who expounds the Lotus Sutra. No matter if he is a demon or an animal, if someone proclaims even a single verse or phrase of the Lotus Sutra, you must respect him as you would the Buddha. This is what the sutra means when it says, "You should rise and greet him from afar, showing him the same respect you would a Buddha."You should respect one another as Shakyamuni and Many Treasures did at the ceremony in the "Treasure Tower" chapter."
Wednesday, September 7th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the
Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra,
Prophecy of Enlightenment
for Five Hundred Disciples -
The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings,
The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings,
page 211)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, Sept 7th, 2016
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 'Letter from Sado,' the Daishonin observes: 'The most dreadful things in the world are the pain of fire, the flashing of swords, and the shadow of death' (WND-1, 301). Even today, people around the world live in fear of violence and war, shudder at destruction caused by natural disasters and accidents, and are racked by the sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness, and death.
"That is precisely why we of the SGI, who share the great vow of Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law, need to press ahead with ever greater energy in our courageous and sincere efforts to transform the destiny of humankind."
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 'Letter from Sado,' the Daishonin observes: 'The most dreadful things in the world are the pain of fire, the flashing of swords, and the shadow of death' (WND-1, 301). Even today, people around the world live in fear of violence and war, shudder at destruction caused by natural disasters and accidents, and are racked by the sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness, and death.
"That is precisely why we of the SGI, who share the great vow of Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law, need to press ahead with ever greater energy in our courageous and sincere efforts to transform the destiny of humankind."
SGI Newsletter No. No. 9446, 19TH SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING , Joyfully Scale the Summit of Kosen-rufu through Compassionate Propagation!, from 4th Sep., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released 5th Sep. 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[HOTOKE O UYAMAU GA GOTOKU]
DOSHIN NO FUNTO O TATAEYO
TAGAI NI SONKEI SHI AI
HAGEMASHIATTE SUSUMU NAKA NI
TSUYOKI DANKETSU WA UMARERU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARITO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 788)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[HOTOKE O UYAMAU GA GOTOKU]
DOSHIN NO FUNTO O TATAEYO
TAGAI NI SONKEI SHI AI
HAGEMASHIATTE SUSUMU NAKA NI
TSUYOKI DANKETSU WA UMARERU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARITO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 788)
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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