A translation of President Ikeda's "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Hurrah for all of our "Many Treasures"
(our "senior" SGI members)!
Soka Champions, we cannot express how much
we appreciate what you have done for kosen-rufu.
The Daishonin promises,
"Myō means to revive"*
With an even more youthful spirit than ever,
let's all advance full of hope together!
*"The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 149
Monday, September 19th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"... one's body and mind at a single moment pervade the entire realm of phenomena."
(The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind
Established in the Fifth
Five-Hundred-Year Period
after the Thus Come One's Passing
- WND, Vol. I, page 366)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message,
Seikyo Shimbun, September 19th, 2016
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
September 19th - 25th, 2016
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --Hurrah for all of our "Many Treasures"
(our "senior" SGI members)!
Soka Champions, we cannot express how much
we appreciate what you have done for kosen-rufu.
The Daishonin promises,
"Myō means to revive"*
With an even more youthful spirit than ever,
let's all advance full of hope together!
*"The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 149
Monday, September 19th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"... one's body and mind at a single moment pervade the entire realm of phenomena."
(The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind
Established in the Fifth
Five-Hundred-Year Period
after the Thus Come One's Passing
- WND, Vol. I, page 366)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's message,
Seikyo Shimbun, September 19th, 2016
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----"'Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens' (WND-1, 681), writes the Daishonin. Countless SGI members have engraved this passage in their hearts and fervently chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to overcome their problems. No matter how painful or challenging our situation, if we keep chanting to the Gohonzon with focused prayer, we are certain to break through it.
"Such prayer forges an indomitable spirit, kindles limitless hope, brings absolute peace of mind, and powers resolute progress. It is a source of unsurpassed happiness, and one of the most noble acts we can perform as a human being.
"Next, the Daishonin mentions the 'boundless joy of the Law' (WND-1, 681).[1] Being able to freely enjoy the 'boundless joy of the Law' is the life state of Buddhahood.
"We can definitely lead happy lives based unshakable conviction in faith and in accord with the ultimate law of the universe."
SGI Newsletter No. 9450, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [10] The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai—Part 2 [of 5], "Faith for Achieving Happiness"—Creating Lives of Happiness for, Ourselves and Others, "Regard Both Suffering and Joy as Facts of Life", from the February 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 15th Sep., 2016
[1] Boundless joy of the Law: The supreme and ultimate happiness of the Buddha, the benefit of the Mystic Law.
* 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 --
TAHO NO MINASAMA, BANZAI!
SOKA NO CHOJA NI KANSHA O.
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI"
IYOIYO WAKAWAKASHIKU
KIBO NO ZENSHIN O TOMODOMONI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ISSHIN ICHINEN HOKAI NI AMANESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 247)
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