A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
In this Buddhist faith
there is nothing that is meaningless or a waste.
Believing that
"There definitely is some reason why this has occured!"
let's fortify and strengthen our inner resolve!
The moment we take such an approach,
all of our hardships and struggles
turn into the nourishment we need
to become happy!
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Shinbun, Oct 20th, 2016
Friday, October 21st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing demonstrates the value of the approach we have developed towards life more clearly than when we face adversity. Do we just give up and accept the event as bad luck? Do we hunker down and wait for time to resolve the problem? Do we moan about our misfortune? Do we resent it and blame it on others or our environment?
"Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) wrote in The Divine Comedy:
You men on earth attribute everything
to the spheres' [the heavens'] influence alone, as if
with some predestined plan they move all things.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
you have the light that shows you right from wrong,
and your Free Will, which, though it may grow faint
in its first struggles with the heavens, can still
surmount all obstacles if nurtured well.[1]
"'Surmounting all obstacles' —this has been the spirit of great sages in all times and places. The wise members of the SGI also lead lives of bravely and spiritedly taking on life's challenges. Encountering adversity is a badge of honour. The key to victory is having the courageous faith of a lion king, confronting every obstacle head-on."
SGI Newsletter No. 9468, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [11] The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai—Part 3 [of 5], "Faith for Overcoming Obstacles"—Confronting Challenges with the Heart of a Lion King, Bravely Challenging Adversity, from the March 2016 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 20th Oct., 2016
[1] Dante Alighieri, Purgatory, The Divine Comedy, translated by Mark Musa (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), vol. 2, p. 173.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN NI MUDA WA NAI.
[KANARAZU IMI GA ARU] TO
WAGA ICHINEN O SADAMEYO!
SONO TOKI SUBETE NO KUNAN WA
KOFUKU NO KATE NI KAWARU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINENNI BUKKAI NI ITARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 234)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
In this Buddhist faith
there is nothing that is meaningless or a waste.
Believing that
"There definitely is some reason why this has occured!"
let's fortify and strengthen our inner resolve!
The moment we take such an approach,
all of our hardships and struggles
turn into the nourishment we need
to become happy!
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Although I and my disciples may encounter various difficulties, if we do not harbour doubts in our hearts, we will as a matter of course attain Buddhahood."
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Shinbun, Oct 20th, 2016
Friday, October 21st, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing demonstrates the value of the approach we have developed towards life more clearly than when we face adversity. Do we just give up and accept the event as bad luck? Do we hunker down and wait for time to resolve the problem? Do we moan about our misfortune? Do we resent it and blame it on others or our environment?
"Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) wrote in The Divine Comedy:
You men on earth attribute everything
to the spheres' [the heavens'] influence alone, as if
with some predestined plan they move all things.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
you have the light that shows you right from wrong,
and your Free Will, which, though it may grow faint
in its first struggles with the heavens, can still
surmount all obstacles if nurtured well.[1]
"'Surmounting all obstacles' —this has been the spirit of great sages in all times and places. The wise members of the SGI also lead lives of bravely and spiritedly taking on life's challenges. Encountering adversity is a badge of honour. The key to victory is having the courageous faith of a lion king, confronting every obstacle head-on."
SGI Newsletter No. 9468, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [11] The Five Eternal Guidelines of the Soka Gakkai—Part 3 [of 5], "Faith for Overcoming Obstacles"—Confronting Challenges with the Heart of a Lion King, Bravely Challenging Adversity, from the March 2016 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 20th Oct., 2016
[1] Dante Alighieri, Purgatory, The Divine Comedy, translated by Mark Musa (New York: Penguin Books, 1985), vol. 2, p. 173.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN NI MUDA WA NAI.
[KANARAZU IMI GA ARU] TO
WAGA ICHINEN O SADAMEYO!
SONO TOKI SUBETE NO KUNAN WA
KOFUKU NO KATE NI KAWARU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WARE NARABINI WAGA DESHI SHONAN ARITOMO UTAGAU KOKORO NAKUBA JINENNI BUKKAI NI ITARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 234)
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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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