A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more. Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- Let's always be looking out for people who are working hard to achieve something, and openly acknowledge and praise their efforts! When someone feels they have been noticed, acknowledged and understood it gives them a sense of reassurance and joy and the courage to excel even more and reveal their full potential! Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "Therefore, I say to you, my disciples, try practising as the Lotus Sutra teaches, exerting yourselves without begrudging your lives! Test the truth of Buddhism now!" ( "The Selection of the Time", WND-1 pages 583-584) Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun: October 5, 2016 Thursday, October 6th, 2016 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "The Daishonin writes: 'If you care anything about your personal security, you should first of all pray for order and tranquillity throughout the four quarters of the land, should you not?' (WND-1, 24). These well-known words express the fundamental spirit with which we should pray in order to realise a truly peaceful and prosperous society. "During World War II, Mr. Makiguchi rejected the notion of self-sacrifice for the sake of the country that the Japanese wartime militaristic authorities encouraged in their nationalist propaganda: 'Self-negation is a lie. What is right is to seek happiness for both oneself and everyone else.'[1] "Mr. Toda asserted: 'Becoming happy yourself is no great challenge; it's quite simple. But the essence of Nichiren Buddhism lies in helping others become happy, too.'[2] "We cannot steal happiness from someone or attain it by sacrificing others for our own gain. It is something that must be shared—which is why I have always insisted that our happiness must not be built upon the misfortune of others." 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"— Wishing for the Happiness of All, from the February 2016 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 15th Sep., 2016 [1] Translated from Japanese. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Makiguchi Tsunesaburo Zenshu (Collected Writings of Tsunesaburo Makiguchi) (Tokyo: Daisanbunmei-sha, 1987), vol. 10, p. 8. [2] Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (Collected Writings of Josei Toda), (Tokyo: Seikyo Shimbunsha, 1984), vol. 4, p. 378. * The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/ -- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU -- DORYOKU NO HITO O MITSUKE MINA DE TATATEYO! [WAKATTE KURETE IRU] SONO ANSHIN TO YOROKOBI NO KOKORO GA SARA NARU CHIKARA O HIKIDASU! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- SAREBA WAGA DESHIRA KOKOROMI NI HOKEKYO NO GOTOKU SHINMYO MO OSHIMAZU SHUGYO SHITE KONO TABI BUPPO O KOKORO MIYO. ("SENJI SHO", Gosho Zenshu page 291) |
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