A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Saturday, November 12th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our very own homes are the main arena
for raising the successors of kosen-rufu.
By doing gongyo, chanting daimoku
and attending SGI meetings together,
let's pass on the conviction
we have in this faith and practice
to the next generation!
Saturday, November 12th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"As the saying goes, 'Good advice grates on the ear.' But still I am not discouraged. The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field."
(The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Saturday, November 12th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our very own homes are the main arena
for raising the successors of kosen-rufu.
By doing gongyo, chanting daimoku
and attending SGI meetings together,
let's pass on the conviction
we have in this faith and practice
to the next generation!
Saturday, November 12th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"As the saying goes, 'Good advice grates on the ear.' But still I am not discouraged. The Lotus Sutra is like the seed, the Buddha like the sower, and the people like the field."
(The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood
- WND, Vol. I, page 748)
Selection source:
Selection source:
Learning from Ikeda Kayo-kai Gosho,
Seikyo Shinbun, November 12th, 2016
Sunday, November 13th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Members who incur the disdain of those around them through their extreme words and actions have one thing in common. They tend to be people who have 'faith like fire'—exerting themselves in their practice with passion and a great show of enthusiasm for a brief moment, but soon discarding it. The key to faith lies in continuing—as the Daishonin affirms when he says: 'To accept is easy; to continue is difficult. But Buddhahood lies in continuing faith' (WND-1, 471).
"Kosen-rufu is realised gradually through our steady, persistent efforts to spread our network of trust in our workplaces and communities. In other words, behaviour based on common sense is the essence of faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9478, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 20: "Be Good Citizens!"—Part 2 [of 2], 20.5 Spreading Trust Is Kosen-rufu, scene from The New Human Revolution, Shin'ichi Yamamoto (SGI President Ikeda) attends a February 1977 meeting of the Soka Gakkai's Business Professionals Division, and describes the fundamental approach that practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism should adopt in their efforts for kosen-rufu, from the August 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 28th Oct., 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KATEI KOSO
KOKEISHA IKUSEI NO HONBUTAI DA.
ISSHONI GONGYO SHODAI SHI
KAIGO NI SANKA SURU NAKADE
SHINJIN NO KAKUSHIN O TSUTAEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO HOMON O NICHIREN MOSU YUENI CHUGEN MIMINI SAKARAU DORI NARUGA YUENI RUZAI SERARE INOCHI NIMO OYOBISHI NARI SHIKAREDOMO IMADA KORIZU SORO HOKEKYO WA TANE NO GOTOKU HOTOKE WA UETE NO GOTOKU SHUJO WA TA NO GOTOKU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1056)
Sunday, November 13th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Members who incur the disdain of those around them through their extreme words and actions have one thing in common. They tend to be people who have 'faith like fire'—exerting themselves in their practice with passion and a great show of enthusiasm for a brief moment, but soon discarding it. The key to faith lies in continuing—as the Daishonin affirms when he says: 'To accept is easy; to continue is difficult. But Buddhahood lies in continuing faith' (WND-1, 471).
"Kosen-rufu is realised gradually through our steady, persistent efforts to spread our network of trust in our workplaces and communities. In other words, behaviour based on common sense is the essence of faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9478, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 20: "Be Good Citizens!"—Part 2 [of 2], 20.5 Spreading Trust Is Kosen-rufu, scene from The New Human Revolution, Shin'ichi Yamamoto (SGI President Ikeda) attends a February 1977 meeting of the Soka Gakkai's Business Professionals Division, and describes the fundamental approach that practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism should adopt in their efforts for kosen-rufu, from the August 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 28th Oct., 2016
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- WAGATOMO NI OKURU --
KATEI KOSO
KOKEISHA IKUSEI NO HONBUTAI DA.
ISSHONI GONGYO SHODAI SHI
KAIGO NI SANKA SURU NAKADE
SHINJIN NO KAKUSHIN O TSUTAEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO HOMON O NICHIREN MOSU YUENI CHUGEN MIMINI SAKARAU DORI NARUGA YUENI RUZAI SERARE INOCHI NIMO OYOBISHI NARI SHIKAREDOMO IMADA KORIZU SORO HOKEKYO WA TANE NO GOTOKU HOTOKE WA UETE NO GOTOKU SHUJO WA TA NO GOTOKU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1056)
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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/
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