A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Saturday, November 26th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Having studied Buddhism itself,
we have made the cause to accumulate
immeasurable "treasures of the heart."
Now more strongly and cheerfully than ever,
let's lead a life of the greatest joy
and help our fellow members to do the same,
without leaving anyone behind!
Saturday, November 26th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Buddhism is like the body, and society like the shadow. When the body bends, so does the shadow."
(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras
- WND, Vol. II, page 882)
Selection source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shinbun, November 26th, 2016
Sunday, November 27th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The [Lotus Sutra] says, "Sometimes I speak of myself, sometimes of others" [LSOC16, 267]. Thus the world of Buddhahood contains the Ten Worlds.'
-From "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind" (WND-1, 357).
"According to the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha appears in various forms in the Ten Worlds, preaching the Law and guiding people to enlightenment. He utilises all of the Ten Worlds as a source of wisdom to help free others from suffering.
"The same principle applies to our own lives. The greater the problems and challenges we experience, the more we can understand and empathise with other people's pain and suffering. Through making unsparing efforts for kosen-rufu, we can truly appreciate the hard work of our fellow members.
"All the struggles we undergo have deep meaning. We can transform them into a positive force for realising our noble mission for compassionately spreading our movement for kosen-rufu. This is the power of the Mystic Law, which can change poison into medicine."
SGI Newsletter No. 9493, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (36) Transforming Struggles into Our Mission, from 14th October, 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun translation released 22nd Nov. 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 --
BUPPO O MANANDA KOTO JITAI GA
MURYO NO "KOKORO NO TAKARA" TO NARU.
IYOIYO TSUYOKU HOGARAKANI
HITORIMO MORENAKU
DAIKANKI NO JINSEI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"BUPPO WA TAI NO GOTOSHI SEKEN WA KAGE NO GOTOSHI TAI MAGAREBA KAGE NANAME NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 992)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Saturday, November 26th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Having studied Buddhism itself,
we have made the cause to accumulate
immeasurable "treasures of the heart."
Now more strongly and cheerfully than ever,
let's lead a life of the greatest joy
and help our fellow members to do the same,
without leaving anyone behind!
Saturday, November 26th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Buddhism is like the body, and society like the shadow. When the body bends, so does the shadow."
(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras
- WND, Vol. II, page 882)
Selection source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shinbun, November 26th, 2016
Sunday, November 27th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The [Lotus Sutra] says, "Sometimes I speak of myself, sometimes of others" [LSOC16, 267]. Thus the world of Buddhahood contains the Ten Worlds.'
-From "The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind" (WND-1, 357).
"According to the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha appears in various forms in the Ten Worlds, preaching the Law and guiding people to enlightenment. He utilises all of the Ten Worlds as a source of wisdom to help free others from suffering.
"The same principle applies to our own lives. The greater the problems and challenges we experience, the more we can understand and empathise with other people's pain and suffering. Through making unsparing efforts for kosen-rufu, we can truly appreciate the hard work of our fellow members.
"All the struggles we undergo have deep meaning. We can transform them into a positive force for realising our noble mission for compassionately spreading our movement for kosen-rufu. This is the power of the Mystic Law, which can change poison into medicine."
SGI Newsletter No. 9493, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (36) Transforming Struggles into Our Mission, from 14th October, 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun translation released 22nd Nov. 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 --
BUPPO O MANANDA KOTO JITAI GA
MURYO NO "KOKORO NO TAKARA" TO NARU.
IYOIYO TSUYOKU HOGARAKANI
HITORIMO MORENAKU
DAIKANKI NO JINSEI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"BUPPO WA TAI NO GOTOSHI SEKEN WA KAGE NO GOTOSHI TAI MAGAREBA KAGE NANAME NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 992)
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If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
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from there on it is all automatic!
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!
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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from there on it is all automatic!
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...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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