A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The manner in which someone uses
each precious moment of their time
goes to show the state of life
they are operating at.
Let's "create" and use our time
to wisely and courageously
advance at the forefront
of our movement for kosen-rufu!
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"
(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha
Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo
- WND, Vol. II, page 811)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Nov. 9th, 2016
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing is more eloquent than actual proof. As Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'When one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutra, there also will be persons who will [come to] believe [in the sutra]' (WND-1, 512).
"Aiming towards the fifth anniversary of the completion of the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu two years hence (in 2018), and the 100th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai's founding (in 2030), let us freely and fully demonstrate our courage, wisdom, and underlying strength as Bodhisattvas of the Earth, and carry out the 'mission we have to fulfil in this world.'[1]
"The Bodhisattvas of the Earth are likened to 'the lotus flower in the water' (LSOC15, 263). Let us lead lives of boundless joy amid the harsh, swamp-like realities of society, and help others to do the same."
SGI Newsletter No. 9484, 21st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting SGI General Meeting, Paving the Way to a Great Transformation in the Life State of All Humankind, from 6th Nov., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released 8th Nov., 2016
[1] A line from the "Song of Human Revolution."
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DAIJI NA ISSHUN ISSHUN O
DO TSUKAU KA NI
SONO HITO NO KYOGAI GA ARAWARERU.
KENMEI NI [TOKI] O TSUKURI
ISANDE KOFU NO SAIZENSEN E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZE FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI, KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZU YA ARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1187)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The manner in which someone uses
each precious moment of their time
goes to show the state of life
they are operating at.
Let's "create" and use our time
to wisely and courageously
advance at the forefront
of our movement for kosen-rufu!
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"
(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha
Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo
- WND, Vol. II, page 811)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Nov. 9th, 2016
Thursday, November 10th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing is more eloquent than actual proof. As Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'When one who is able to show clearly visible proof in the present expounds the Lotus Sutra, there also will be persons who will [come to] believe [in the sutra]' (WND-1, 512).
"Aiming towards the fifth anniversary of the completion of the Hall of the Great Vow for Kosen-rufu two years hence (in 2018), and the 100th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai's founding (in 2030), let us freely and fully demonstrate our courage, wisdom, and underlying strength as Bodhisattvas of the Earth, and carry out the 'mission we have to fulfil in this world.'[1]
"The Bodhisattvas of the Earth are likened to 'the lotus flower in the water' (LSOC15, 263). Let us lead lives of boundless joy amid the harsh, swamp-like realities of society, and help others to do the same."
SGI Newsletter No. 9484, 21st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting SGI General Meeting, Paving the Way to a Great Transformation in the Life State of All Humankind, from 6th Nov., 2016, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released 8th Nov., 2016
[1] A line from the "Song of Human Revolution."
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DAIJI NA ISSHUN ISSHUN O
DO TSUKAU KA NI
SONO HITO NO KYOGAI GA ARAWARERU.
KENMEI NI [TOKI] O TSUKURI
ISANDE KOFU NO SAIZENSEN E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZE FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI, KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZU YA ARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1187)
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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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