A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Nichiren Daishonin encourages us with the words:
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion."
This practice empowers us to
defeat the devil of sickness.
Permeating our daimoku with great conviction,
let's defeat whatever sickness
brought on by any negative karma we might have
as we courageously live out the drama of our lives.
*Gosho: Reply to Kyō'ō - WND, Vol. I, page 412,
"Believe in this mandala with all your heart.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a
lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Now, no matter what, strive in faith and be known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and remain my disciple for the rest of your life. If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth."
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection source:
SGI President Ikeda's Encouragement,
Seikyo Shinbun,
November 6th, 2016
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In society, we have to interact with all kinds of people, and sometimes even attend the observances of other religions. We mustn't be narrow-minded or close ourselves off. Instead, we should be wise and broad-minded, reaching out to form friendly ties with others. Nichiren Buddhism is a humanistic religion.
"We mustn't use our faith as an excuse for walling ourselves off from society and becoming insular and intolerant. Nor is there ever any need to get into arguments at home or at work about our Buddhist practice. That's completely counterproductive. As practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, it's more valuable to take a long-term perspective, being warmly supportive of our family members and coworkers and doing what we can to help them become happy.
"Over the centuries, there have been a number of Nichiren Buddhist groups that have been seen as extremist and prone to exclusionary and self-righteous behaviour. In fact, before World War II, groups claiming to champion the ideals of Nichiren Buddhism committed acts of violence. This is an intolerable affront to the lofty spirit of Nichiren Daishonin, who regarded all individuals as possessing the Buddha nature and sought happiness for all. It represents a failure to understand that Buddhists should behave as responsible members of their society, as indicated by the principle that 'Buddhism manifests itself in society.'"
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
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO WA
SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI]
BYOMA O UCHIYABURU SHINJIN DA!
DAIKAKUSHIN DE INORINUKI
DANJITE SHUKUMEITENKAN NO GEKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKANIMO KONDO SHINJIN O ITASHITE HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NITE TORI NICHIREN GA ICHIMON TO NARITOSHI TAMAUBESHI NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1360)
published in the Seikyo Shinbun and more.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Nichiren Daishonin encourages us with the words:
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion."
This practice empowers us to
defeat the devil of sickness.
Permeating our daimoku with great conviction,
let's defeat whatever sickness
brought on by any negative karma we might have
as we courageously live out the drama of our lives.
*Gosho: Reply to Kyō'ō - WND, Vol. I, page 412,
"Believe in this mandala with all your heart.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a
lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Now, no matter what, strive in faith and be known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and remain my disciple for the rest of your life. If you are of the same mind as Nichiren, you must be a Bodhisattva of the Earth."
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection source:
SGI President Ikeda's Encouragement,
Seikyo Shinbun,
November 6th, 2016
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In society, we have to interact with all kinds of people, and sometimes even attend the observances of other religions. We mustn't be narrow-minded or close ourselves off. Instead, we should be wise and broad-minded, reaching out to form friendly ties with others. Nichiren Buddhism is a humanistic religion.
"We mustn't use our faith as an excuse for walling ourselves off from society and becoming insular and intolerant. Nor is there ever any need to get into arguments at home or at work about our Buddhist practice. That's completely counterproductive. As practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, it's more valuable to take a long-term perspective, being warmly supportive of our family members and coworkers and doing what we can to help them become happy.
"Over the centuries, there have been a number of Nichiren Buddhist groups that have been seen as extremist and prone to exclusionary and self-righteous behaviour. In fact, before World War II, groups claiming to champion the ideals of Nichiren Buddhism committed acts of violence. This is an intolerable affront to the lofty spirit of Nichiren Daishonin, who regarded all individuals as possessing the Buddha nature and sought happiness for all. It represents a failure to understand that Buddhists should behave as responsible members of their society, as indicated by the principle that 'Buddhism manifests itself in society.'"
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
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO WA
SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI]
BYOMA O UCHIYABURU SHINJIN DA!
DAIKAKUSHIN DE INORINUKI
DANJITE SHUKUMEITENKAN NO GEKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKANIMO KONDO SHINJIN O ITASHITE HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NITE TORI NICHIREN GA ICHIMON TO NARITOSHI TAMAUBESHI NICHIREN TO DOI NARABA JIYU NO BOSATSU TARANKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1360)
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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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
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