A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and lots more.
Sunday, January 15th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The bond between people is the base
on which the safety of local communities sits on.
It's vital that we exchange even a few words
of care for each other in everyday life.
With heart-to-heart communications,
let's build the type of network that gives
peace and assurance to absolutely everyone
in our local community!
Sunday, January 15th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. I, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, January 15th, 2017
Monday, January 16th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Personal suffering helps us understand the suffering of others. Our problems only make us stronger.
"President Toda had lost a child, had experienced repeated crises with his businesses, and had been imprisoned for two years for his faith in the Lotus Sutra. He later reflected that these experiences of sorrow, grief, and hardship, and of surmounting countless daunting challenges, made him ideally qualified to be the Soka Gakkai's president.
"The renowned French writer Victor Hugo declared: 'Great sufferings swell the soul to gigantic proportions.'[1]
"Towards that end, it is important to offer wholehearted encouragement to people facing such sufferings, to infuse their lives with courage and hope, so they are not defeated.
"Guidance in faith must be based on the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. The ability to give inspiring guidance is not developed by just relying on personal judgments and opinions, but has to be honed through striving in the two ways of practice and study within the organisation for kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9506, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 21: Valuing Each Individual—Part 2 [of 2], 21.7 President Makiguchi's Struggle, from the September 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 9th Dec. 2016
[1] Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three, translated by Frank Lee Benedict (New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc., 1988), p. 331.
* 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 --
HITO TO HITO NO TSUNAGARI GA
CHIIKI NO ANZEN NO KIBAN.
HIGORO NO KOEKAKE O TAISETSU NI.
KOKORO KAYOU KORYU DE
ANSHIN NO "network" O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
Sunday, January 15th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The bond between people is the base
on which the safety of local communities sits on.
It's vital that we exchange even a few words
of care for each other in everyday life.
With heart-to-heart communications,
let's build the type of network that gives
peace and assurance to absolutely everyone
in our local community!
Sunday, January 15th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. I, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, January 15th, 2017
Monday, January 16th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Personal suffering helps us understand the suffering of others. Our problems only make us stronger.
"President Toda had lost a child, had experienced repeated crises with his businesses, and had been imprisoned for two years for his faith in the Lotus Sutra. He later reflected that these experiences of sorrow, grief, and hardship, and of surmounting countless daunting challenges, made him ideally qualified to be the Soka Gakkai's president.
"The renowned French writer Victor Hugo declared: 'Great sufferings swell the soul to gigantic proportions.'[1]
"Towards that end, it is important to offer wholehearted encouragement to people facing such sufferings, to infuse their lives with courage and hope, so they are not defeated.
"Guidance in faith must be based on the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. The ability to give inspiring guidance is not developed by just relying on personal judgments and opinions, but has to be honed through striving in the two ways of practice and study within the organisation for kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9506, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 21: Valuing Each Individual—Part 2 [of 2], 21.7 President Makiguchi's Struggle, from the September 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 9th Dec. 2016
[1] Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three, translated by Frank Lee Benedict (New York: Carroll and Graf Publishers, Inc., 1988), p. 331.
* 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 --
HITO TO HITO NO TSUNAGARI GA
CHIIKI NO ANZEN NO KIBAN.
HIGORO NO KOEKAKE O TAISETSU NI.
KOKORO KAYOU KORYU DE
ANSHIN NO "network" O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
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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...
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