You may not have seen yesterday's announcement of President Ikeda's 2017 Peace Proposal. Here it is once more and then after our daily To My Friends,etc.. 2017 SGI Peace Proposal: "The Global Solidarity of Youth: Ushering In a New Era of Hope" (Synopsis and full text in PDF)--Daisaku Ikeda http://www.daisakuikeda.org/…/props/2017-peace-proposal.html A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more. Friday, February 17th, 2017 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- Let's always remember to express our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to those families who offer their homes for SGI activities! Making sure we take responsibility for concluding meetings on time switching off no longer used lights, consuming water and electricity wisely, and ensuring that we cause the least possible disturbance to the neighbours. Let's protect these castles of our community together. Friday, February 17th, 2017 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "But your faith alone will determine all these things. A sword is useless in the hands of a coward. The mighty sword of the Lotus Sutra must be wielded by one courageous in faith. Then one will be as strong as a demon armed with an iron staff." (Reply to Kyō'ō - WND, Vol 1, page 412) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shinbun, Feb. 17th, 2017 Saturday, February 18th, 2017 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- "The great Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910), whose works I avidly read in my youth, commented with keen perception: 'The life of man is determined by his thoughts.'[1] "Just as 'gigantic oaks grow from acorns,' Tolstoy observed, thought has enormous power that 'determines this or that act of an individual and millions of men.'[2] 'Our life is good or evil,' he said, 'depending on our thoughts.'[3] That is why we must pay careful attention to the thought, or philosophy, that guides our lives. "For us, this means basing our lives on the Mystic Law. Making the supreme teaching of Buddhism our foundation enables us to triumph in life. We keep challenging ourselves and move forwards with strong faith, propelled by the 'two wheels' of practice and study. Practice-oriented study is the tradition of the Soka Gakkai, and faith means basing ourselves on the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin." SGI Newsletter No. 9552, SGI President Ikeda's Study Lecture Series, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [15] Basing Ourselves on the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin—Part 2 [of 2], Our Hearts Resounding with the Lion's Roar of Shared Struggle, from the July 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 17th Feb., 2017 [1] Leo Tolstoy, The Pathway of Life, translated by Archibald J. Wolfe (New York: International Book Publishing Company, 1919), p. 79. [2] Ibid., pp. 81–82. [3] Ibid., p. 83. * The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/ -- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU -- KAIJO TEIKYO NO KAZOKU NI KOKORO KARA NO KANSHA NO KOTOBA O! JIKAN GENSHU YA SETSUDEN, SESSUI KINRIN E NO HAIRYO O WASUREZU CHIKI NO HOJO O MINA DE MAMORE! --- KYO NO GOSHO --- "TADASHI GOSHINJIN NI YORU BESHI TSURUGI NANDOMO SUSUMAZARU HITO NO TAME NIWA MOCHIIRU KOTO NASHI HOKEKYO NO TSURUGI WA SHINJIN NO KENAGE NARU HITO KOSO MOCHIIRU KOTO NARE ONI NI KANABO TARU BESHI" (Gosho Zenshu - Page 1124) |
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