A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
March 20th - 26th, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
The daimoku that we chant for ourselves and others
is the ultimate way for transference of merit for the deceased.*
"Sustained faith and practice enable us to know
a deep and abiding joy in death as well as in life."**
It's our lives that we devote to achieving kosen-rufu
that generates a spring breeze of
"eternity, happiness, true self, and purity".***
*"Now when Nichiren and his followers perform ceremonies for the deceased, reciting the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood then and there. This is the origin of the prayers for transference of merit for the deceased." - The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 17
**"The Lotus Sutra, the core of Mahayana Buddhism, states that the purpose of existence, the eternal cycles of life and death, is for living beings to 'enjoy themselves at ease.' It further teaches that sustained faith and practise enable us to know a deep and abiding joy in death as well as in life, to equally 'enjoy ourselves at ease' in both. Nichiren describes the attainment of this state as the 'greatest of all joys.'"
(From Daisaku Ikeda's speech, delivered at Harvard University)
***four virtues - http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/F/228
Monday, March 20th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In that case, though it is thought that Shakyamuni Buddha possesses the three virtues of sovereign, teacher, and parent for the sake of all of us living beings, that is not so. On the contrary, it is common mortals who endow him with the three virtues."
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. I, page 384)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 20th, 2017
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Soka Gakkai discussion meetings brim with dialogue, openness, equality, philosophy, and hope.
"I always feel a rising excitement in my heart when the week for discussion meetings comes around each month. I envision the warm light glowing in the windows of meeting places throughout Japan. I hear the happy voices of members singing Gakkai songs and their joyous laughter. I imagine the topics that are being discussed and the determinations everyone is conveying. I wish that I could sit inconspicuously in the back of each room, wholeheartedly applauding and cheering on every speaker. I love discussion meetings!"
SGI Newsletter No. 9563, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 22: The Organisation for Advancing Kosen-rufu—Part 2 [of 2], 22.7 Kosen-rufu Starts from Discussion Meetings, from the November 2016 issue of the Daibyakureng, translation released 3rd March, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JIGYO KETA NO DAIMOKU KOSO
SHIN NO TSUIZEN NARI.
"SEI MO KANKI, SHI MO KANKI"
KOFU NI HASHIRU SEIMEI KARA
JORAKUGAJO NO HARUKAZE GA!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHAKABUTSU WA WARERA SHUJO NO TAME NIWA SHUSHISHIN NO SANTOKU O SONAE TAMOTO OMOISHINI SANITEWA SORAWAZU KAETTE HOTOKE NI SANTOKU O KORASE TATEMATSURUWA BOMPU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1358)
March 20th - 26th, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
The daimoku that we chant for ourselves and others
is the ultimate way for transference of merit for the deceased.*
"Sustained faith and practice enable us to know
a deep and abiding joy in death as well as in life."**
It's our lives that we devote to achieving kosen-rufu
that generates a spring breeze of
"eternity, happiness, true self, and purity".***
*"Now when Nichiren and his followers perform ceremonies for the deceased, reciting the Lotus Sutra and chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, the ray of light from the daimoku reaches all the way to the hell of incessant suffering and makes it possible for them to attain Buddhahood then and there. This is the origin of the prayers for transference of merit for the deceased." - The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 17
**"The Lotus Sutra, the core of Mahayana Buddhism, states that the purpose of existence, the eternal cycles of life and death, is for living beings to 'enjoy themselves at ease.' It further teaches that sustained faith and practise enable us to know a deep and abiding joy in death as well as in life, to equally 'enjoy ourselves at ease' in both. Nichiren describes the attainment of this state as the 'greatest of all joys.'"
(From Daisaku Ikeda's speech, delivered at Harvard University)
***four virtues - http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/F/228
Monday, March 20th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"In that case, though it is thought that Shakyamuni Buddha possesses the three virtues of sovereign, teacher, and parent for the sake of all of us living beings, that is not so. On the contrary, it is common mortals who endow him with the three virtues."
(The True Aspect of All Phenomena
- WND, Vol. I, page 384)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 20th, 2017
Tuesday, March 21st, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Soka Gakkai discussion meetings brim with dialogue, openness, equality, philosophy, and hope.
"I always feel a rising excitement in my heart when the week for discussion meetings comes around each month. I envision the warm light glowing in the windows of meeting places throughout Japan. I hear the happy voices of members singing Gakkai songs and their joyous laughter. I imagine the topics that are being discussed and the determinations everyone is conveying. I wish that I could sit inconspicuously in the back of each room, wholeheartedly applauding and cheering on every speaker. I love discussion meetings!"
SGI Newsletter No. 9563, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 22: The Organisation for Advancing Kosen-rufu—Part 2 [of 2], 22.7 Kosen-rufu Starts from Discussion Meetings, from the November 2016 issue of the Daibyakureng, translation released 3rd March, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's web-site address at http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JIGYO KETA NO DAIMOKU KOSO
SHIN NO TSUIZEN NARI.
"SEI MO KANKI, SHI MO KANKI"
KOFU NI HASHIRU SEIMEI KARA
JORAKUGAJO NO HARUKAZE GA!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHAKABUTSU WA WARERA SHUJO NO TAME NIWA SHUSHISHIN NO SANTOKU O SONAE TAMOTO OMOISHINI SANITEWA SORAWAZU KAETTE HOTOKE NI SANTOKU O KORASE TATEMATSURUWA BOMPU NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1358)
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http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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