* Yesterday's mailing had the wrong dates on. One day out, but still the latest! Our apologies!
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, March 24th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As Nichiren Buddhism teaches
the principle of "cherry, plum, peach and damson,"*
there is no need to compare ourselves
with somebody else.
Rather than trying to follow what others do
Rather than trying to follow what others do
and achieve a goal in haste,
it's more important to make an effort
to progress diligently and steadily in our own unique way!
Through striving to live true to ourselves,
let's bring to blossom
it's more important to make an effort
to progress diligently and steadily in our own unique way!
Through striving to live true to ourselves,
let's bring to blossom
the flowers of our own missions
in our own lives!
* When one comes to realise and see that each thing – the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson – in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies, then this is what is meant by the word ryō, "to include" or all-inclusive.
("The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings" page 200)
* When one comes to realise and see that each thing – the cherry, the plum, the peach, the damson – in its own entity, without undergoing any change, possesses the eternally endowed three bodies, then this is what is meant by the word ryō, "to include" or all-inclusive.
("The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings" page 200)
Friday, March 24th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality.'"
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality.'"
("Reply to a Believer", WND-1 page 905)
Selection source: Kyono Hosshin
Seikyo Shimbun: March 24th, 2017
Selection source: Kyono Hosshin
Seikyo Shimbun: March 24th, 2017
Saturday, March 25th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The right time is not something one waits for; one creates it!"
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The right time is not something one waits for; one creates it!"
SGI Newsletter No. 9571, The Buddhism of the Sun-Illuminating the World, (16) Fostering Successors- Now Is the Time to Create the Future of Soka! From the August 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 17th March, 2017
* 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 --
BUPPO WA "O BAI TO RI".
HITO TO KURABERU HITSUYO WA NAI.
ASERAZU CHAKUJITSU NI SUSUMO!
DOKO MADEMO JIBUN RASHIKU
SHIMEI NO HANA O SAKASE YUKE!
* 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 --
BUPPO WA "O BAI TO RI".
HITO TO KURABERU HITSUYO WA NAI.
ASERAZU CHAKUJITSU NI SUSUMO!
DOKO MADEMO JIBUN RASHIKU
SHIMEI NO HANA O SAKASE YUKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
ON MIYAZUKAI O HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE, "ISSAI SEKEN NO CHISEI SANGYO WA MINA JISSO TO AI IHAI SEZU" TOWA KORE NARI.
("DAN'OTSUBO GO HENJI," Gosho Zenshu page 1295)
ON MIYAZUKAI O HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE, "ISSAI SEKEN NO CHISEI SANGYO WA MINA JISSO TO AI IHAI SEZU" TOWA KORE NARI.
("DAN'OTSUBO GO HENJI," Gosho Zenshu page 1295)
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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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