A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
March 27th - April 2nd, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
It is said, "Take the initiative, and you will win."
How speedily we take action determines our victories.
Now, towards the start of a new school/fiscal year,*
let's unleash the same kind of power
similar to that of a lion's ferocity**
by chanting daimoku focused on specific goals
and concrete targets.
*Japan and several other countries start a new fiscal and school year on April 1.
**"The lion king is said to advance three steps, then gather himself to spring, unleashing the same power whether he traps a tiny ant or attacks a fierce animal. In inscribing this Gohonzon for her protection, Nichiren was like the lion king. This is what the sutra means by 'the power [of the Buddhas] that has the lion's ferocity.'" - "Reply to Kyō'ō", WDN-I, page 412
Monday, March 27th, 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 Shinbun, March 27th, 2017
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"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."
- From The Record of the Orally
Transmitted Teachings, p. 17.
"The great beneficial power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will also reach our deceased loved ones. No matter how tragic their death, we can send them the bright light of the Mystic Law and guide them to Buddhahood.
"Above all, through engaging in SGI activities—chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ourselves and for others and striving to advance kosen-rufu—our lives come to resound with a song of eternal triumph in which both life and death are suffused with joy.
"Passing on to our deceased loved ones the good fortune and benefit we have accumulated in this way is the true meaning of 'transference of merit' in Nichiren Buddhism."
SGI Newsletter No. 9575, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (57) Passing On Our Good Fortune and Benefit to Our Deceased Loved Ones, from 22nd March, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 24th 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 --
"SAKINZUREBA HITO O SEISU"
"Speed" GA SHOBU DA.
SA SHINNENDO E
INORI WA MEIKAKU NI GUTAITEKI NI.
SHISHIFUNJIN NO "dash" O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
March 27th - April 2nd, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
It is said, "Take the initiative, and you will win."
How speedily we take action determines our victories.
Now, towards the start of a new school/fiscal year,*
let's unleash the same kind of power
similar to that of a lion's ferocity**
by chanting daimoku focused on specific goals
and concrete targets.
*Japan and several other countries start a new fiscal and school year on April 1.
**"The lion king is said to advance three steps, then gather himself to spring, unleashing the same power whether he traps a tiny ant or attacks a fierce animal. In inscribing this Gohonzon for her protection, Nichiren was like the lion king. This is what the sutra means by 'the power [of the Buddhas] that has the lion's ferocity.'" - "Reply to Kyō'ō", WDN-I, page 412
Monday, March 27th, 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 Shinbun, March 27th, 2017
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"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."
- From The Record of the Orally
Transmitted Teachings, p. 17.
"The great beneficial power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo will also reach our deceased loved ones. No matter how tragic their death, we can send them the bright light of the Mystic Law and guide them to Buddhahood.
"Above all, through engaging in SGI activities—chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo ourselves and for others and striving to advance kosen-rufu—our lives come to resound with a song of eternal triumph in which both life and death are suffused with joy.
"Passing on to our deceased loved ones the good fortune and benefit we have accumulated in this way is the true meaning of 'transference of merit' in Nichiren Buddhism."
SGI Newsletter No. 9575, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (57) Passing On Our Good Fortune and Benefit to Our Deceased Loved Ones, from 22nd March, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 24th 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 --
"SAKINZUREBA HITO O SEISU"
"Speed" GA SHOBU DA.
SA SHINNENDO E
INORI WA MEIKAKU NI GUTAITEKI NI.
SHISHIFUNJIN NO "dash" O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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