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A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Continuity" that is
what makes us strong.
Even if we're the type of person
who decides to do something
and then stalls on the third day,
if we keep repeating this pattern
10 times over,
we can cover a whole month of effort!
Let's win over this tendency though,
and keep on trying, cheerfully
and in high spirits!
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. I, page 1001)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Dec 7th, 2016
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"…the stronger our desire to improve ourselves and change things for the better, the more challenges we are likely to encounter. We may at times feel we've reached the limit of our abilities, berate ourselves, or be filled with despair. How we get back on our feet and move our lives forwards when that happens is the real struggle. That's what we have to wrestle with and figure out.
"…Trying to improve ourselves and make the world a better place involves an unremitting struggle with problems and difficulties. But the lives of those who challenge themselves in this way are filled with satisfaction, exhilaration, and the wonderful reward of personal growth.
"That's why Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) said: 'Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.'"[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9559, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 7, translation released 1st March, 2017
[1] Mahatma Gandhi, "Independence," in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1978), vol. 71 (Dec. 1, 1939–Apr. 15, 1940), p. 45.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[KEIZOKU] KOSO CHIKARA NARI.
MIKKA BOZU MO JUKKAI YAREBA
IKKAGETSU YATTA KOTO NI.
AKIRAME NO KOKORO NI UCHIKACHI
HOGARAKANI AYUMI TUZUKEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMO BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1192)
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Continuity" that is
what makes us strong.
Even if we're the type of person
who decides to do something
and then stalls on the third day,
if we keep repeating this pattern
10 times over,
we can cover a whole month of effort!
Let's win over this tendency though,
and keep on trying, cheerfully
and in high spirits!
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. I, page 1001)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Dec 7th, 2016
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"…the stronger our desire to improve ourselves and change things for the better, the more challenges we are likely to encounter. We may at times feel we've reached the limit of our abilities, berate ourselves, or be filled with despair. How we get back on our feet and move our lives forwards when that happens is the real struggle. That's what we have to wrestle with and figure out.
"…Trying to improve ourselves and make the world a better place involves an unremitting struggle with problems and difficulties. But the lives of those who challenge themselves in this way are filled with satisfaction, exhilaration, and the wonderful reward of personal growth.
"That's why Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) said: 'Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.'"[1]
SGI Newsletter No. 9559, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 7, translation released 1st March, 2017
[1] Mahatma Gandhi, "Independence," in The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1978), vol. 71 (Dec. 1, 1939–Apr. 15, 1940), p. 45.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
[KEIZOKU] KOSO CHIKARA NARI.
MIKKA BOZU MO JUKKAI YAREBA
IKKAGETSU YATTA KOTO NI.
AKIRAME NO KOKORO NI UCHIKACHI
HOGARAKANI AYUMI TUZUKEYO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMO BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1192)
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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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