A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based
on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, March 31st, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Life is a constant battle
on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, March 31st, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Life is a constant battle
against hardships and "challenges"!
Let's try to find a senior in faith,
Let's try to find a senior in faith,
someone whom we can talk to
about anything.
When we chant and take action together,
the road ahead definitely opens up!
Friday, March 31st, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If votaries of the Lotus Sutra carry out religious practice as the sutra directs, then every one of them without exception will surely attain Buddhahood within his or her present lifetime. To cite an analogy, if one plants the fields in spring and summer, then, whether it be early or late, one is certain to reap a harvest within the year. Votaries of the Lotus Sutra fall into three categories, superior, middling, and inferior, depending upon their capacities, and yet all will invariably attain enlightenment within a single lifetime."
(The Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
JINSEI WA NAYAMI TO NO TATAKAI DA!
NAN DEMO SODAN DEKIRU
SHINJIN NO SENPAI MOTO!
TOMO NI INORI UGOKEBA
KANARAZU MICHI WA HIRAKERU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA NYOSETSU SHUGYO SEBA KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI HITORI MO NOKORAZU JOBUTSU SUBESHI TATOEBA HARU NATSU TA O TSUKURU NI WASE OKU AREDOMO ICHINEN NO NAKA NIWA KANARAZU KORE O OSAMU HOKKE NO GYOJA MO JO CHU GE KON AREDOMO KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI SHOTOKU SU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 416)
the road ahead definitely opens up!
Friday, March 31st, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If votaries of the Lotus Sutra carry out religious practice as the sutra directs, then every one of them without exception will surely attain Buddhahood within his or her present lifetime. To cite an analogy, if one plants the fields in spring and summer, then, whether it be early or late, one is certain to reap a harvest within the year. Votaries of the Lotus Sutra fall into three categories, superior, middling, and inferior, depending upon their capacities, and yet all will invariably attain enlightenment within a single lifetime."
(The Doctrine of Three Thousand Realms
in a Single Moment of Life
- WND, Vol.2, page 88)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 31st, 2017
Saturday, April 1st, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Although at times we may think that the sad, difficult moments in our lives will go on forever, the morning always comes. Instead of worrying about whether we will succeed or fail, what's more important is to just try our best. If we don't succeed, let's try again—like the sun, which rises no matter what!"
Saturday, April 1st, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Although at times we may think that the sad, difficult moments in our lives will go on forever, the morning always comes. Instead of worrying about whether we will succeed or fail, what's more important is to just try our best. If we don't succeed, let's try again—like the sun, which rises no matter what!"
SGI Newsletter No. 9576, Rainbow of Hope—Great Figures of the World, [25] L. M. Montgomery, Author: Every Day Brings a New Morning, from 1st April, 2016, issue of Boys and Girls Hope News, the Soka Gakkai monthly newspaper for the boys and girls division, translation released 29th March, 2017.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
JINSEI WA NAYAMI TO NO TATAKAI DA!
NAN DEMO SODAN DEKIRU
SHINJIN NO SENPAI MOTO!
TOMO NI INORI UGOKEBA
KANARAZU MICHI WA HIRAKERU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA NYOSETSU SHUGYO SEBA KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI HITORI MO NOKORAZU JOBUTSU SUBESHI TATOEBA HARU NATSU TA O TSUKURU NI WASE OKU AREDOMO ICHINEN NO NAKA NIWA KANARAZU KORE O OSAMU HOKKE NO GYOJA MO JO CHU GE KON AREDOMO KANARAZU ISSHO NO NAKA NI SHOTOKU SU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 416)
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from there on it is all automatic!
ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
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...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
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