* Apologies for the delay...blocked up in Yahoo's sorting and processing system...modern day obstacles of chosen-rufu...on we go...
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A truly genuine "leader"
is a person who sincerely
makes an effort to encourage others
and courageously takes the initiative.
Through striving to
"make everyone feel pleased and happy"
and
"be the one who first of all takes action,"
let's try to serve as a beacon of trust
for our fellow members.
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Through worldly troubles may arise, never let them disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even sages or worthies."
("Happiness in This World", WND-1 page 681)
Selection Source: Together with the Gosho
Seikyo Shimbun: March 14th, 2017
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The world is not simply a collection of states, nor is it composed solely of religions and civilisations. Our living, breathing world is woven of the endeavours of countless human beings, who may share particular backgrounds but no two of whom are the same.
"To view and judge others only through the prism of religion or ethnicity distorts the rich reality we each possess as individuals. In contrast, when we develop a deep appreciation, through our individual friendships, of each other's unique value, differences of ethnicity or religion are illuminated by the dignity and worth of that friend and shine as the value of diversity.
"The magnetic field of friendship can enable the functioning of an inner compass when we have lost our sense of direction and help us right society when it seems to be veering off course.
"This is the reasoning underlying the SGI's consistent and active efforts to encourage civil society exchanges, particularly among youth, fostering the face-to-face encounters from which genuine friendship grows. The bonds of friendship provide a basis from which to resist the currents of hatred and incitement at times of heightened tensions between countries or deepened conflict between religious traditions. Envisaging the faces of individual friends, determined not to allow society to become a place where they would feel unwelcome, we can work to create a transformation from conflict to coexistence, starting in our immediate environment. We hope to enable the global emergence of a generation of people committed to peace who build bridges of friendship and disrupt the chain reactions of hatred and violence.
"More than anything, there is a joy that resides in conversation with a friend. Friendship makes the exchange of words itself a pleasure and a source of encouragement. It supports us and brings forth the courage to confront the most difficult situations."
SGI Newsletter No. 9566, SGI President Ikeda's Message to the 24th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Enacting Triumphant Dramas of "Winter Always Turning to Spring," from 6th March, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 8th 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 --
SHIN NO RIDA TOWA
HAGEMASHI TO SOSSEN NO HITO DA.
"MINA NI YOROKONDE MORAO"
"JIBUN GA MAZU UGOKO"
DOSHI NO SHINRAI NO TODAI TARE!
---KYO NO GOSHO ---
TADA SEKEN NO RUNAN KITARU TOMO · TORIAE TAMAU BEKARAZU, KENJIN · SHOUNIN MO KONO KOTO WA NOGAREZU
(SHIJO KINGO DONO GOHENJI, Gosho Zenshu Page 1143)
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A truly genuine "leader"
is a person who sincerely
makes an effort to encourage others
and courageously takes the initiative.
Through striving to
"make everyone feel pleased and happy"
and
"be the one who first of all takes action,"
let's try to serve as a beacon of trust
for our fellow members.
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Through worldly troubles may arise, never let them disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even sages or worthies."
("Happiness in This World", WND-1 page 681)
Selection Source: Together with the Gosho
Seikyo Shimbun: March 14th, 2017
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The world is not simply a collection of states, nor is it composed solely of religions and civilisations. Our living, breathing world is woven of the endeavours of countless human beings, who may share particular backgrounds but no two of whom are the same.
"To view and judge others only through the prism of religion or ethnicity distorts the rich reality we each possess as individuals. In contrast, when we develop a deep appreciation, through our individual friendships, of each other's unique value, differences of ethnicity or religion are illuminated by the dignity and worth of that friend and shine as the value of diversity.
"The magnetic field of friendship can enable the functioning of an inner compass when we have lost our sense of direction and help us right society when it seems to be veering off course.
"This is the reasoning underlying the SGI's consistent and active efforts to encourage civil society exchanges, particularly among youth, fostering the face-to-face encounters from which genuine friendship grows. The bonds of friendship provide a basis from which to resist the currents of hatred and incitement at times of heightened tensions between countries or deepened conflict between religious traditions. Envisaging the faces of individual friends, determined not to allow society to become a place where they would feel unwelcome, we can work to create a transformation from conflict to coexistence, starting in our immediate environment. We hope to enable the global emergence of a generation of people committed to peace who build bridges of friendship and disrupt the chain reactions of hatred and violence.
"More than anything, there is a joy that resides in conversation with a friend. Friendship makes the exchange of words itself a pleasure and a source of encouragement. It supports us and brings forth the courage to confront the most difficult situations."
SGI Newsletter No. 9566, SGI President Ikeda's Message to the 24th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, Enacting Triumphant Dramas of "Winter Always Turning to Spring," from 6th March, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 8th 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 --
SHIN NO RIDA TOWA
HAGEMASHI TO SOSSEN NO HITO DA.
"MINA NI YOROKONDE MORAO"
"JIBUN GA MAZU UGOKO"
DOSHI NO SHINRAI NO TODAI TARE!
---KYO NO GOSHO ---
TADA SEKEN NO RUNAN KITARU TOMO · TORIAE TAMAU BEKARAZU, KENJIN · SHOUNIN MO KONO KOTO WA NOGAREZU
(SHIJO KINGO DONO GOHENJI, Gosho Zenshu Page 1143)
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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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