A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"Regard your service to your lord
as the practice of the Lotus Sutra."*
Our workplace is the very "training ground"
where we can cultivate and forge
our humanity.
Let's challenge any difficulties
that we are confronting!
Let's always strive to be victorious
by showing a sincere
Let's challenge any difficulties
that we are confronting!
Let's always strive to be victorious
by showing a sincere
and reliable attitude in our work!
*"Reply to a Believer", WND-1 page 905
*"Reply to a Believer", WND-1 page 905
Tuesday, April 11th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nichiren Daishonin said with infinitely warm compassion to one of his female disciples: 'If [the Mongol forces should invade Japan and] anything at all happens, please come over here [to Mount Minobu]. I will welcome you. [If worst comes to worst] let us die of starvation together among the mountains' (WND-1, 616).
"We share everything, our sufferings and our joys. That's what makes us a family. As a result, our sufferings are more than halved and our joys more than doubled."
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nichiren Daishonin said with infinitely warm compassion to one of his female disciples: 'If [the Mongol forces should invade Japan and] anything at all happens, please come over here [to Mount Minobu]. I will welcome you. [If worst comes to worst] let us die of starvation together among the mountains' (WND-1, 616).
"We share everything, our sufferings and our joys. That's what makes us a family. As a result, our sufferings are more than halved and our joys more than doubled."
SGI Newsletter No. 9563, Selected Excerpts of SGI President Ikeda's Guidance, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, translation released March 3rd, 2017
Wednesday, April 12th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I would like to confirm the meaning of a number of points regarding the concept of 'one in mind,' or unity of purpose, which is the key to victory.
"First of all, 'one in mind' refers to the great desire or vow for kosen-rufu.
"In the midst of the Atsuhara Persecution, the Daishonin wrote to his youthful disciple Nanjo Tokimitsu: 'My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow' (WND-1, 1003). This is none other than a passionate call to his followers to dedicate their lives to the cause of kosen-rufu.
"The great vow to realise kosen-rufu is also the very heart of the mentor-disciple spirit shared by Mr. Makiguchi, Mr. Toda, and myself, who have inherited this vow directly from the Daishonin. All three of us have given ourselves to its actualisation with tireless dedication and ungrudging effort. This is truly the essence of the spirit of 'many in body, one in mind.'"
SGI Newsletter No. 9583, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chap. 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 1 [of 2], 23.2 A Harmonious Community of Practitioners in Accord with the Buddha's Intent, adapted from a lecture on "The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life," published in Japanese in February 2008, translation released 6th April, 2017. (POINTS 2 & 3 WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW & THE DAY AFTER! THEY ARE TOO LONG TO BE POSTED IN ONE POSTING!)
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ON MIYAZUKAI O
HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE"
SHOKUBA WA NINGEN RENMA NO DOJO.
GANZEN NO KADAI NI IDOMI NUKE!
SEIJITSUNA FURUMAI DE KATE!
SGI Newsletter No. 9583, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chap. 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 1 [of 2], 23.2 A Harmonious Community of Practitioners in Accord with the Buddha's Intent, adapted from a lecture on "The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life," published in Japanese in February 2008, translation released 6th April, 2017. (POINTS 2 & 3 WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW & THE DAY AFTER! THEY ARE TOO LONG TO BE POSTED IN ONE POSTING!)
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ON MIYAZUKAI O
HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE"
SHOKUBA WA NINGEN RENMA NO DOJO.
GANZEN NO KADAI NI IDOMI NUKE!
SEIJITSUNA FURUMAI DE KATE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI · IKANARU YAMAI SWARI O NASU BEKIYA
("KYO'O DONO GOHENJI", Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)
NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI · IKANARU YAMAI SWARI O NASU BEKIYA
("KYO'O DONO GOHENJI", Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)
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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/
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