* Apologies for the GREAT delay today but we wanted to make sure we got absolutely everything right in today's translation…
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, April 28th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As a leader, let's resolve
"to exhaust the pains
and trials of millions of kalpas!"*
Let's not let the opportunity
for victory slip us by.
Hold steady at the crucial moment of the struggle.
Be the courageous commander of commanders!
* "If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, April 28th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As a leader, let's resolve
"to exhaust the pains
and trials of millions of kalpas!"*
Let's not let the opportunity
for victory slip us by.
Hold steady at the crucial moment of the struggle.
Be the courageous commander of commanders!
* "If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
- "The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Emerging from the Earth' chapter", The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 214
Friday, April 28th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when the crucial moment comes."
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shimbun, April 28th, 2017
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The mentor in the Soka Gakkai is the leader of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth who appear in the present age with a vow to widely propagate the Mystic Law, and also serves as the main axle for the advance of kosen-rufu. When the disciples' resolve aligns with that of the mentor, the wheels of kosen-rufu begin to move powerfully. That's why the unity of mentor and disciples is the lifeline of the Soka Gakkai."
SGI Newsletter No. 9593, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 17, released 24th April, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"LEADER" WA ICHINEN NI
OKKO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSE!
SHOBU NO [TOKI] O NOGASU NA.
TATAKAI NO KYUSHO O OSAEYO.
YUKAN NARU SHO NO SHO TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TSUTANAKI MONO NO NARAI WA YAKUSOKU SESHI KOTO O MAKOTO NO TOKI WA WASURURU NARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)
Friday, April 28th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have made when the crucial moment comes."
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND, Vol. I, page 283)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shimbun, April 28th, 2017
Saturday, April 29th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The mentor in the Soka Gakkai is the leader of the Bodhisattvas of the Earth who appear in the present age with a vow to widely propagate the Mystic Law, and also serves as the main axle for the advance of kosen-rufu. When the disciples' resolve aligns with that of the mentor, the wheels of kosen-rufu begin to move powerfully. That's why the unity of mentor and disciples is the lifeline of the Soka Gakkai."
SGI Newsletter No. 9593, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 17, released 24th April, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"LEADER" WA ICHINEN NI
OKKO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSE!
SHOBU NO [TOKI] O NOGASU NA.
TATAKAI NO KYUSHO O OSAEYO.
YUKAN NARU SHO NO SHO TARE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TSUTANAKI MONO NO NARAI WA YAKUSOKU SESHI KOTO O MAKOTO NO TOKI WA WASURURU NARU BESHI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)
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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...
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