A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, April 7th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter what the challenge might be ahead,
first of all decide:
Friday, April 7th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter what the challenge might be ahead,
first of all decide:
"I am definitely going to overcome it,"
and then chant and take action towards making that happen.
This absolute spirit is the formula that helps us
to always build a brand new history!
Friday, April 7th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
[1] Devil king of the sixth heaven: Also, devil king or heavenly devil. The king of devils, who dwells in the highest or the sixth heaven of the world of desire. He is also named Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others, the king who makes free use of the fruits of others' efforts for his own pleasure. Served by innumerable minions, he obstructs Buddhist practise and delights in sapping the life force of other beings, the manifestation of the fundamental darkness inherent in life. The devil king is a personification of the negative tendency to force others to one's will at any cost.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
IKANARU TATAKAI MO MAZU
[ZETTAI NI YARI NUKU] TO
KIMETE INOTTE UGOKU.
KONO HISSHO NO HOTEISHISKI DE
ARATANA REKISHI O TSUKURE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
and then chant and take action towards making that happen.
This absolute spirit is the formula that helps us
to always build a brand new history!
Friday, April 7th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. I, page 345)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, April 7th, 2017
Saturday, April 8th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The path of kosen-rufu entails an intense and unrelenting struggle with the devil king of the sixth heaven.[1] Precisely because the Soka Gakkai has been able, through faith in the Mystic Law, to recognize, fight, and defeat the workings of the devil king, it has succeeded in creating a great tide of kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9585, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 16, translation released 7th April, 2017
Saturday, April 8th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The path of kosen-rufu entails an intense and unrelenting struggle with the devil king of the sixth heaven.[1] Precisely because the Soka Gakkai has been able, through faith in the Mystic Law, to recognize, fight, and defeat the workings of the devil king, it has succeeded in creating a great tide of kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9585, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 16, translation released 7th April, 2017
[1] Devil king of the sixth heaven: Also, devil king or heavenly devil. The king of devils, who dwells in the highest or the sixth heaven of the world of desire. He is also named Freely Enjoying Things Conjured by Others, the king who makes free use of the fruits of others' efforts for his own pleasure. Served by innumerable minions, he obstructs Buddhist practise and delights in sapping the life force of other beings, the manifestation of the fundamental darkness inherent in life. The devil king is a personification of the negative tendency to force others to one's will at any cost.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
IKANARU TATAKAI MO MAZU
[ZETTAI NI YARI NUKU] TO
KIMETE INOTTE UGOKU.
KONO HISSHO NO HOTEISHISKI DE
ARATANA REKISHI O TSUKURE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
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If you have a friend(s) who would like to get To My Friends directly get them to send an E-mail to the following address and just simply write - "subscribe"
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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!
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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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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