A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The SGI will forever be victorious
with the perfect unity of
"many in body, united in mind".
Each and every one of you,
as a leader for kosen-rufu,
stand up by yourself, no matter what happens.
Let's establish an unshakable solidarity of humanism!
Sunday, April 23rd, 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,"
Seikyo Shinbun, April 23rd, 2017
Monday, April 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'What is most important is that, by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo alone, you can attain Buddhahood' (WND-1, 832). And the Daishonin further asserts that whether one attains Buddhahood depends on the strength of one's faith (cf. WND-1, 832).
"Our happiness isn't decided by the length of time we have practised Nichiren Buddhism—much less our position in the organisation or in society. It's determined by the strength or depth of our faith.
"A basic tenet of Nichiren Buddhism is that everything starts with faith, no matter who we are or what our circumstances."
SGI Newsletter No. 9587, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [17] Faith, Practice, and Study: The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism—Part 1 [of 3], Believing Solely in the Lotus Sutra Leads Directly to Happiness, from the September 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 13th April, 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 --
SOKA GAKKAI WA EIEN NI
ITAI DOSHIN NO DANKETSU DE KATSU!
ZEN-IN GA SHUTAISHA TO SHITE
DANKO TO HITORI TATE!
NINGEN SHUGI NO RENTAI O KIZUKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO O-ZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1351)
Sunday, April 23rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The SGI will forever be victorious
with the perfect unity of
"many in body, united in mind".
Each and every one of you,
as a leader for kosen-rufu,
stand up by yourself, no matter what happens.
Let's establish an unshakable solidarity of humanism!
Sunday, April 23rd, 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,"
Seikyo Shinbun, April 23rd, 2017
Monday, April 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'What is most important is that, by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo alone, you can attain Buddhahood' (WND-1, 832). And the Daishonin further asserts that whether one attains Buddhahood depends on the strength of one's faith (cf. WND-1, 832).
"Our happiness isn't decided by the length of time we have practised Nichiren Buddhism—much less our position in the organisation or in society. It's determined by the strength or depth of our faith.
"A basic tenet of Nichiren Buddhism is that everything starts with faith, no matter who we are or what our circumstances."
SGI Newsletter No. 9587, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [17] Faith, Practice, and Study: The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism—Part 1 [of 3], Believing Solely in the Lotus Sutra Leads Directly to Happiness, from the September 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 13th April, 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 --
SOKA GAKKAI WA EIEN NI
ITAI DOSHIN NO DANKETSU DE KATSU!
ZEN-IN GA SHUTAISHA TO SHITE
DANKO TO HITORI TATE!
NINGEN SHUGI NO RENTAI O KIZUKE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO O-ZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA 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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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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