A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, May 20th 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The power of fact and truth
is far stronger than a million words.
Let's always share our personal experiences with others.
Let's express how great we ourselves feel this practice is
through the actions we take.
By showing the way we each are challenging ourselves,
in our own individual ways,
so positively and without being defeated,
let's imbue and inspire society
with courage and hope!
Saturday, May 20th 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If, however, in the time after the Buddha's passing, a person renounces his attachments to the four flavours and three teachings, and converts to faith in the Lotus Sutra that is true Mahayana, the heavenly gods and benevolent deities, as well as the bodhisattvas numerous as the dust particles of a thousand worlds who emerged from beneath the ground, will protect him as the votary of the Lotus Sutra. Under their protection, he will [establish and] spread abroad widely throughout Jambudvīpa the object of devotion of the essential teaching, or the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo."
(On the Buddha's Prophecy
- WND, Vol. 1, page 400)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, May 20th, 2017
Sunday, May 21st 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Soka Gakkai will experience many turning points and face critical junctures that it must overcome. But at all times, the starting point we need to return to is what President Makiguchi called the 'stand-alone spirit,' the great spirit of kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9616, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 30, translation released 19th May, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
— WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
JIJITSU WA HYAKUMANGEN NI MASARU.
TAIKEN O KATARO!
KODO DE SHIMESO!
ARINO MAMANO SUGATA DE
SHAKAI NI YUKI TO KIBO O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHIKARI TO IEDOMO HOTOKE NO METSUGO NI OITE SHIMI SANKYO NO JASHU O SUTE JITSUDAIJO NO HOKEKYO NI KISEBA SHOTEN ZENJIN NARABINI JIYU SENGAI TO NO BOSATSU HOKKE NO GYOJA O SHUGO SEN KONO HITO WA SHUGO NO CHIKARA O ETE HONMON NO HONZON MYOHORENGEKYO NO GOJI O MOTTE ENBUDAI NI KOSENRUFU SESHIMENKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 507)
Saturday, May 20th 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The power of fact and truth
is far stronger than a million words.
Let's always share our personal experiences with others.
Let's express how great we ourselves feel this practice is
through the actions we take.
By showing the way we each are challenging ourselves,
in our own individual ways,
so positively and without being defeated,
let's imbue and inspire society
with courage and hope!
Saturday, May 20th 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If, however, in the time after the Buddha's passing, a person renounces his attachments to the four flavours and three teachings, and converts to faith in the Lotus Sutra that is true Mahayana, the heavenly gods and benevolent deities, as well as the bodhisattvas numerous as the dust particles of a thousand worlds who emerged from beneath the ground, will protect him as the votary of the Lotus Sutra. Under their protection, he will [establish and] spread abroad widely throughout Jambudvīpa the object of devotion of the essential teaching, or the five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo."
(On the Buddha's Prophecy
- WND, Vol. 1, page 400)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, May 20th, 2017
Sunday, May 21st 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Soka Gakkai will experience many turning points and face critical junctures that it must overcome. But at all times, the starting point we need to return to is what President Makiguchi called the 'stand-alone spirit,' the great spirit of kosen-rufu."
SGI Newsletter No. 9616, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 30, translation released 19th May, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
— WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
JIJITSU WA HYAKUMANGEN NI MASARU.
TAIKEN O KATARO!
KODO DE SHIMESO!
ARINO MAMANO SUGATA DE
SHAKAI NI YUKI TO KIBO O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SHIKARI TO IEDOMO HOTOKE NO METSUGO NI OITE SHIMI SANKYO NO JASHU O SUTE JITSUDAIJO NO HOKEKYO NI KISEBA SHOTEN ZENJIN NARABINI JIYU SENGAI TO NO BOSATSU HOKKE NO GYOJA O SHUGO SEN KONO HITO WA SHUGO NO CHIKARA O ETE HONMON NO HONZON MYOHORENGEKYO NO GOJI O MOTTE ENBUDAI NI KOSENRUFU SESHIMENKA"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 507)
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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!
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
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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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