A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, May 5th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
People who stick to their vow
and work wholeheartedly to make it a reality
are strong.
They are also able to lead deeply profound
and fulfilling lives.
Let's put in the effort, each and every day to
open up a path towards achieving
Friday, May 5th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
People who stick to their vow
and work wholeheartedly to make it a reality
are strong.
They are also able to lead deeply profound
and fulfilling lives.
Let's put in the effort, each and every day to
open up a path towards achieving
our own unique and irreplaceable missions!
Friday, May 5th, 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, May 4th, 2017
Saturday, May 6th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I would ask our men's and young men's division members to be courteous and polite when talking to our women's and young women's division members. Please never raise your voice or speak in a haughty, condescending, or arrogant manner. You have no right to do so. Men and women are equal. The Daishonin states: 'There should be no discrimination between men and women' (cf. WND-1, 385). I hope that you, the men's and young men's division members, will always be gentlemen who respect and value women. That is a tradition of the Soka Gakkai.
"Similarly, it is important for all leaders to warmly thank members for their efforts and hard work. Simple expressions of thoughtfulness and concern—'Thank you,' 'Please take care,' 'Don't catch cold'—warm people's hearts and spread a lovely, refreshing spirit of humanity throughout our organisation. The Soka Gakkai is a realm of beautiful human ties.
"An organisation pervaded by a spirit of warmth, of sincere faith, of concern for fellow members, of unity, and of devotion to kosen-rufu, an organisation whose members' hearts are united in faith—this is the Soka Gakkai. Let's always maintain this tradition."
SGI Newsletter No. 9604, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 2 [of 2], Working Together in Harmony Is Beautiful, from the December 2016 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 2nd May, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
CHIKAI O TSURANUKU HITO WA TSUYOI.
MOTTO MO FUKAKU JUJITSU SHITA
JINSEI O AYUNDE IKERU.
HI NI HI NI ARATANI
SHIMEI NO MICHI O KIRI HIRAKE!
--- 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)
Friday, May 5th, 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, May 4th, 2017
Saturday, May 6th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"I would ask our men's and young men's division members to be courteous and polite when talking to our women's and young women's division members. Please never raise your voice or speak in a haughty, condescending, or arrogant manner. You have no right to do so. Men and women are equal. The Daishonin states: 'There should be no discrimination between men and women' (cf. WND-1, 385). I hope that you, the men's and young men's division members, will always be gentlemen who respect and value women. That is a tradition of the Soka Gakkai.
"Similarly, it is important for all leaders to warmly thank members for their efforts and hard work. Simple expressions of thoughtfulness and concern—'Thank you,' 'Please take care,' 'Don't catch cold'—warm people's hearts and spread a lovely, refreshing spirit of humanity throughout our organisation. The Soka Gakkai is a realm of beautiful human ties.
"An organisation pervaded by a spirit of warmth, of sincere faith, of concern for fellow members, of unity, and of devotion to kosen-rufu, an organisation whose members' hearts are united in faith—this is the Soka Gakkai. Let's always maintain this tradition."
SGI Newsletter No. 9604, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 2 [of 2], Working Together in Harmony Is Beautiful, from the December 2016 issue of the Daibyaku-renge, translation released 2nd May, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
CHIKAI O TSURANUKU HITO WA TSUYOI.
MOTTO MO FUKAKU JUJITSU SHITA
JINSEI O AYUNDE IKERU.
HI NI HI NI ARATANI
SHIMEI NO MICHI O KIRI HIRAKE!
--- 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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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/
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