A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, June 16th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The times that feel like these are the hardest,
are the times to muster up
our strength and energy from within.
This is the spirit of SGI members!
Chanting daimoku brimming with conviction,
believing that we can indeed do it,
let's resolutely carry out
the great drama of our human revolution!
Friday, June 16th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. I, page 412)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shimbun, June 16th, 2017
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It is important for us to read the Daishonin's writings with the spirit that they are addressed personally to each one of us, that he is speaking to us directly.
"…Mr. Makiguchi said: 'You should not seek to understand Buddhism with your mind. You come to understand it through faith.' In other words, even if we may find the teachings of Buddhism difficult to understand, through an earnest desire and commitment to learn about and deepen our grasp of them in the course of our efforts for kosen-rufu, we will be able to elevate our state of life.
"By reading the Gosho every day, even just a sentence or short passage, we can make our lives shine brilliantly."
SGI Newsletter No. 9634, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [19] Faith, Practice, and Study: The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism—Part 3 [of 3]
The Buddhist Study of the Soka Gakkai: Elevating People's Life State, translation released 15th June, 2017, from the November 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MOTTOMO KURUSHII TOKI NI
SAIDAI NO CHIKARA O DASU NO GA
GAKKAI SEISHIN NO SHINZUI DA!
KAKUSHIN NO DAIMOKU O KONPON NI
GANZEN TO NINGENKAKUMEI NO GEKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1124)
Friday, June 16th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The times that feel like these are the hardest,
are the times to muster up
our strength and energy from within.
This is the spirit of SGI members!
Chanting daimoku brimming with conviction,
believing that we can indeed do it,
let's resolutely carry out
the great drama of our human revolution!
Friday, June 16th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. I, page 412)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shimbun, June 16th, 2017
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It is important for us to read the Daishonin's writings with the spirit that they are addressed personally to each one of us, that he is speaking to us directly.
"…Mr. Makiguchi said: 'You should not seek to understand Buddhism with your mind. You come to understand it through faith.' In other words, even if we may find the teachings of Buddhism difficult to understand, through an earnest desire and commitment to learn about and deepen our grasp of them in the course of our efforts for kosen-rufu, we will be able to elevate our state of life.
"By reading the Gosho every day, even just a sentence or short passage, we can make our lives shine brilliantly."
SGI Newsletter No. 9634, The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [19] Faith, Practice, and Study: The Basics of Nichiren Buddhism—Part 3 [of 3]
The Buddhist Study of the Soka Gakkai: Elevating People's Life State, translation released 15th June, 2017, from the November 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MOTTOMO KURUSHII TOKI NI
SAIDAI NO CHIKARA O DASU NO GA
GAKKAI SEISHIN NO SHINZUI DA!
KAKUSHIN NO DAIMOKU O KONPON NI
GANZEN TO NINGENKAKUMEI NO GEKI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1124)
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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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