A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"One is the mother of ten thousand."*
By wholeheartedly treasuring every person
we have the chance to meet,
ten thousand waves of hope are widely spread.
A breakthrough to victory lies
right before our own eyes.
*" Now I would like to go a step farther and explain how the small can actually encompass the great, and the one be superior to the many. The seed of the nyagrodha tree, though one-third the size of a mustard seed, can conceal five hundred carts within itself. Is this not a case of the small containing the large? The wish-granting jewel, while only one in number, is able to rain down ten thousand treasures without a single thing lacking. Is this not a case of the few encompassing the many? The popular proverb says that 'one is the mother of ten thousand.' Do you not understand the principle behind these matters? The important thing to consider is whether or not a doctrine conforms with the principle of the true aspect of all things. Do not be blindly attached to the question of many or few!"
- "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man," WND-I, page 130
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nevertheless, even though you chant and believe in Myoho-renge-kyo, if you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the Mystic Law but an inferior teaching."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
- WND, Vol. I, page 3)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, June 28th, 2017
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All things have milestones and endings. The end of one thing is the beginning of another. Resolute determination is needed for a fresh departure. The bright flame of commitment, a passionate vow, is needed. Stand up! All of you, stand up as courageous successors. Have you got that? That's my request. I'm counting on you."
SGI Newsletter No. 9644, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 43, translation released 27th June, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ICHI" WA "MAN" NO HAHA DA.
EN SURU HITORI O TESSHITE
TAISETSU NI SURU KOTO KARA
KIBO NO BAMPA WA HIROGARU.
TOPPAKO WA GANZEN NI ARI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TAMOTSU TO IUTOMO MOSHI KOSHIN NO HOKANI HO ARI TO OMOWABA MATTAKU MYOHO NIWA ARAZU SOHO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 383)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"One is the mother of ten thousand."*
By wholeheartedly treasuring every person
we have the chance to meet,
ten thousand waves of hope are widely spread.
A breakthrough to victory lies
right before our own eyes.
*" Now I would like to go a step farther and explain how the small can actually encompass the great, and the one be superior to the many. The seed of the nyagrodha tree, though one-third the size of a mustard seed, can conceal five hundred carts within itself. Is this not a case of the small containing the large? The wish-granting jewel, while only one in number, is able to rain down ten thousand treasures without a single thing lacking. Is this not a case of the few encompassing the many? The popular proverb says that 'one is the mother of ten thousand.' Do you not understand the principle behind these matters? The important thing to consider is whether or not a doctrine conforms with the principle of the true aspect of all things. Do not be blindly attached to the question of many or few!"
- "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man," WND-I, page 130
Wednesday, June 28th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Nevertheless, even though you chant and believe in Myoho-renge-kyo, if you think the Law is outside yourself, you are embracing not the Mystic Law but an inferior teaching."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
- WND, Vol. I, page 3)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, June 28th, 2017
Thursday, June 29th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"All things have milestones and endings. The end of one thing is the beginning of another. Resolute determination is needed for a fresh departure. The bright flame of commitment, a passionate vow, is needed. Stand up! All of you, stand up as courageous successors. Have you got that? That's my request. I'm counting on you."
SGI Newsletter No. 9644, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 30: Chap. 1, Great Mountain 43, translation released 27th June, 2017
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"ICHI" WA "MAN" NO HAHA DA.
EN SURU HITORI O TESSHITE
TAISETSU NI SURU KOTO KARA
KIBO NO BAMPA WA HIROGARU.
TOPPAKO WA GANZEN NI ARI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TAMOTSU TO IUTOMO MOSHI KOSHIN NO HOKANI HO ARI TO OMOWABA MATTAKU MYOHO NIWA ARAZU SOHO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 383)
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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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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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