* Just to forewarn you we are moving about in the next few days from Japan to the UK so there might be a slight delay, longer than possibly normal!
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of sudden heavy rainfall
and lightening.
At the same time,
let's strengthen our guard against
tornadoes and landslides.
By wisely collecting accurate information
from reliable sources,
let's make sure that our safety
is the top priority before anything else!
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"
(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo
- WND, Vol. II, page 811)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, July 23rd, 2017
Monday, July 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mr. Toda also said: 'A person's 'greatness' is not determined by their position or title. It is determined by whether or not they possess true ability.' A person's social status or prestige has nothing to do with their qualifications as a Soka Gakkai leader. The basic criteria are faith and the person's human qualities and abilities. In other words, we have to discern whether they are serious, diligent, and persevering.
"Mr. Toda used to say: 'Favourable circumstances do not necessarily produce excellence. It is amid adversity and hardship that people of greatness and true ability are born.' Unremarkable lives produce unremarkable people."
SGI Newsletter No. 9662, Dedicating Our Lives to Kosen-rufu Is a Source of Eternal Honour, from SGI Newsletter No. 6527 with minor revisions, translation released 20th July, 2017.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GO-U, RAKURAI NI CHUI!
TATSUMAKI YA DOSHA SAIGAI NIMO
GENJUNA KEIKAI O!
KENMEI NI JOHO O SHUSHU SHI
DANJITE MUJIKO DAIICHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZE FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZU YA ARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1187)
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of sudden heavy rainfall
and lightening.
At the same time,
let's strengthen our guard against
tornadoes and landslides.
By wisely collecting accurate information
from reliable sources,
let's make sure that our safety
is the top priority before anything else!
Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When you shake your head, your hair sways; when your mind begins to work, your body moves. When a strong wind blows, the grass and trees can no longer remain still; when the earth shakes, the seas are atremble. Thus if one can move Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, can the grass and trees fail to respond, can the waters remain calm?"
(Concerning the Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha Fashioned by Nichigen-nyo
- WND, Vol. II, page 811)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, July 23rd, 2017
Monday, July 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Mr. Toda also said: 'A person's 'greatness' is not determined by their position or title. It is determined by whether or not they possess true ability.' A person's social status or prestige has nothing to do with their qualifications as a Soka Gakkai leader. The basic criteria are faith and the person's human qualities and abilities. In other words, we have to discern whether they are serious, diligent, and persevering.
"Mr. Toda used to say: 'Favourable circumstances do not necessarily produce excellence. It is amid adversity and hardship that people of greatness and true ability are born.' Unremarkable lives produce unremarkable people."
SGI Newsletter No. 9662, Dedicating Our Lives to Kosen-rufu Is a Source of Eternal Honour, from SGI Newsletter No. 6527 with minor revisions, translation released 20th July, 2017.
* The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GO-U, RAKURAI NI CHUI!
TATSUMAKI YA DOSHA SAIGAI NIMO
GENJUNA KEIKAI O!
KENMEI NI JOHO O SHUSHU SHI
DANJITE MUJIKO DAIICHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KOBE O FUREBA KAMI YURUGU KOKORO HATARAKEBA MI UGOKU OKAZE FUKEBA SOMOKU SHIZUKA NARAZU DAICHI UGOKEBA TAIKAI SAWAGASHI KYOSHU SHAKUSON O UGOKASHI TATEMATSUREBA YURUGANU SOMOKU YA ARUBEKI SAWAGANU MIZU YA ARUBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu - Page 1187)
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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/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
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