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A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- Let's always cheer on
and warmly encourage
our youth division members
who are endeavouring to expand
the kosen-rufu movement
by sharing this Buddhism
and its philosophy with others!
The new era is in their hands,
it is their great actions
that brings an abundance
of great joy and hope
to one and all.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017 --- DAILY GOSHO --- "Buddhism primarily concerns itself with victory or defeat, while secular authority is based on the principle of reward and punishment. For this reason, a Buddha is looked up to as the Hero of the World, while a king is called the one who rules at his will." (The Hero of the World - WND, Vol.1, page 835) Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shinbun, August 23rd, 2017
Thursday, August 24th, 2017 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----"All great revolutions—whether in world history or, for example, the Meiji Restoration in Japanese history—were carried out through the joint struggles of mentors and disciples. The mentors stood up with vision and resolve, but in many cases, they were imprisoned or assassinated, or they died of illness, or in battle, before they could achieve their aims. The disciples inherited their mentors' aspirations and worked hard to see them to fruition. There is nothing more beautiful, more inspiring, than this spiritual relay, the passing of the baton to those who will carry on the struggle. "Without the mentor-disciple relationship, anything we undertake just ends with our own lifetime. It becomes nothing more than a small drama and a pursuit for our own self-satisfaction. In contrast, the mentor-disciple relationship enables us to live a life connected to the great flow of humanity, a life like a mighty river, a life that is part of an unending relay race."
SGI Newsletter No. 9694, THE WISDOM FOR CREATING HAPPINESS AND PEACE, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace. Chapter 25: The Mentor-Disciple Relationship Is the Heart of the Soka Gakkai—Part 1 [of 2], from the February 2017 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 18th August, 2017
*The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's <http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/ --WAGA TOMO NI OKURU -- GUKYO KAKUDAI NI FUNTO SURU SEINENBU NI ATATAKAI O-EN O!SHINJIDAI O NINAI TATSU KOKEI NO YAKUDO NO SUGATA NI KANKI TO KIBO WA BAIZO SURU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO -- "SORE BUPPO TO MOSU WA SHOBU O SAKI TOWHI O-HO TO MOSU WA SHOBATSU O MOTO TO SERI YUENI HOTOKE OBA SEO TO GOSHI O OBA JIZAI TO NAZUKE TARI" (Gosho Zenshu page 1165)__._,_.___
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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