A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, September 29th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Each one of us is a protagonist for kosen-rufu!
With this conviction and assurance
let's build heart to heart bonds
as we strive together towards our goals.
With the spirit to
not leave even a single person behind
let's build our solidarity
for happiness and victory!
Friday, September 29th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
(The Essential Passage
in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra,
"Emerging from the Earth" chapter
- The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings,
page 214)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, Sep. 29th, 2017
Saturday, September 30th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Others read the Lotus Sutra with their mouths alone, in word alone, but they do not read it with their hearts. And even if they read it with their hearts, they do not read it with their actions. It is reading the sutra with both one's body and mind that is truly praiseworthy!'
- From "Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison" (WND-1, 204).
"Faith is not something abstract. It is action; it is making efforts to positively change our circumstances.
"Let's read the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, as we strive for kosen-rufu! The Soka Gakkai has achieved such remarkable development precisely because we have read the Daishonin's teachings with our lives.
"Today, members throughout the world, brimming with a seeking spirit towards Nichiren Buddhism, are engaged in the noble pursuit of the 'two ways of practice and study' (WND-1, 386). They are chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, studying, and growing together. Let's continue to read the Gosho each day, and create a wonderful drama of human revolution."
SGI Newsletter No. 9714, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (80) Creating a Wonderful Drama of Human Revolution, from 30th August, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 28th Sep., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DAREMO GA KOFU NO SHUYAKU DA!
KONO KAKUSHIN TO HAGEMASHI DE
TAGAI NO KOKORO TO KOKORO O MUSUBO.
HITORIMO MORENAKU
KOFUKU TO SHORI NO JINRETSU NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ICHINEN NI OKUGO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSANO SANJIN NENNENNI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
Friday, September 29th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Each one of us is a protagonist for kosen-rufu!
With this conviction and assurance
let's build heart to heart bonds
as we strive together towards our goals.
With the spirit to
not leave even a single person behind
let's build our solidarity
for happiness and victory!
Friday, September 29th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
(The Essential Passage
in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra,
"Emerging from the Earth" chapter
- The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings,
page 214)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, Sep. 29th, 2017
Saturday, September 30th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'Others read the Lotus Sutra with their mouths alone, in word alone, but they do not read it with their hearts. And even if they read it with their hearts, they do not read it with their actions. It is reading the sutra with both one's body and mind that is truly praiseworthy!'
- From "Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison" (WND-1, 204).
"Faith is not something abstract. It is action; it is making efforts to positively change our circumstances.
"Let's read the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, as we strive for kosen-rufu! The Soka Gakkai has achieved such remarkable development precisely because we have read the Daishonin's teachings with our lives.
"Today, members throughout the world, brimming with a seeking spirit towards Nichiren Buddhism, are engaged in the noble pursuit of the 'two ways of practice and study' (WND-1, 386). They are chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, studying, and growing together. Let's continue to read the Gosho each day, and create a wonderful drama of human revolution."
SGI Newsletter No. 9714, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (80) Creating a Wonderful Drama of Human Revolution, from 30th August, 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translation released 28th Sep., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DAREMO GA KOFU NO SHUYAKU DA!
KONO KAKUSHIN TO HAGEMASHI DE
TAGAI NO KOKORO TO KOKORO O MUSUBO.
HITORIMO MORENAKU
KOFUKU TO SHORI NO JINRETSU NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ICHINEN NI OKUGO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSANO SANJIN NENNENNI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
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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!
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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