A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Nothing can surpass someone's earnestness.
Always thinking about
how we can assist everyone to become happy,
let's try to use all the wisdom and sincerity
in our actions as we possibly can.
With such "behaviour as a human being,"*
our true worth as a Buddhist shines.
(*)"The Three Kinds of Treasure," WND I, p. 852
"The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being."
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs."
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
- WND, Vol. 1, page 690)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, September 3rd, 2017
Monday, September 4th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""The Daishonin writes: 'Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage' (WND-1, 997). If you begin to think, 'I'm old, it's okay if I scale back my Gakkai activities,' that's the start of decline in your faith. There is no retirement age in faith.
"No matter how much experience one has had as a leader, if one distances oneself from the organisation and grows lax in one's Buddhist practice, it will lead to defeat in life. Though things might appear to go well for a time, in the end one will find oneself alone, and lacking any real sense of fulfilment or joy. The state of one's faith and practice in one's final years, in the closing chapter of one's life, is crucially important.
"Please be a youthful champion of kosen-rufu as long as you live! Calmly disregard self-serving leaders, and keep working steadily and confidently to support the Gakkai. There you will find a life of true worth and fulfilment. Please keep demonstrating this as long as you live."
SGI Newsletter No. 9701, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 24, translation released 29th Aug., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"SHINKEN" NI MASARU CHIKARA WA NAI.
DOSUREBA MINA GA YOROKOBU KA
CHIE TO MAGOKORO O TSUKUSO!
SONO "HITO NO FURUMAI" NI
BUPPOSHA NO SHINKA WA KAGAYAKU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BUKKYO O NARAWAN MONO BUMO SHISHO KOKUON O WASURU BESHIYA KONO DAION O HOZEN NIWA KANARAZU BUPPO O NARAI KIWAME CHISHA TO NARADE KANAU BEKIKA"
(Gosho Zenshu page 293)
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Nothing can surpass someone's earnestness.
Always thinking about
how we can assist everyone to become happy,
let's try to use all the wisdom and sincerity
in our actions as we possibly can.
With such "behaviour as a human being,"*
our true worth as a Buddhist shines.
(*)"The Three Kinds of Treasure," WND I, p. 852
"The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being."
Sunday, September 3rd, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs."
(On Repaying Debts of Gratitude
- WND, Vol. 1, page 690)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, September 3rd, 2017
Monday, September 4th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""The Daishonin writes: 'Strengthen your faith day by day and month after month. Should you slacken in your resolve even a bit, devils will take advantage' (WND-1, 997). If you begin to think, 'I'm old, it's okay if I scale back my Gakkai activities,' that's the start of decline in your faith. There is no retirement age in faith.
"No matter how much experience one has had as a leader, if one distances oneself from the organisation and grows lax in one's Buddhist practice, it will lead to defeat in life. Though things might appear to go well for a time, in the end one will find oneself alone, and lacking any real sense of fulfilment or joy. The state of one's faith and practice in one's final years, in the closing chapter of one's life, is crucially important.
"Please be a youthful champion of kosen-rufu as long as you live! Calmly disregard self-serving leaders, and keep working steadily and confidently to support the Gakkai. There you will find a life of true worth and fulfilment. Please keep demonstrating this as long as you live."
SGI Newsletter No. 9701, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 24, translation released 29th Aug., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"SHINKEN" NI MASARU CHIKARA WA NAI.
DOSUREBA MINA GA YOROKOBU KA
CHIE TO MAGOKORO O TSUKUSO!
SONO "HITO NO FURUMAI" NI
BUPPOSHA NO SHINKA WA KAGAYAKU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"BUKKYO O NARAWAN MONO BUMO SHISHO KOKUON O WASURU BESHIYA KONO DAION O HOZEN NIWA KANARAZU BUPPO O NARAI KIWAME CHISHA TO NARADE KANAU BEKIKA"
(Gosho Zenshu page 293)
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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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