A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
October 9th - 15th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
It's through devoting ourselves to achieving kosen-rufu
that we very often encounter a great drama of
October 9th - 15th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
It's through devoting ourselves to achieving kosen-rufu
that we very often encounter a great drama of
transforming our karma (into our mission).
By inspiring one another,
By inspiring one another,
let's advance together to the very end!
Today and all of this week,
Today and all of this week,
accumulating the benefits that surpass
a hundred years of practice in the Land of Bliss,*
let's strive together cheerfully and jofully!
*"A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world."
let's strive together cheerfully and jofully!
*"A hundred years of practice in the Land of Perfect Bliss cannot compare to the benefit gained from one day's practice in the impure world."
- "On Repaying Debts of Gratitude", WND-I, page 736
Monday, October 9th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World
Monday, October 9th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law? Strengthen your power of faith more than ever."
(Happiness in This World
- WND, Vol. 1, page 681)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Oct. 9th, 2017
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005), a Nobel Peace laureate and former president of the Pugwash Conferences who dedicated his noble life to the abolition of nuclear weapons, offered this message for future generations in a dialogue we conducted: 'Victory will never be achieved by opposing evil with the power of evil. It does not make sense to try to avoid war by using the threat of war.'[1]
Tuesday, October 10th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Joseph Rotblat (1908–2005), a Nobel Peace laureate and former president of the Pugwash Conferences who dedicated his noble life to the abolition of nuclear weapons, offered this message for future generations in a dialogue we conducted: 'Victory will never be achieved by opposing evil with the power of evil. It does not make sense to try to avoid war by using the threat of war.'[1]
"The force to resist the 'power of evil' and change the tide of the times is found in the solidarity of people awakened to a global consciousness, recognising that we are all one human family. That was Dr. Rotblat's conclusion.
"To bring an end to the nuclear age, as President Toda highlighted in his declaration, it is necessary to deeply instil in every nation the awareness that nuclear weapons are an absolute evil and that their use is unacceptable for any reason. We must establish this as an unshakable principle shared by all humanity."
SGI Newsletter No. 9719, Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Second Soka Gakkai President, Josei Toda's Declaration Calling for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Our Shared Vow to Create a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, from 8th Sept., 2017, issue of the Seikyo Shinbun translation released 6th Oct. 2017
[1] Joseph Rotblat and Daisaku Ikeda, A Quest for Global Peace: Rotblat and Ikeda on War, Ethics, and the Nuclear Threat (New York: I. B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., 2007), p. 26.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
KOFU NO DAITOSO NI KOSO
SHUKUMEI TENKAN NO "drama" GA ARU.
TOMONI HAGEMASHI HASHIRI NUKO!
GOKURAKU HYAKUNEN NI MASARU KUDOKU O
KYO MO TANOSHIKU HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE SASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
KOFU NO DAITOSO NI KOSO
SHUKUMEI TENKAN NO "drama" GA ARU.
TOMONI HAGEMASHI HASHIRI NUKO!
GOKURAKU HYAKUNEN NI MASARU KUDOKU O
KYO MO TANOSHIKU HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE SASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
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