A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's find a book that we really like and value.
Good books nourish our hearts and minds
and are life time assets.
A really good book has the strength to
change one's life for the better.
Thursday, November 9th, 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
- The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 214)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, October 21st, 2017
Friday, Nov. 10th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo enables us to break through any obstacle. Our brave and vigorous efforts now, with firm and unwavering resolve, are the great struggle of Bodhisattvas of the Earth, tantamount to countless eons of effort.
"Nothing is ever wasted in our struggles for the sake of the Mystic Law. By striving in the forefront of our movement for kosen-rufu with courage and invincible spirit, we can bring forth the wisdom of the Buddha; we can activate the protective functions of the universe and find a way forwards without fail.
"To my fellow members whom I trust with all my heart, battle through hardship and adversity, and brim with the powerful, joy-filled benefit of faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9735, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (89) Expending Countless Eons of Effort in a Single Moment of Life, translation released Nov. 8th, 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ZAYU NO SHO O MITSUKEYO!
DOKUSHO WA "KOKORO NO EIYO GEN"
"SHOGAI NO ZAISAN" DA.
ISSATSU NO RYOSHO NI WA
JINSEI O KAERU CHIKARA GA ARU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ICHINEN NI OKUGO NOSHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSANO SANJIN NENNEN NI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's find a book that we really like and value.
Good books nourish our hearts and minds
and are life time assets.
A really good book has the strength to
change one's life for the better.
Thursday, November 9th, 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
- The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 214)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, October 21st, 2017
Friday, Nov. 10th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo enables us to break through any obstacle. Our brave and vigorous efforts now, with firm and unwavering resolve, are the great struggle of Bodhisattvas of the Earth, tantamount to countless eons of effort.
"Nothing is ever wasted in our struggles for the sake of the Mystic Law. By striving in the forefront of our movement for kosen-rufu with courage and invincible spirit, we can bring forth the wisdom of the Buddha; we can activate the protective functions of the universe and find a way forwards without fail.
"To my fellow members whom I trust with all my heart, battle through hardship and adversity, and brim with the powerful, joy-filled benefit of faith."
SGI Newsletter No. 9735, Advancing with the Gosho: Words of Encouragement from SGI President Ikeda, (89) Expending Countless Eons of Effort in a Single Moment of Life, translation released Nov. 8th, 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ZAYU NO SHO O MITSUKEYO!
DOKUSHO WA "KOKORO NO EIYO GEN"
"SHOGAI NO ZAISAN" DA.
ISSATSU NO RYOSHO NI WA
JINSEI O KAERU CHIKARA GA ARU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ICHINEN NI OKUGO NOSHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSANO SANJIN NENNEN NI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
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from there on it is all automatic!
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...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
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