A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Nov. 6th - 12th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
"Zadankai," our discussion meeting,
is indeed the light that illuminates
both our local community and the entire world.
Let's enthusiastically talk about
this Buddhism with others
and strive together to widely spread it in our province*
(local area where we live)
just as the Daishonin entrusted us!
*"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province. It
is stated that 'the seeds of Buddhahood sprout as a result of
conditions, and for this reason they preach the single vehicle.'" -
"The Properties of Rice", WND-I, page 1117
Monday, November 6th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The reason that you have survived until now when so many have died was so that you would meet with this affair."
(Reply to Yasaburō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 829)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Nov. 7th, 2017
Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The devil king of the sixth heaven has roused the ten kinds of troops [of devilish functions] and, in the midst of the sea of the sufferings of birth and death, is at war with the votary of the Lotus Sutra to stop him from taking possession of and to wrest away from him this impure land where both ordinary people and sages dwell.
"'It has been twenty or more years now since I found myself in that situation [after proclaiming my teaching] and began the great battle [to propagate it]. Not once have I thought of retreat.' (WND-2, 465)
"Why does the devil king of the sixth heaven launch an attack on the votary of the Lotus Sutra? It is because this saha world in which we live is originally the realm of the devil king, and he enjoys free reign in exploiting the living beings there. But then, the votary of the Lotus Sutra comes along with the correct teachings of Buddhism and seeks to transform the impure land into a pure land—in other words, to realise kosen-rufu.
"Alarmed by this, the devil king sets out to attack the votary of the Lotus Sutra. That is why the path to kosen-rufu entails an intense struggle with devilish functions.
"What exactly is this devil king of the sixth heaven? It is the fundamental source of all negative functions that try to prevent people from attaining Buddhahood. Rather than an actual being, the devil king represents an inner working of life itself.
"Therefore, the process of attaining Buddhahood is essentially not a struggle against an external enemy, but an unrelenting battle against the destructive forces or negativity that reside within our own lives. Only by vanquishing our inner negative tendencies can we achieve our human revolution and elevate our life state, opening the great path to happiness."
SGI Newsletter No. 9734, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 31, translation released Nov. 2nd, 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"ZADANKAI" KOSO
CHIIKI TO SEKAI O TERASU HIKARI.
GOHONBUTSU KARA MAKASARETA
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO" O
MINA DE KATARI HIROME YUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IMAMADE IKITE ARITSURUWA KONO KOTO NI AWAN TAME NARIKERI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1451)
Nov. 6th - 12th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
"Zadankai," our discussion meeting,
is indeed the light that illuminates
both our local community and the entire world.
Let's enthusiastically talk about
this Buddhism with others
and strive together to widely spread it in our province*
(local area where we live)
just as the Daishonin entrusted us!
*"I entrust you with the propagation of Buddhism in your province. It
is stated that 'the seeds of Buddhahood sprout as a result of
conditions, and for this reason they preach the single vehicle.'" -
"The Properties of Rice", WND-I, page 1117
Monday, November 6th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The reason that you have survived until now when so many have died was so that you would meet with this affair."
(Reply to Yasaburō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 829)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Nov. 7th, 2017
Tuesday, Nov. 7th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The devil king of the sixth heaven has roused the ten kinds of troops [of devilish functions] and, in the midst of the sea of the sufferings of birth and death, is at war with the votary of the Lotus Sutra to stop him from taking possession of and to wrest away from him this impure land where both ordinary people and sages dwell.
"'It has been twenty or more years now since I found myself in that situation [after proclaiming my teaching] and began the great battle [to propagate it]. Not once have I thought of retreat.' (WND-2, 465)
"Why does the devil king of the sixth heaven launch an attack on the votary of the Lotus Sutra? It is because this saha world in which we live is originally the realm of the devil king, and he enjoys free reign in exploiting the living beings there. But then, the votary of the Lotus Sutra comes along with the correct teachings of Buddhism and seeks to transform the impure land into a pure land—in other words, to realise kosen-rufu.
"Alarmed by this, the devil king sets out to attack the votary of the Lotus Sutra. That is why the path to kosen-rufu entails an intense struggle with devilish functions.
"What exactly is this devil king of the sixth heaven? It is the fundamental source of all negative functions that try to prevent people from attaining Buddhahood. Rather than an actual being, the devil king represents an inner working of life itself.
"Therefore, the process of attaining Buddhahood is essentially not a struggle against an external enemy, but an unrelenting battle against the destructive forces or negativity that reside within our own lives. Only by vanquishing our inner negative tendencies can we achieve our human revolution and elevate our life state, opening the great path to happiness."
SGI Newsletter No. 9734, The New Human Revolution––Vol. 27: Chap. 3, Fierce Struggle 31, translation released Nov. 2nd, 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"ZADANKAI" KOSO
CHIIKI TO SEKAI O TERASU HIKARI.
GOHONBUTSU KARA MAKASARETA
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPO" O
MINA DE KATARI HIROME YUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IMAMADE IKITE ARITSURUWA KONO KOTO NI AWAN TAME NARIKERI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1451)
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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