A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
December 10th - 16th, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
I would like to express my deepest appreciation
to all those members who are supporting
the advancement of the SGI
by working hard behind the scenes
to make meetings run smoothly,
The Daishonin teaches us,
"Where there is unseen virtue,
there will be visible reward."*
Making sure to stay healthy and accident free,
let's put the final touches
to a year full of victory and success!
*"Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward" - WND-I, page 907
Sunday, December 10th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Believe in this mandala with all your heart. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, December 10th, 2017
Monday, December 11th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we chant daimoku, our hearts are filled with delight. We experience the greatest of all joys. A powerful determination rises from deep inside our lives: 'I have tremendous potential!' 'I won't be defeated by obstacles!' That's why chanting daimoku makes us into champions who can create hope.
"In one of his works, the Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914–98) declares to the spiritual darkness that tries to make people lose sight of the light of hope: 'In time each moment is the seed of eternity,' and 'We are children of time and time is hope.'[1]
"What matters is the present moment, not some other time in the future.
"Chanting daimoku and taking a step forwards now will open a future of hope that will shine forever."
SGI Newsletter No. 9597, Spread Your Wings toward the Future [26] An Airport in Mexico, from 1st May, 2016, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 28th April, 2017
[1] Octavio Paz, One Earth, Four or Five Worlds: Reflections on Contemporary History, translated by Helen R. Lane (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985), p. 133.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
SOKA NO ZENSHIN O SASAERU
YAKUIN NO MINASAMA NI SHINSHA!
"INTOKU AREBA YOHO ARI"
KENKO MUJIKO DE
GAIKA NO SOSHIAGE O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO MANDARA YOKUYOKU SHINZESASE TAMOBESHI NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA
SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1124)
December 10th - 16th, 2017
-- Words of the Week --
I would like to express my deepest appreciation
to all those members who are supporting
the advancement of the SGI
by working hard behind the scenes
to make meetings run smoothly,
The Daishonin teaches us,
"Where there is unseen virtue,
there will be visible reward."*
Making sure to stay healthy and accident free,
let's put the final touches
to a year full of victory and success!
*"Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward" - WND-I, page 907
Sunday, December 10th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Believe in this mandala with all your heart. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion. What sickness can therefore be an obstacle?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, December 10th, 2017
Monday, December 11th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we chant daimoku, our hearts are filled with delight. We experience the greatest of all joys. A powerful determination rises from deep inside our lives: 'I have tremendous potential!' 'I won't be defeated by obstacles!' That's why chanting daimoku makes us into champions who can create hope.
"In one of his works, the Mexican poet Octavio Paz (1914–98) declares to the spiritual darkness that tries to make people lose sight of the light of hope: 'In time each moment is the seed of eternity,' and 'We are children of time and time is hope.'[1]
"What matters is the present moment, not some other time in the future.
"Chanting daimoku and taking a step forwards now will open a future of hope that will shine forever."
SGI Newsletter No. 9597, Spread Your Wings toward the Future [26] An Airport in Mexico, from 1st May, 2016, issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released 28th April, 2017
[1] Octavio Paz, One Earth, Four or Five Worlds: Reflections on Contemporary History, translated by Helen R. Lane (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985), p. 133.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
SOKA NO ZENSHIN O SASAERU
YAKUIN NO MINASAMA NI SHINSHA!
"INTOKU AREBA YOHO ARI"
KENKO MUJIKO DE
GAIKA NO SOSHIAGE O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO MANDARA YOKUYOKU SHINZESASE TAMOBESHI NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA
SHISHIKU NO GOTOSHI IKANARU YAMAI SAWARI O NASU BEKIYA"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1124)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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