A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, December 23th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's try to spend some quality time
Saturday, December 23th, 2017
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's try to spend some quality time
with our child(ren).
Let's try do gongyo and chant daimoku together
as well as share our dreams and memories
Let's try do gongyo and chant daimoku together
as well as share our dreams and memories
as a family.
This winter recess is a great opportunity
to make our family ties stronger
and to pass on why we began to practice
and to pass on why we began to practice
to the next generation of the family.
Saturday, December 23th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Ordinary people keep in mind the words 'earnest resolve' and thereby become Buddhas."
(The Gift of Rice
Saturday, December 23th, 2017
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Ordinary people keep in mind the words 'earnest resolve' and thereby become Buddhas."
(The Gift of Rice
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1125)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
For YMD gosho study meetings,
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 23th, 2017
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The bonds between comrades in faith who have worked together to advance kosen-rufu are eternal. There may be times when you think: 'One lifetime with that person is enough for me!' But the important thing is that we work with such people towards fundamentally transforming our state of life. As the Daishonin says: 'You have associated with a friend in the orchid room and have become as straight as mugwort growing among hemp'[1] (WND-1, 23). The point is that people change. And if we didn't change for the better, what would be the point of our Buddhist practice? The Daishonin also writes: 'The dove has changed into a hawk, the sparrow into a clam'[2] (WND-1, 23).
SGI Newsletter No. 9583, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 1 [of 2], 23.3 Showing One Another the Same Respect as We Would a Buddha, translation released 6th April, 2017
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The bonds between comrades in faith who have worked together to advance kosen-rufu are eternal. There may be times when you think: 'One lifetime with that person is enough for me!' But the important thing is that we work with such people towards fundamentally transforming our state of life. As the Daishonin says: 'You have associated with a friend in the orchid room and have become as straight as mugwort growing among hemp'[1] (WND-1, 23). The point is that people change. And if we didn't change for the better, what would be the point of our Buddhist practice? The Daishonin also writes: 'The dove has changed into a hawk, the sparrow into a clam'[2] (WND-1, 23).
SGI Newsletter No. 9583, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 23: The Unity of "Many in Body, One in Mind"—Part 1 [of 2], 23.3 Showing One Another the Same Respect as We Would a Buddha, translation released 6th April, 2017
[1] "A friend in the orchid room" indicates a person of virtue. The implication is that the company of a virtuous person works as a good influence, just as one is imbued with fragrance on entering a room filled with orchids. It is said that mugwort supported by hemp plants grows upright.
[2] Expressions taken from early Chinese literature that indicate dramatic change.
[2] Expressions taken from early Chinese literature that indicate dramatic change.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
OYAKO NO JIKAN O TAISETSU NI!
ISSHONI GONGYO SHODAI SHI
YUME YA OMOIDE O KATARO.
KIZUNA O TSUYOMERU FUYUYASUMI KARA
WAGAYA NO SHINJIN KEISHO MO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"BOMPU WA KOKOROZASHI TO MOSU MOJI O KOKOROETE HOTOKE NI NARI SORONARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1596)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
OYAKO NO JIKAN O TAISETSU NI!
ISSHONI GONGYO SHODAI SHI
YUME YA OMOIDE O KATARO.
KIZUNA O TSUYOMERU FUYUYASUMI KARA
WAGAYA NO SHINJIN KEISHO MO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"BOMPU WA KOKOROZASHI TO MOSU MOJI O KOKOROETE HOTOKE NI NARI SORONARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1596)
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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!
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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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