A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
December 4th-10th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Having purposeful district/group planning meetings
(where everyone shares their thoughts and ideas)
is the very driving force
for the advancement of kosen-rufu.
Let's make sure that we always express
our utmost appreciation to the member(s)
and their family members who are
so kind to offer their homes for our meetings.
The Daishonin encourages us,
"You should always talk with each other."*
Cheerfully, let's all strive together
so that we can add another year
of brilliant victory!
*"Flowering and Bearing Grain - WND-I, page 909
Monday, December 4th, 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,"
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 4th, 2017
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The oneness of mentor and disciple means living with the same spirit as our mentor, and it starts with always having our mentor firmly in our heart.
"We can stress the importance of walking the path of mentor-disciple all we like, but if we fail to internalise our mentor's spirit, we are not genuinely practising Buddhism. And if we view our mentor as existing apart from us as someone beyond our reach, then the mentor's conduct and teachings cannot serve as an internal guide. We may end up taking how our mentor views or appraises us as the standard for our behaviour. If that happens, we may give in to the sly tendency to strive hard if our mentor tells us to, but slacken our efforts when left to our own devices. We will then neither be able to deepen our faith nor carry out our human revolution.
"If leaders, especially, fall prey to this tendency, they will extinguish the true spirit of Buddhism, and the pure realm of faith will become a realm of worldly affairs ruled by personal advantage and calculation.
"Only by firmly establishing the great path of the oneness of mentor and disciple in our own hearts can we ensure the eternal transmission of the Law."
SGI Newsletter No. 9707, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 25: The Mentor-Disciple Relationship Is the Heart of the Soka Gakkai—Part 2 [of 2], 25.7 Having a Mentor in One's Heart, from the February 2017 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 13th Sep., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JUJITSU NO CHIKU KYOGIKAN GA
KOFU SUISHIN NO "engine" DA.
KAIJO NO GOKATEI NI KANSHA O.
"TSUNENI KATARI AWASETE"
EIKO NO NENRIN O HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAMMYOHORENGEKYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
December 4th-10th, 2017
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Having purposeful district/group planning meetings
(where everyone shares their thoughts and ideas)
is the very driving force
for the advancement of kosen-rufu.
Let's make sure that we always express
our utmost appreciation to the member(s)
and their family members who are
so kind to offer their homes for our meetings.
The Daishonin encourages us,
"You should always talk with each other."*
Cheerfully, let's all strive together
so that we can add another year
of brilliant victory!
*"Flowering and Bearing Grain - WND-I, page 909
Monday, December 4th, 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,"
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 4th, 2017
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The oneness of mentor and disciple means living with the same spirit as our mentor, and it starts with always having our mentor firmly in our heart.
"We can stress the importance of walking the path of mentor-disciple all we like, but if we fail to internalise our mentor's spirit, we are not genuinely practising Buddhism. And if we view our mentor as existing apart from us as someone beyond our reach, then the mentor's conduct and teachings cannot serve as an internal guide. We may end up taking how our mentor views or appraises us as the standard for our behaviour. If that happens, we may give in to the sly tendency to strive hard if our mentor tells us to, but slacken our efforts when left to our own devices. We will then neither be able to deepen our faith nor carry out our human revolution.
"If leaders, especially, fall prey to this tendency, they will extinguish the true spirit of Buddhism, and the pure realm of faith will become a realm of worldly affairs ruled by personal advantage and calculation.
"Only by firmly establishing the great path of the oneness of mentor and disciple in our own hearts can we ensure the eternal transmission of the Law."
SGI Newsletter No. 9707, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace, Chapter 25: The Mentor-Disciple Relationship Is the Heart of the Soka Gakkai—Part 2 [of 2], 25.7 Having a Mentor in One's Heart, from the February 2017 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 13th Sep., 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JUJITSU NO CHIKU KYOGIKAN GA
KOFU SUISHIN NO "engine" DA.
KAIJO NO GOKATEI NI KANSHA O.
"TSUNENI KATARI AWASETE"
EIKO NO NENRIN O HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOI AWASETE NAMMYOHORENGEKYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE KORE ANI JIJUHORAKU NI ARAZUYA IYOIYO GOJO NO SHINRIKI O ITASHI TAMAE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
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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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