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A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our faith and practice
is the force to open up our future.
No matter what happened in the past
or what is going on right now,
let's start anew from this moment
and from right where we are standing,
with a fresh new spirit, always and forever!
Together, let's create a historic history!
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is the heart that is important. No matter how earnestly Nichiren prays for you, if you lack faith, it will be like trying to set fire to wet tinder. Spur yourself to muster the power of faith."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1000)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, January 31st, 2018
Thursday, February 1st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Some people feel resentful and quit practising when a leader, seeking to help them grow, points out an error in their faith. They make someone who was acting as a 'good friend' function in their lives as an 'evil friend.'
"Ultimately, it's up to the faith of each individual whether someone becomes a good friend or bad friend. We can transform oppression and opposition into a springboard for tremendous growth in faith. Adversity is not necessarily an obstacle. Our attitude determines whether we view hardship as an obstacle or as a means to elevate and strengthen our faith.
"Please strive your hardest to vanquish the devil king of the sixth heaven and his ten kinds of troops—in other words, the devilish functions within your own lives.Daimoku gives us the strength to do that. The 'sharp sword' of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can sever the fundamental darkness or ignorance innate in our lives. Let's make daimoku our top priority in everything we do!"
New Human Revolution — Volume 27, Fierce Struggle 37, translation released December 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN WA MIRAI O HIRAKU CHIKARA.
KAKO YA GENJITSU GA DO ARE
TSUNENI "IMA" "KOKOKARA"
SEISHINNA IBUKI DE SHUPPATSU DA!
REKISHI TSUKURU CHOSEN O TOMONI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TADA KOKORO KOSO TAISETSU NARE IKANI NICHIREN INORI MOSUTOMO FUSHIN NARABA NURETARU HOKUCHI NI HI O UCHIKAKURUGA GOTOKU NARUBESHI HAGEMI O NASHITE GOJO NI SHINRIKI O IDASHI TAMOBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1192)
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our faith and practice
is the force to open up our future.
No matter what happened in the past
or what is going on right now,
let's start anew from this moment
and from right where we are standing,
with a fresh new spirit, always and forever!
Together, let's create a historic history!
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is the heart that is important. No matter how earnestly Nichiren prays for you, if you lack faith, it will be like trying to set fire to wet tinder. Spur yourself to muster the power of faith."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1000)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, January 31st, 2018
Thursday, February 1st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Some people feel resentful and quit practising when a leader, seeking to help them grow, points out an error in their faith. They make someone who was acting as a 'good friend' function in their lives as an 'evil friend.'
"Ultimately, it's up to the faith of each individual whether someone becomes a good friend or bad friend. We can transform oppression and opposition into a springboard for tremendous growth in faith. Adversity is not necessarily an obstacle. Our attitude determines whether we view hardship as an obstacle or as a means to elevate and strengthen our faith.
"Please strive your hardest to vanquish the devil king of the sixth heaven and his ten kinds of troops—in other words, the devilish functions within your own lives.Daimoku gives us the strength to do that. The 'sharp sword' of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo can sever the fundamental darkness or ignorance innate in our lives. Let's make daimoku our top priority in everything we do!"
New Human Revolution — Volume 27, Fierce Struggle 37, translation released December 2017
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINJIN WA MIRAI O HIRAKU CHIKARA.
KAKO YA GENJITSU GA DO ARE
TSUNENI "IMA" "KOKOKARA"
SEISHINNA IBUKI DE SHUPPATSU DA!
REKISHI TSUKURU CHOSEN O TOMONI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TADA KOKORO KOSO TAISETSU NARE IKANI NICHIREN INORI MOSUTOMO FUSHIN NARABA NURETARU HOKUCHI NI HI O UCHIKAKURUGA GOTOKU NARUBESHI HAGEMI O NASHITE GOJO NI SHINRIKI O IDASHI TAMOBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1192)
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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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