* Seikyo Newpaper is still on holiday today, Japan has several national holidays celebrating the new year so there is no "To My Friends." Back up to full speed as of tomorrow! Hope you still enjoy what we have to offer today!…
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"One may simply chant the daimoku, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, only once a day, or chant it only once in the course of a lifetime; or hear someone else chant it only once in a lifetime and rejoice in the hearing, or rejoice in hearing the voice of someone else rejoice in the hearing."
(The Recitation of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
- WND, Vol. 1, page 68)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shinbun, January 1st, 2018
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Today, not only the future division leaders and supporting men's and women's leaders, but all our members are engaged in warmhearted efforts to help foster the future division. They are there to listen to these young members' problems, offer advice, and pray earnestly together with them. Their sincere encouragement is the driving force for the growth of our future division members.
"The dedicated Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928) wrote in a letter to a beloved teacher from his elementary school days: 'My greatest joy in life is having proven that I could achieve something great as a human being, and also becoming a friend to the poor, something that not everyone can do, and helping them.'[1]
"Noguchi is saying that the greatest happiness as a human being is to be found in achieving great things and assisting those who are suffering.
"What enabled Noguchi to become such a person? He explains in the following passage of the letter: 'The kindness others have shown me from my childhood has made me who I am today.'[2]
"As a boy, Noguchi suffered a terrible burn to his hand that left him disabled. Many people aided and supported him. Their care and compassion created the man Hideyo Noguchi, he says.
"In the realm of Soka, too, countless capable individuals have emerged through the combined sincerity and concern of countless members.
"Raising our successors so that they surpass us, encouraging and supporting the younger generation even more than we were once encouraged and supported by those before us—this extremely noble spirit of inspiring others to reveal their highest potential lies at the heart of the Soka Gakkai tradition of fostering capable individuals."
SGI Newsletter No. 9571, The Buddhism of the Sun-Illuminating the World, (16) Fostering Successors - "The Kindness of Others Has Made Me Who I Am Today." From the August 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 17th March, 2017
[1] Translated from Japanese. Hideyo Noguchi, Hideyo Noguchi: Sono Shogai to Jisseki (Hideyo Noguchi: His Life and Accomplishment), edited by Minoru Tan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977), vol. 2 (Letters), p. 73.
[2] Ibid.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
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--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ARUIWA DAIMOKU BAKARI O NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TADA IPPEN TONAE ARUIWA MATA ICHIGO NO AIDA NI TADA ICHIDO TOMAE ARUIWA MATA ICHIGO NO AIDANI TADA IPPEN TONAURU O KIITE ZUIKI SHI ARUIWA MATA ZUIKI SURU KOE O KIITE ZUIKI SHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1199)
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"One may simply chant the daimoku, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, only once a day, or chant it only once in the course of a lifetime; or hear someone else chant it only once in a lifetime and rejoice in the hearing, or rejoice in hearing the voice of someone else rejoice in the hearing."
(The Recitation of the "Expedient Means" and "Life Span" Chapters
- WND, Vol. 1, page 68)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu",
Seikyo Shinbun, January 1st, 2018
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Today, not only the future division leaders and supporting men's and women's leaders, but all our members are engaged in warmhearted efforts to help foster the future division. They are there to listen to these young members' problems, offer advice, and pray earnestly together with them. Their sincere encouragement is the driving force for the growth of our future division members.
"The dedicated Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928) wrote in a letter to a beloved teacher from his elementary school days: 'My greatest joy in life is having proven that I could achieve something great as a human being, and also becoming a friend to the poor, something that not everyone can do, and helping them.'[1]
"Noguchi is saying that the greatest happiness as a human being is to be found in achieving great things and assisting those who are suffering.
"What enabled Noguchi to become such a person? He explains in the following passage of the letter: 'The kindness others have shown me from my childhood has made me who I am today.'[2]
"As a boy, Noguchi suffered a terrible burn to his hand that left him disabled. Many people aided and supported him. Their care and compassion created the man Hideyo Noguchi, he says.
"In the realm of Soka, too, countless capable individuals have emerged through the combined sincerity and concern of countless members.
"Raising our successors so that they surpass us, encouraging and supporting the younger generation even more than we were once encouraged and supported by those before us—this extremely noble spirit of inspiring others to reveal their highest potential lies at the heart of the Soka Gakkai tradition of fostering capable individuals."
SGI Newsletter No. 9571, The Buddhism of the Sun-Illuminating the World, (16) Fostering Successors - "The Kindness of Others Has Made Me Who I Am Today." From the August 2016 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 17th March, 2017
[1] Translated from Japanese. Hideyo Noguchi, Hideyo Noguchi: Sono Shogai to Jisseki (Hideyo Noguchi: His Life and Accomplishment), edited by Minoru Tan (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1977), vol. 2 (Letters), p. 73.
[2] Ibid.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ARUIWA DAIMOKU BAKARI O NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TADA IPPEN TONAE ARUIWA MATA ICHIGO NO AIDA NI TADA ICHIDO TOMAE ARUIWA MATA ICHIGO NO AIDANI TADA IPPEN TONAURU O KIITE ZUIKI SHI ARUIWA MATA ZUIKI SURU KOE O KIITE ZUIKI SHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1199)
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