A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Regard your service to your lord
as the practice of the Lotus Sutra."*
To my fellow members challenging themselves
in their work situations,
make a sincere earnest effort to do your best
and be a "leader" that everyone looks up to
and who leads by example!
*"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality.'"
- "Reply to a Believer"- WND-I, page 905
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Muster your faith, and pray to this Gohonzon. Then what is there that cannot be achieved?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, February 15th, 2018
Friday, February 16th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward' (WND-1, 907); and 'those ones trustworthiness may at first go unnoticed, in time it will be openly rewarded' (WND-2, 636).
"All of our actions based on the vow for kosen-rufu are one with the Mystic Law and Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law. Not a single effort is ever wasted. Even if our efforts may go unrecognised by others, the Buddhas and heavenly deities throughout the universe, including the Sun and the Moon, are aware of them. As long as we are confident of this, the way others view us at any given moment will be of little concern."
December 2017 Editorial - Enjoy Brilliant Visible Reward from Unseen Virtue, 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 --
"ONMIYAZUKAI O
HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE"
SHIGOTO NI FUNTO SURU TOMO YO
"SHINKEN" TO "SEIJITSU" DE
SHOKUBA NO DAIICHININSHA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"AIKAMAETE GOSHINJIN O IDASHI KONO GOHONZON NI KINEN SESHIME TAMAE NANIGOTO KA JOJU SEZARU BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1124)
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Regard your service to your lord
as the practice of the Lotus Sutra."*
To my fellow members challenging themselves
in their work situations,
make a sincere earnest effort to do your best
and be a "leader" that everyone looks up to
and who leads by example!
*"Regard your service to your lord as the practice of the Lotus Sutra. This is what is meant by 'No worldly affairs of life or work are ever contrary to the true reality.'"
- "Reply to a Believer"- WND-I, page 905
Thursday, February 15th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Muster your faith, and pray to this Gohonzon. Then what is there that cannot be achieved?"
(Reply to Kyō'ō
- WND, Vol. 1, page 412)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, February 15th, 2018
Friday, February 16th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward' (WND-1, 907); and 'those ones trustworthiness may at first go unnoticed, in time it will be openly rewarded' (WND-2, 636).
"All of our actions based on the vow for kosen-rufu are one with the Mystic Law and Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law. Not a single effort is ever wasted. Even if our efforts may go unrecognised by others, the Buddhas and heavenly deities throughout the universe, including the Sun and the Moon, are aware of them. As long as we are confident of this, the way others view us at any given moment will be of little concern."
December 2017 Editorial - Enjoy Brilliant Visible Reward from Unseen Virtue, 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 --
"ONMIYAZUKAI O
HOKEKYO TO OBOSHIMESE"
SHIGOTO NI FUNTO SURU TOMO YO
"SHINKEN" TO "SEIJITSU" DE
SHOKUBA NO DAIICHININSHA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"AIKAMAETE GOSHINJIN O IDASHI KONO GOHONZON NI KINEN SESHIME TAMAE NANIGOTO KA JOJU SEZARU BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1124)
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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
To unsubscribe from this group send an email to:
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