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Saturday, March 31, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] March 30th, 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + April 1st Daily Encouragement

 

* We're going to try a third time to get this edition's through! Our apologies if you get this therefore three times BUT we really want to make sure you get Sensei's guidance! Hope you don''t spend too much time pressing the delete key! 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Friday, March 30th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When it's time to embark upon a new endeavour,
let's remember that the very first step
in winning the trust of people around us,
is the sincere attitude and behaviour 
with which we interact with them.
Let's become that reliable 
and indispensable presence 
wherever our mission lies.

Friday, March 30th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Now, no matter what, strive in faith and be known as a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and remain my disciple for the rest of your life."

(The True Aspect of All Phenomena 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 385)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 30, 2018

Saturday, March 31st, 2018
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"By chanting Nam-myo-renge-kyo, we can bring forth the Buddha wisdom to positively transform any problem or suffering, in accord with the principle of "changing poison into medicine." And we will come to understand that everything has meaning and that nothing is ever wasted in Buddhism. We can look back with appreciation and say, for instance: 'Falling ill made me chant like never before!' 'Battling painful challenges enabled me to really expand my life!'

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, The Wisdom to See Things as They Really Are, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ATARSHII SHUPPATSU NO TOKI.
SHINRAI O MUSUBU DAIIPPO WA
SEIJITSU NA FURUMAI DA.
WAGA SHIMEI NO BASHO DE
NAKUTE WA NARANAI HITO NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IKANIMO KONDO SHINJIN O ITASHITE HOKEKYO O GYOJA NITE TORI NICHIREN GA ICHIMON TO NARITOSHI TAMOBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1360)

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[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 31st March 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 1st April Daily Encouragement

 

* We still have not seen yesterday's edition of To My Friends via Yahoo. BUT hopefully this one will go through and unblock yesterday's! All the best…

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Saturday, March 31st, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin teaches us,
"It is the heart that is important."*
Immeasurable benefit 
and good fortune shine
on those who chant daimoku with appreciation 
and take action with gratitude.
Happily and enthusiastically,
let's devote ourselves to achieving kosen-rufu
creating happiness for both ourselves 
and others!

*"The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I, page 1000

Saturday, March 31st, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other."

(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1001)
Selection Source: 
Soka Gakkai member's experience, 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 31st, 2018

Sunday, April 1st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Even if we face what could only be described as a huge karmic obstacle, when viewed with the eye of the Buddha we will see that wonderful new heights lie beyond it. When we change the way we look at things—that is, change our attitude or mind-set—we will come to view all of our problems and hardships as fuel for our human revolution. By becoming the stars of this exciting drama of inner transformation, we can adorn our lives with happiness and victory.

"That's why it is important for us to keep chanting Nam-myo-renge-kyo when we're happy and when we're sad, never turning our lives away from the Gohonzon. Such earnest, determined prayer draws forth the Buddha wisdom and transforms the world of suffering—into the stage for our mission of helping all people become happy, and into a joy-filled  treasure land."

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, The Wisdom to See Things as They Really Are, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KOKORO KOSO TAISETSU NARE"
KANSHA NO SHODAI TO KODO NI
FUKUUN WA SANZENTO KAGAYAKU!
YOROKOBI ISANDE KOFU NI UGOKI
JITA TOMONO KOFUKU O HIRAKO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"NANI NO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMOBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1192)

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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] March 29th, 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho plus March 30th Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
 
Thursday, March 29th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's just not "feel" appreciation, 
let's actually verbally express 
our appreciation 
(with such words as)...
"Thank you for everything you do."
"It really is thanks to you."
Let's really put our heart into it!

Thursday, March 29th, 2018
 --- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Employ the strategy of the Lotus Sutra before any other. 'All others who bear you enmity or malice will likewise be wiped out.' These golden words will never prove false."
 
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1001)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
 Seikyo Shinbun , March 29th, 2018
 
Friday, March 30th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The wisdom of Buddhism is the direct path to happiness.

"In another letter ('Reply to the Lady Priest Soya'), Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'Hungry spirits perceive the Ganges River as fire, human beings perceive it as water, and heavenly beings perceive it as amrita (life-giving sweet dew). Though the water is the same, it appears differently according to one's karmic reward from the past' (WND-1, 486).

"The world appears differently depending on the viewers state of life. Thus, the way a Buddha perceives and experiences the world will be different from that of other living beings of lower life states.

"However, though we may appear to be unenlightened ordinary people who have to deal with many problems and challenges, when we tap that Buddha wisdom inherent within us, we can completely transform the realm of suffering in which we dwell. This is 'perceiving that true aspect of reality.'*"

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, The Wisdom to See Things as They Really Are, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018.

* The true aspect of reality: This means seeing things as they really are. The Lotus Sutra states: "The Thus Come one (the Buddha) perceives the true aspect of the threefold world exactly as it is" (LSOC 16, 267). Clearly perceiving the reality of the world in which we live and understanding the true nature of all phenomena, the Buddha imparts the wisdom of his enlightenment to free all people from suffering.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KANSHA NO OMOI MO
KOTOBA NI ARAWASHITE KOSO.
"ITSUMO ARIGATO"
"ANATA NO OKAGE DESU" TO
KOKORO O KOMETE TSUTAEYO!
 
 --- KYO NO GOSHO —-
"NANINO HEIHO YORIMO HOKEKYO NO HEIHO O MOCHII TAMOBESHI SHOYO ONTEKI KAISHITSU SAIMETSU NO KINGEN MUNASHIKARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1192)

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 28.3.2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 29.3. Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Learning is a light 
and knowledge is power.
As long as we are willing
to continue to learn,
we'll never face deadlock.
Those who are
eager and passionate to learn
shine with hope and happiness.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
 --- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If one gives food to others, one will improve one's own lot, just as, for example, if one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way."

(On the Three Virtues of Food 
- WND, Vol. 2, page 1060)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun , March 28th, 2018

Thursday, March 29th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'the Buddha nature of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas, being summoned, will rejoice' (WND-1, 887). He is saying that through prayers based on our vow to strive for kosen-rufu, we can literally awaken and summon forth the Buddha nature of the entire universe, make it our ally, and attain a state of supreme happiness.

Our practice of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo not only calls forth the Buddha nature of the Buddhas and bodhisattvas but also causes them to rejoice. With the lions roar of daimoku, we can keep striving and stay upbeat and energised. The Buddhas and heavenly deities, greatly delighted, will lend us their protection, enabling us to help many others attain genuine, unsurpassed happiness as well.

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, "Buddha Is Another Name for One Who Keeps Striving, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018.

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GAKU WA HIKARI CHI WA CHIKARA DA!
MANABE TSUZUKERU KAGIRI
IKIZUMARI WA NAI.
KOGAKU NO HITO NI
KIBO TO KOFUKU GA KAGAYAKU.

 --- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITO NI MONO O HODOKOSEBA WAGAMI NO TASUKE TO NARU TATOEBA HITO NO
TAME NI HI O TOMOSEBA WAGA MAE AKIRAKA NARUGA GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1598)

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 27.3.2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 28.3. Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's when we are on a busy schedule 
that we need to take good care of ourselves
by eating nutritional balanced meals 
and getting enough sleep!
With keeping our good health and safety 
as our top priority,
let's advance vibrantly and cheerfully!

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is clear that those who now believe in the Lotus Sutra will gather fortune from ten thousand miles away."

("New Year's Gosho", WND-1 page 1137) 
Selection Source:  Shijo Zadankai
Seikyo Shinbun:  March 26th, 2018

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Attaining Buddhahood doesn't mean becoming someone or something different than what we are. After gaining enlightenment, Shakyamuni didn't become superhuman--he was and always remained a human being. Becoming a Buddha doesn't mean that all life's sufferings disappear. No life is free from suffering. As long as we remain alive, we are engaged in a constant struggle with hardship.

"In fact, the heart of our Buddhist practice is chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and struggling ceaselessly against devilish functions and the innate ignorance or darkness in life—which is the fundamental source of all suffering--in order to lead others to happiness. In each moment of that struggle, our Buddha nature emerges. That is the essence of the teaching that 'ordinary people are identical with the highest level of being' (OTT, 22), the affirmation that we can reveal the state of Buddahood in our lives, just as we are. It is the Buddhist teaching that brilliantly opens the way for people to overcome the fundamental sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness, and death. This is the true essence of a religion that exists for the happiness of human beings."

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, "Buddha Is Another Name for One Who Keeps Striving, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018 . 

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ISOGASHII TOKI KOSO
SHOKUJI YA SUIMIN NADO
TAICHO KANRI NI RYUI O!
KENKO, MUJIKO DAIICHI DE
HATSURATSU TO ZENSHIN SHIYO!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO WA · SAIWAI O BANRI YORI ATSUMU BESHI"
("MUSHIMOCHI GOSHO", Gosho Zenshu page 1492)

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Monday, March 26, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] Words of the Week March 26-April 1, 2018, Daily Gosho March 26 & Daily Encouragement March 27

 

* Apologies for yesterday's mistake in Daily Encouragement! "Brotherhood" should indeed have been "Buddhahood," the automatic "spell check" caught us off guard!

A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more. 

March 26th-April 1st, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Buddhism is all about 
the two existences of present and future.
What's important is to always,
by chanting daimoku, start anew 
right from this moment, 
right where we are.
Today again, let's challenge the "drama"
of our human revolution, 
in the very best of spirits.

Monday, March 26th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"From this single element of mind spring all the various lands and environmental conditions."

(The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences regarding the Classification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld 
- WND, VoI. 1, page 843)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's message, 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 26th, 2018

Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Chanting is a solemn ceremony that draws forth our inherent Buddahood and makes it shine, while also summoning forth the Buddha nature of all living beings of the Ten Worlds.

"This 'summoning'  is done by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the name of our Buddha nature. We call its name when we chant, and our Buddha nature emerges in response. This also summons forth the Buddha nature of all others.

"Our happiness is our responsibility, not someone else's; it is something we must build for ourselves. Blaming our unhappiness on others serves no purpose. Ultimately, we are responsible for our own lives. The sound of our daimoku makes our lives shine their brightest."

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the Direct Path to Happiness, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018 . 

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-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
BUPPO WA "GENTO NISE"
TSUNENI "IMA" "KOKOKARA"
DAIMOKU O TONAETE SHUPPATSU DA.
"NINGEN KAKUMEI" NO "drama" O
KYOMO HOGARAKA NI!

--- KYO NO GOSHO --- 
"KOKORO NO IPPO YORI KOKUDO SEKEN MO SHUTTAI SURU KOTONARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 563)

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 25 March 2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 26 March Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Sunday, March 25th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It's our serious single-minded chanting 
in the morning
that enables us to bring forth 
the strong life force for the day.
Let's become champions of humanity 
with warm enriched hearts
that can find hope and joy 
even in our normal daily situations!

Sunday, March 25th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 909)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu," 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 25th, 2018

Monday, March 26th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"What is the key for opening the 'palace of oneself?' It is, the Daishonin states, 'becoming aware of the vehicle within oneself' (cf. OTT, 209). In other words, it is having the unshakeable conviction that we ourselves embody the Mystic Law, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

"Mr. Toda used to say: 'You have to be resolved that Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is your own life!'

"Putting yourself down, thinking you'll never become happy, amounts to doubting the Mystic Law and throwing away the key to attaining Buddhahood that you hold in your own hands. You must never belittle yourself or regard yourself as inferior.

"The Daishonin writes: '(Shakyamuni) declared that "not a one will fail to attain brotherhood" (LSOC2, 75). That is, he taught that of those who so much as one time pronounce the words Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, not one will fail to become a Buddha' (WND-2, 1081; 'Not a one will fail to attain Buddha-hood').

"Therefore, once we have embraced faith in the Mystic Law, there is no hardship or obstacle we cannot overcome. We have a mission to become happy without fail and to help others do the same."

The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, The Indestructible Palace within Our Lives, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018 

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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
SHINKENNA ASA NO INORI GA
SEIMEIRYOKU O WAKITATASERU.
NANIGENAI NICHIJO NO NAKA NIMO
KIBO TO YOROKOBI O MIIDASU
KOKORO YUTAKANA NINGEN OJA TARE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 900)

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Saturday, March 24, 2018

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 24.3.2018 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 25.3. Daily Encouragement

 

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Saturday, March 24th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make the most of 
each opportunity we get
to meet someone. 
When we open up to them,
they naturally will begin 
to open up to us.
Brimming with vibrant energetic
life force,
let's send a fresh spring breeze 
of friendship towards 
the people around us!

Saturday, March 24th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"On inquiring into the previous lifetime of this great sovereign, we find that in the days of Shakyamuni Buddha there were two little boys called Virtue Victorious and Invincible who once offered the Buddha a mud pie. Because of this act of sincerity, the boy Virtue Victorious was reborn within one hundred years as King Ashoka."

(The Two Kinds of Faith 
- WND, Vol. 1, page 899)
Selection Source: 
SGI President Ikeda's guidance, 
Seikyo Shinbun, March 24th, 2018

Sunday, March 25th, 2018
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'One becomes aware of the Buddha vehicle within oneself and enters the palace of oneself. Chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is what is meant by entering the palace of oneself.
-The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 209

"Mr. Makiguchi regarded this passage from the Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings as extremely important. It teaches that we all possess the Buddha nature within our lives, and that by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, we can instantly bring forth our Buddhahood and attain a state of supreme happiness.

"The "palace of oneself " (OTT, 209) referred to here is the Buddha nature that exists without question within each of us. It is not an artificial palace adorned with the external trappings of wealth, fame, or power.

"It is, rather, an indestructible palace of inviolable happiness and more precious than all the treasures of the universe. It exists equally within the lives of all living beings, without discrimination or distinction of any kind. This is the foundation of the principle of respect for the dignity of the life taught in Nichiren Buddhism. 

"The happiness we seek should be absolute happiness, which nothing can destroy. Such happiness is obtained by entering "the palace of oneself " (OTT, 209) and bringing forth our inner Buddahood."
 
The Buddhism of the Sun - Illuminating the World, (25) A Religion of Human revolution - Part 5, The Indestructible Palace within Our Lives, from the May edition of the Daibyakurenge 2017, translation released January 2018 

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— WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HITOTSU NO DEAI O TAISETSU NI.
KOCHIRA GA KOKORO O HIRAKEBA
AITE NO KOKORO NO TOBIRA O HIRAKU.
MANMANTARU SEIMEIRYOKU DE
SHUI NI YUKO NO HARUKAZE O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO DAIO NO KAKO O TAZUNUREBA HOTOKE NO ZAISE NI TOKUSHO DOJI MUSHO DOJI TOTE FUTARI NO OSANAKI HITO ARI TSUCHI NO MOCHI O HOTOKE NI KUYO SHI TAMAITE ICHI HYAKUNEN NO UCHINI DAITO TO UMARETARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1544)

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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

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http://treasures-of-heart.com/

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