A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Today and tomorrow,
let's start anew by chanting strongly
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Today and tomorrow,
let's start anew by chanting strongly
to refresh our determination!
Everyday is the original starting point
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KYO KARA ASU E
TSUYOKI INORI KARA SHUPPATSU SHI
MAINICHI O CHIKAI NO GENTEN NI!
UMARE KAWATTA KETSUI DE
CHOSEN NO HIBI O AYUMO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
Everyday is the original starting point
for fulfilling the vow that we have made.
With this renewed determination
With this renewed determination
as if indeed we were reborn,
let's live each day
let's live each day
by courageously challenging ourselves!
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
Sunday, March 18th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
"Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 18th, 2018
Monday, March 19th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The heart is a mirror. Nichiren Buddhism is a teaching of respect for the dignity of life, and enables all people to polish, strengthen, and make that heart, that mind, with its infinite potential, shine its brightest.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'A mind now clouded by the illusion of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality' (WND-1, 4).
"By chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and polishing our lives day after day, we can make our lives shine like a bright mirror, and come to shine brilliantly in our own unique way. We can also help those around us make their lives shine radiantly. I hope that you will all make your hearts shine and become experts in friendship who can brilliantly illuminate everyone in your lives."
Spread Your Wings Towards the Future, (33) The State Guesthouse in Beijing, from the Dec. 1st, 2016 issue of the Mirai (Future) Journal, translation released Jan. 2018
Monday, March 19th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The heart is a mirror. Nichiren Buddhism is a teaching of respect for the dignity of life, and enables all people to polish, strengthen, and make that heart, that mind, with its infinite potential, shine its brightest.
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'A mind now clouded by the illusion of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality' (WND-1, 4).
"By chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and polishing our lives day after day, we can make our lives shine like a bright mirror, and come to shine brilliantly in our own unique way. We can also help those around us make their lives shine radiantly. I hope that you will all make your hearts shine and become experts in friendship who can brilliantly illuminate everyone in your lives."
Spread Your Wings Towards the Future, (33) The State Guesthouse in Beijing, from the Dec. 1st, 2016 issue of the Mirai (Future) Journal, translation released Jan. 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KYO KARA ASU E
TSUYOKI INORI KARA SHUPPATSU SHI
MAINICHI O CHIKAI NO GENTEN NI!
UMARE KAWATTA KETSUI DE
CHOSEN NO HIBI O AYUMO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
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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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