A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
March 12th-18th, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Let's hold vibrant discussion meetings
that are full of the spirit of March 16th*
(President Toda called out to the
March 12th-18th, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Let's hold vibrant discussion meetings
that are full of the spirit of March 16th*
(President Toda called out to the
6,000 young people assembled at
16th March ceremony in 1958,)
and our vow for kosen-rufu!
"We of the Soka Gakkai (SGI)
and our vow for kosen-rufu!
"We of the Soka Gakkai (SGI)
are the king of the religious world!"**
With this pride in our hearts
With this pride in our hearts
and brimming with joy,
let's talk about how great
let's talk about how great
this philosophy is with others!
*Study materials on the significance of 16th March are accessible at http://www.sokayouth.jp/wygm316-en.html
** President Toda at 16th March, 1958 meeting
Monday, March 12th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the
Lotus Sutra
- OTT, page 211)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's message
to the World Youth General Meeting
held on 11th March, 2018,
Seikyo Shinbun, March 12th, 2018
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Bulgarian author Ivan Vazov (1850-1921) once said: 'Obstacles and perils are the element in which (one's) strength is tempered.'*
"If we flinch when difficulties arise in our path, we will only make the situation worse. Rather, if we face them bravely, we can definitely overcome them.
"Adversity is an opportunity to learn and become stronger and wiser. No matter how challenging the situation, if we have the determination to learn from it, we will never be deadlocked. So I say to all of you, my dear friends
"Learning is to challenge.
Learning is to be undaunted.
Learning is to persevere.
Learning is to be victorious."
(32) Bulgaria - Cultural Crossroads, from 1st November, 2016, issue of the Mirai (Future) Journal for junior high and senior high school division, translated and released January 2018
* Ivan Vazov. Under the Yoke, translated by Maguerite Alexieva and Theodora Atanassova, edited by Marco Mincoff (Sofia, Bulgaria: Sofia Press, 1976) p. 77.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
"SANTEN ICHIROKU" NO TAMASHII MINAGIRU
KOFU SEIGAN NO ZADANKAI O!
WARERA WA SHUKYOKAI NO OJA DA.
YOROKOBI TO HOKORI NI MUNE HARI
TANOSHIKU KATARI AO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 788)
*Study materials on the significance of 16th March are accessible at http://www.sokayouth.jp/wygm316-en.html
** President Toda at 16th March, 1958 meeting
Monday, March 12th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the
Lotus Sutra
- OTT, page 211)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's message
to the World Youth General Meeting
held on 11th March, 2018,
Seikyo Shinbun, March 12th, 2018
Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Bulgarian author Ivan Vazov (1850-1921) once said: 'Obstacles and perils are the element in which (one's) strength is tempered.'*
"If we flinch when difficulties arise in our path, we will only make the situation worse. Rather, if we face them bravely, we can definitely overcome them.
"Adversity is an opportunity to learn and become stronger and wiser. No matter how challenging the situation, if we have the determination to learn from it, we will never be deadlocked. So I say to all of you, my dear friends
"Learning is to challenge.
Learning is to be undaunted.
Learning is to persevere.
Learning is to be victorious."
(32) Bulgaria - Cultural Crossroads, from 1st November, 2016, issue of the Mirai (Future) Journal for junior high and senior high school division, translated and released January 2018
* Ivan Vazov. Under the Yoke, translated by Maguerite Alexieva and Theodora Atanassova, edited by Marco Mincoff (Sofia, Bulgaria: Sofia Press, 1976) p. 77.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
"SANTEN ICHIROKU" NO TAMASHII MINAGIRU
KOFU SEIGAN NO ZADANKAI O!
WARERA WA SHUKYOKAI NO OJA DA.
YOROKOBI TO HOKORI NI MUNE HARI
TANOSHIKU KATARI AO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARI TO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO WA KANKI NO NAKANO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 788)
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