A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
April 30th - May 6th, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Hooray for our glorious May 3rd
(Soka Gakkai Day)
and Hooray for SGI Mother's Day!
Just as the Daishonin's declared,
"Here I will make a great vow,"*
with the life-state of the Buddha
from time without beginning,
let's all start anew,
together with our youth
who have the spirit of
"from the indigo, an even deeper blue."**
*"The Opening of the Eyes" - WND-I, page 280
**In his Great Concentration and Insight, the sixth-century Chinese Buddhist teacher T'ien-t'ai used the phrase "from the indigo, an even deeper blue." This employs the example of the ancient process of dyeing cloth using a blue dye made from the indigo plant, where the dyed cloth takes on a deeper blue than the plant from which it was derived due to repeated immersion in the dye. In the same way, if the mentor is likened to the indigo plant, by absorbing the mentor's teachings, the disciple can achieve an even more splendid "blue." This illustrates that the ultimate goal of the relationship is to enable the disciple to surpass the mentor.
(ref.: http://www.joseitoda.org/religious/mentor_disciple.html)
Monday, April 30th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A woman who takes this efficacious medicine will be surrounded and protected by these four great bodhisattvas at all times. When she rises to her feet, so too will the bodhisattvas, and when she walks along the road, they will also do the same. She and they will be as inseparable as a body and its shadow, as fish and water, as a voice and its echo, or as the moon and its light."
(On Offering Prayers to the Mandala of the Mystic Law
- WND, Vol. 1, page 415)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's message,
Seikyo Shinbun, April 30th, 2018
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"To be treated well is, of course, essential to a persons experience of dignity. But even more important is being looked to by others as an irreplaceable source of spiritual support. It is this that brings our dignity to an even brighter luster. The significance of such bonds remains unchanged even by grave illness or dependence on others for nursing care. Being surrounded by people who derive joy and happiness from your presence is itself a source of dignity."
Peace Proposal 2018, Towards an Era of Human Rights: Building a People's Movement, A culture of human rights woven of shared joy, released January 2018.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
EIKO NO GOGATSU MIKKA, BANZAI!
SOKA NO HAHA NO HI, BANZAI!
"DAIGAN O TATEN" TO
GANJO NO SEIMEI DE SHUPPATSU DA.
JURAN NISHO NO WAKODO TO TOMO NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO RYOYAKU O TAMOTAN NYONINRA OBA KONO YONIN NO DAIBOSATSU ZENGO SAYUNI TACHISOETE KONO NYONIN TATASE TAMAEBA KONO DAIBOSATSUMO TATASE TAMAU NAISHI KONO NYONIN MICHI O UKU TOKIWA KONO BOSATSU MO MICHI O YUKI TAMAU TATOEBA KAGE TO MITO MI TO SAKANA TO KOE TO HIBIKI TO TSUKI TO HIKARI TONO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1306)
April 30th - May 6th, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Hooray for our glorious May 3rd
(Soka Gakkai Day)
and Hooray for SGI Mother's Day!
Just as the Daishonin's declared,
"Here I will make a great vow,"*
with the life-state of the Buddha
from time without beginning,
let's all start anew,
together with our youth
who have the spirit of
"from the indigo, an even deeper blue."**
*"The Opening of the Eyes" - WND-I, page 280
**In his Great Concentration and Insight, the sixth-century Chinese Buddhist teacher T'ien-t'ai used the phrase "from the indigo, an even deeper blue." This employs the example of the ancient process of dyeing cloth using a blue dye made from the indigo plant, where the dyed cloth takes on a deeper blue than the plant from which it was derived due to repeated immersion in the dye. In the same way, if the mentor is likened to the indigo plant, by absorbing the mentor's teachings, the disciple can achieve an even more splendid "blue." This illustrates that the ultimate goal of the relationship is to enable the disciple to surpass the mentor.
(ref.: http://www.joseitoda.org/religious/mentor_disciple.html)
Monday, April 30th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A woman who takes this efficacious medicine will be surrounded and protected by these four great bodhisattvas at all times. When she rises to her feet, so too will the bodhisattvas, and when she walks along the road, they will also do the same. She and they will be as inseparable as a body and its shadow, as fish and water, as a voice and its echo, or as the moon and its light."
(On Offering Prayers to the Mandala of the Mystic Law
- WND, Vol. 1, page 415)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's message,
Seikyo Shinbun, April 30th, 2018
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"To be treated well is, of course, essential to a persons experience of dignity. But even more important is being looked to by others as an irreplaceable source of spiritual support. It is this that brings our dignity to an even brighter luster. The significance of such bonds remains unchanged even by grave illness or dependence on others for nursing care. Being surrounded by people who derive joy and happiness from your presence is itself a source of dignity."
Peace Proposal 2018, Towards an Era of Human Rights: Building a People's Movement, A culture of human rights woven of shared joy, released January 2018.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
EIKO NO GOGATSU MIKKA, BANZAI!
SOKA NO HAHA NO HI, BANZAI!
"DAIGAN O TATEN" TO
GANJO NO SEIMEI DE SHUPPATSU DA.
JURAN NISHO NO WAKODO TO TOMO NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO RYOYAKU O TAMOTAN NYONINRA OBA KONO YONIN NO DAIBOSATSU ZENGO SAYUNI TACHISOETE KONO NYONIN TATASE TAMAEBA KONO DAIBOSATSUMO TATASE TAMAU NAISHI KONO NYONIN MICHI O UKU TOKIWA KONO BOSATSU MO MICHI O YUKI TAMAU TATOEBA KAGE TO MITO MI TO SAKANA TO KOE TO HIBIKI TO TSUKI TO HIKARI TONO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1306)
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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