A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Golden Week in Japan
is just around the corner.
Let's use this vacation time as
an opportunity to meet and bond with people
whom we don't normally
get an opportunity to interact with,
such as our relatives and old friends!
Initiating many new episodes
of interactions with people
let's spend each day meaningfully!
* Golden Week in Japan starts from April 28th through May 6th with several national holidays in this period. May 1st & 2nd are normal school days though, but many working people use this chance to use up their "holiday allocation" and take time off.
"Tell them to be prepared for the worst, and not to expect good times, but take the bad times for granted."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage
- WND, Vol. 1, page 998)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, April 26th, 2018
"Passive tolerance is far removed from coexistence in the truest sense. There is a danger that people's actions will remain superficial and minimal--limited to acts such as permitting others to live in the same neighbourhood or complying with the relevant laws and rules. Such passive tolerance falls short of leading people to actively recognise the common humanity in those they perceive as different, making it an ineffective counter to exclusionist impulses in times of heightened social tensions. This has impelled a fresh approach, led by the UN, to create a human rights culture based on jointly working to transform public awareness towards a society where all can live in dignity.
"In Buddhism, we find the phrase: 'Authentic joy is that which is shared by oneself and others.' Based on this principle, I believe that the wellspring for creating a society of mutually enriching coexistence can be found in a way of life where we experience joy in seeing one another's dignity radiate its full potential."
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/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
IYO IYO "Golden Week".
FUDAN AENAI YUJIN YA
SHINZOKU TO KIZUNA O TSUYOMEYO!
ARATANA KORYU O HIROMEYO!
YUIGI NA ICHINICHI ICHINICHI NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TADA ICHIENNI OMOIKIRE YOKARAN WA FUSHIGI WARUKARAN WA ICHIJO TO OMOE"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1190)
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