A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our dear friends who are studying
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our dear friends who are studying
so hard for their upcoming
school entrance exams,
never ever give up, give this challenge
never ever give up, give this challenge
your very best shot.
Don't be defeated
Don't be defeated
by your own weaknesses!
We're chanting
We're chanting
for everyone's good health and growth
and your progress and victory.
Let's treasure each and every day
and your progress and victory.
Let's treasure each and every day
by putting forth our very best!
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Three things are required—a good teacher, a good believer and a good teaching—before prayers can be effective and disasters banished from the land."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Three things are required—a good teacher, a good believer and a good teaching—before prayers can be effective and disasters banished from the land."
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 880)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, July 25th, 2018
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" The American poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-62), born two centuries ago this year (2017), also believed in the tremendous power of individuals who have the courage to stand up for what was right and just. That is the origin of all social change. Thoreau declared that the institution of slavery would be abolished 'if one thousand, if one hundred , if ten men whom I could name,--if 10 honest men only,--ay, if one HONEST man'* stood up and took action against it.
"Quoting these words of Thoreau, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-68), the great leader of the American civil rights movement, said that by participating in the struggle to end segregation, African Americans who had suffered the indignities of racial discrimination were 'already walking straighter because of the protest,' and as a result, 'beneath the surface this nation's conscience is being stirred.'**
"When the minds and actions of individuals change, the collective conscience that forms the basis of society is also stirred to change."
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
" The American poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-62), born two centuries ago this year (2017), also believed in the tremendous power of individuals who have the courage to stand up for what was right and just. That is the origin of all social change. Thoreau declared that the institution of slavery would be abolished 'if one thousand, if one hundred , if ten men whom I could name,--if 10 honest men only,--ay, if one HONEST man'* stood up and took action against it.
"Quoting these words of Thoreau, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-68), the great leader of the American civil rights movement, said that by participating in the struggle to end segregation, African Americans who had suffered the indignities of racial discrimination were 'already walking straighter because of the protest,' and as a result, 'beneath the surface this nation's conscience is being stirred.'**
"When the minds and actions of individuals change, the collective conscience that forms the basis of society is also stirred to change."
The Buddhism of the Sun —Illuminating the World, (390) A Religion of Human Revolution—Part 10, Fundamental Change Starts with a Single Individual, from the October 2017 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released June 2018
* Henry David Thoreau, Walden and Civil Disobedience (New York: Penguin books, 1983), p. 397.
** Martin Luther King Jr., Stride Towards Freedom: The Montgomery Story (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1986), P. 219. The protest mentioned is the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GAMBARE JUKENSEI!
JIBUN JISHIN NI MAKERUNA!
MINASAN NO KENKO TO SEICHO
ZENSHIN TO SHORI O INORIMASU.
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI O TAISETSU NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI SHI TO YOKI DANNA TO YOKI HO TO KONO MITSU YORIAITE INORI O JOJU SHI KOKUDO NO DAINAN OMO HARAUBEKI MONO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 550)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GAMBARE JUKENSEI!
JIBUN JISHIN NI MAKERUNA!
MINASAN NO KENKO TO SEICHO
ZENSHIN TO SHORI O INORIMASU.
ICHINICHI ICHINICHI O TAISETSU NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI SHI TO YOKI DANNA TO YOKI HO TO KONO MITSU YORIAITE INORI O JOJU SHI KOKUDO NO DAINAN OMO HARAUBEKI MONO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 550)
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
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