A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Test the truth of Buddhism now!"*
Our practice is the fuel
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Test the truth of Buddhism now!"*
Our practice is the fuel
to open the door to happiness.
The bigger the challenge,
the more courageous in faith we have to be!
Then the door to victory
The bigger the challenge,
the more courageous in faith we have to be!
Then the door to victory
and brilliant achievements
is absolutely certain to open!
*"Therefore, I say to you, my disciples, try practising as the
Lotus Sutra teaches, exerting yourselves without begrudging your lives! Test the truth of Buddhism now!"
*"Therefore, I say to you, my disciples, try practising as the
Lotus Sutra teaches, exerting yourselves without begrudging your lives! Test the truth of Buddhism now!"
- WND-I, page 584
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Mugwort that grows in the midst of hemp, or a snake inside a tube [will as a matter of course become straight], and those who associate with people of good character will consequently become upright in heart, deed and word."
(The Bodies and Minds of Ordinary Beings
Thursday, July 26th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Mugwort that grows in the midst of hemp, or a snake inside a tube [will as a matter of course become straight], and those who associate with people of good character will consequently become upright in heart, deed and word."
(The Bodies and Minds of Ordinary Beings
- WND-1, page 1128)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, July 26th, 2018
Friday, July 27th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The 'emergence of Bodhisattvas of the Earth' can also be taken as a metaphor for the way that ordinary people firmly grounded in reality reveal their innate potential and joyously emerge onto the stage of history to transform their troubled and deadlocked society on a fundamental level."
Friday, July 27th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The 'emergence of Bodhisattvas of the Earth' can also be taken as a metaphor for the way that ordinary people firmly grounded in reality reveal their innate potential and joyously emerge onto the stage of history to transform their troubled and deadlocked society on a fundamental level."
The Buddhism of the Sun —Illuminating the World, (390) A Religion of Human Revolution—Part 10, "Emerging from the Earth" Symbolises the True Power of Awakened People from the October 2017 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released June 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KONO TABI BUPPO O KOKOROMIYA"
JISSEN KOSO KOFUKU O HIRAKU CHIKARA.
KUNAN GA OKII HODO
YUKI NO SHINJIN DE IDOMO!
EIKO ENO TOBIRA WA KANARAZU HIRAKU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ASA NO NAKANO YOMOGI TSUTSU NO NAKA NO KUCHINAWA YOKI HITO NI MUTSUBU MONO NANITO NAKEREDOMO KOKORO MO FURUMAI MO KOTOBA MO NAOSHIKU NARUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1591)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
http://treasures-of-heart.com/
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