A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Anyone who shares this Buddhism
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
BUPPO O KATARU HITO WA
MINA GA "NYORAI NO TSUKAI" DA.
SHINKEN TO SEIJITSU NO KOKORO WA
KANARAZU AITE NI TSUTAWARU.
SONO FUKUTOKU WA SANZE NI KAGAYAKU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO
NARU IMADA MUKASHI YORI KIKAZU MIZU FUYU NO AKI TO KAERERU KOTO O
IMADA KIKAZU HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO NO BOMPU TO NARU KOTO O"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1253)
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Anyone who shares this Buddhism
with others,
no matter who they are,
is an envoy of the thus come one.*
Our serious care and
no matter who they are,
is an envoy of the thus come one.*
Our serious care and
honest concern for the person
whom we are talking to
is certain to move their hearts.
Benefit and good fortune that
Benefit and good fortune that
we accumulate by doing so
shines for eternity!
*"If one of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the thus come one."
*"If one of these good men or good women in the time after I have passed into extinction is able to secretly expound the Lotus Sutra to one person, even one phrase of it, then you should know that he or she is the envoy of the thus come one."
- The Teacher of the Law chapter, The Lotus Sutra and Its Opening and Closing Sutras, page 200
Thursday, August 2nd , 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person."
(Winter Always Turns to Spring
Thursday, August 2nd , 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who believe in the Lotus Sutra are as if in winter, but winter always turns to spring. Never, from ancient times on, has anyone seen or heard of winter turning back to autumn. Nor have we ever heard of a believer in the Lotus Sutra who turned into an ordinary person."
(Winter Always Turns to Spring
- WND, Vol. 1, page 536)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, August 2nd, 2018
Friday, August 3rd, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing can be achieved by giving up. Peace is a struggle against resignation."
Friday, August 3rd, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nothing can be achieved by giving up. Peace is a struggle against resignation."
The New Human Revolution— Vol. 30, Vow 40, translation released May, 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
BUPPO O KATARU HITO WA
MINA GA "NYORAI NO TSUKAI" DA.
SHINKEN TO SEIJITSU NO KOKORO WA
KANARAZU AITE NI TSUTAWARU.
SONO FUKUTOKU WA SANZE NI KAGAYAKU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO WA FUYU NO GOTOSHI FUYU WA KANARAZU HARU TO
NARU IMADA MUKASHI YORI KIKAZU MIZU FUYU NO AKI TO KAERERU KOTO O
IMADA KIKAZU HOKEKYO O SHINZURU HITO NO BOMPU TO NARU KOTO O"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1253)
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ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following addresses and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practice
Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
http://www.nichirenlibrary.org
And for the children there's a wonderful new web-site
http://treasures-of-heart.com/
And if you are looking for back editions of To My Friends click on...
https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo/conversations/messages
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