A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Those who aren't defeated by their weaknesses
grasp the crown of glory at the end of the day.
The Daishonin encourages us,
"Strengthen your resolve more than ever."*
Now is the time,
*Gosho - Supremacy of the Law, WND-1, page 615
Wednesday, September 26th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent' practice."
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Emerging from the Earth chapter
- OTT, page 214)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shinbun, Sep. 26th, 2018
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
"Knowing ourselves and understanding others ultimately comes down to understanding the human condition, life itself and human dignity.
"And in our quest to understand the human condition, we cannot overlook what Buddhism calls the 'four sufferings.'These are the sufferings of birth, ageing, sickness and death. Without confronting these fundamental sufferings, any effort to pursue happiness is as ephemeral as a castle built on sand or a rootless plant floating on the water."
The Wisdom for Creating happiness and Peace,Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World Peace 28.4 The Century of Life, from 7th October 2017 issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released September 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
SAIGONI EIKAN O TSUKAMU.
"IYOIYO GOJONO
ONKOKOROZASHI ARUBESHI"
IMAKOSO SHINJIN DE TATO!
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
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