A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
September 17th-23rd, 2018
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Our discussion meeting,
where everyone always has the chance
to talk with each other,*
are like a lighthouse
shining out over the local community.
By respecting and praising
our noble senior pioneer members,
who have selflessly dedicated themselves
to achieving kosen-rufu,
let's illuminate our community
with a fresh joyful light of happiness!
*"You should always talk with each other to free yourselves from the sufferings of birth and death and attain the pure land of Eagle Peak, where you will nod to each other and speak in one mind." - WND-I, page
909
Monday, September 17th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A passage from the third volume of the Lotus Sutra reads, 'We beg that the merit gained through these gifts may be spread far and wide to everyone, so that we and other living beings all together may attain the Buddha way.'"
(The Dragon Gate
- WND, Vol. 1, page 1003)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, September 17th, 2018
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Buddhism teaches the spirit of not begrudging one's life and exerting oneself bravely and vigourously. If we fight courageously and selflessly, we are certain to triumph.
"In the Russian writer Mikhail Sholokhov's writings, we can also find a philosophy for winning. He wrote: 'Victory is at the mountain's summit.... The important thing is scaling the summit, reaching the summit no matter what!' Let's advance with this indomitable spirit."
36th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Leaving an Eternal Record of the Victory of Mentor and Disciple. (Headquarters Leaders' Meeting Dec. 13th, 2008), published 19th July 2018, Seikyo Shinbun, translation released August 2018
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
WARERA NO ZADANKAI WA
"TSUNENI KATARI AWASETE"
CHIIKI O TERASU TODAI DA.
TOTOKI TAHO NO KATAGATA O TATAE
SHINSENDE TANOSHII FUKKO O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO NO DAISAN NI IWAKU NEGAWAKUWA KONO KUDOKU O MOTTE AMANEKU
ISSAINI OYOBOSHI WARERA TO SHUJO TO MINA TOMONI BUTSUDO O JOZEN UNNUN"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1561)
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