A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"....believe continuously
without ever regressing."
Nothing is stronger than
Never folding under any circumstance (never giving up),
is shining proof of our faith and practice.
*Gosho, The Two Kinds of Faith, WND -1,page 899: "To have faith like water means to believe continuously without ever regressing."
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered."
(On Prayer
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Let us of the Soka Gakkai continue to advance with unflagging courage! Courage gives rise to resolve, action and joy. It is a source of hope. It breaks through limitations, opens the way forwards and assures victory. And courage spreads, creating more courage."
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"IKANARU TOKIMO
TSUNEWA TAISEZU"
JIZOKU NI MASARU CHIKARA NASHI.
FUTO FUKUTSU NO SUGATA NIKOSO
SHINKO NO JISSHO WA KAGAYAKU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHIYORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARUBEKARAZU
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
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http://www.sgi-uk.org/buddhism/practice
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