A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, October 6th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of typhoons!*
Never underestimate the risks of heavy rain,
high waves or flooding where you are.
All of our precious members who deliver
Seikyo Shinbun and all our
other SGI publications,
please do not push yourself in such bad weather.
Your safety is always the top priority!
* Southern Japan and other parts of eastern Asia are experiencing another typhoon just one week after a similar typhoon of strength and rain.
Saturday, October 6th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Each and every one of you should be certain deep in your heart that sacrificing your life for the Lotus Sutra is like exchanging rocks for gold or dung for rice."
(The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 764)
Selection Source: "Suntetsu,"
Seikyo Shinbun, October 6th, 2018
Sunday, October 7th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials or 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.' (From OTT, p.214).
"No matter what storms of adversity we may encounter, we must persevere in our faith in the Mystic Law, dedicate ourselves wholeheartedly to the struggle for kosen-rufu, and continue along the supreme path to a life of unsurpassed value. In this passage, the Daishonin assures us that if we do so, we will activate the limitless and boundless life state of Buddhahood within us."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, (33) To My Dear Friends of the Youth Division-Part1 [of 5], Freely Revealing Our Buddhahood, from the January 2018 issue of Daibyakurenge, translation released Sep. 2018
* Kalpa: An extremely long period of time.
** The three bodies of the Buddha refer to the Dharma body, the reward body and the manifested body. The Dharma body is the fundamental truth, or Law, to which a Buddha is enlightened. The reward body is the wisdom to perceive the Law. The manifested body is the compassionate actions the Buddha carries out to lead people to happiness.
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
TAIFU NI GENJU KEIKAI O!O-AME, TAKANAMI, KASEN NO HANRAN TO
DANJITE YUDAN WA KINMOTSU DA.
MUKAN NO TOMO NO MINASAMA MO
MURI SEZU ANZEN DAIICHI DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ONO-ONO OMOIKIRI TAMAE KONOMI O HOKEKYO NI KAURU WA ISHI NI KOGANE O KAE FUN NI KOME O KAURU NARI"(Gosho Zenshu page 910)
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