Apologies for delay as we move from Tokyo to London...
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To the members of the
Men's & Women's Divisions
who help out with looking after
and protecting our SGI centres
which stand as castles of hope
thanks to your selfless dedication,
I thank every one of you
from the bottom of my heart
for your hard work and devotion!
Your benefits shall indeed
be absolutely boundless!
Thursday, December 20th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Though calamities may come, they can be changed into good fortune."
(How the Gods Protect the Place of Practice
- WND, Vol. 2, page 669)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's message,
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 20th, 2018
Friday, December 21st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'I immediately placed (the rice you kindly sent me) as an offering before the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (the Gohonzon) the single vehicle, and chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo just once. I have done this so that your beloveds son (who passed away) may "assuredly and without doubt" (LSOC 21, 318) be escorted to the pure land of Eagle Peak.
– From 'The Teaching That Accords with the Buddha's Mind' (WND –1, 967).
"The power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is immeasurable Nichiren Daishonin states that chanting it even once has great benefit, enabling us to guide the lives of our loved ones towards Buddhahood.
"It is sad to lose a beloveds family member. But, we are connected with them through the Mystic Law, transcending the bounds of life and death. Where does the 'pure land of Eagle Peak' exist? It exists in the lives of the surviving family members who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and strive for Kosen-rufu. Our deceased loved ones are always with us.
"Forging ahead with a life state in which both life and death are suffered with joy, together let us continue our journey throughout eternity, pervaded by the four noble virtues of eternity, happiness, true self and purity."
Friday, December 21st, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'I immediately placed (the rice you kindly sent me) as an offering before the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law (the Gohonzon) the single vehicle, and chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo just once. I have done this so that your beloveds son (who passed away) may "assuredly and without doubt" (LSOC 21, 318) be escorted to the pure land of Eagle Peak.
– From 'The Teaching That Accords with the Buddha's Mind' (WND –1, 967).
"The power of chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is immeasurable Nichiren Daishonin states that chanting it even once has great benefit, enabling us to guide the lives of our loved ones towards Buddhahood.
"It is sad to lose a beloveds family member. But, we are connected with them through the Mystic Law, transcending the bounds of life and death. Where does the 'pure land of Eagle Peak' exist? It exists in the lives of the surviving family members who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and strive for Kosen-rufu. Our deceased loved ones are always with us.
"Forging ahead with a life state in which both life and death are suffered with joy, together let us continue our journey throughout eternity, pervaded by the four noble virtues of eternity, happiness, true self and purity."
From Advance with the Gosho (2), (35) An Eternal Journey of Life Embued with Good Fortune and Benefit, translated from Seikyo Newspaper Sep. 19th, 2018, translation released October 2018.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
OJOKAI KOJOKAI HOJOKAI
MAMORI KAI NO MINASAMA ARITE
KAIKAN WA "KIBO NO SHIRO" NI.
TOTOKI KENSHIN NI KOKORO KARA KANSHA!
KUDOKU WA KODAI MUHEN!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WAZAWAI KITARUTOMO HENJITE SAIWAI TO NARAN"
(Gosho Zenshu page 979)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
OJOKAI KOJOKAI HOJOKAI
MAMORI KAI NO MINASAMA ARITE
KAIKAN WA "KIBO NO SHIRO" NI.
TOTOKI KENSHIN NI KOKORO KARA KANSHA!
KUDOKU WA KODAI MUHEN!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"WAZAWAI KITARUTOMO HENJITE SAIWAI TO NARAN"
(Gosho Zenshu page 979)
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