A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, December 7th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of severe temperature changes!
Being overconfident and thinking
"I'm OK, I'm an exception!"
is a non-starter!
Wear an extra layer of clothing
and always take good care of your health!
Friday, December 7th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, "Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers," cannot be false in any way.
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
- WND, Vol. 1, page 217)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 7th, 2018
Saturday, December 8th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Joseph Rotbalt (1908-2005), former president of the Pugwash Conferences, who dedicated his life to the cause of eradicating nuclear weapons, expressed profound trust for our activities and network. With a smile, he once said to me that, when each individual creates waves of change where they are and joins together with others to transform society, 'the people will be victorious in the end.'*
37th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Sep. 2nd, 2018 issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released Oct. 2018
* Joseph Rotbalt and Daisaku Ikeda, A Quest for Global Peace: Rotbalt and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat (London: I.B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., 2007), p.114.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HAGESHII KANDANSA NI CHUUI!
"JIBUN WA DAIJOUBU" TONO
KASHIN WA ZETTAI NI KINMOTSU DA.
ICHIMAI OOKU HAORU NADO
TAICHOU KANRI O BANZEN NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KAKO NO SHUKUEN OI KITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMOU KA・SHAKA TAHOU KOSO GOZONJI SOUROURAME, "ZAIZAI SHOBUTSU DOJOU YOSHIKUSHOU" YOMO SORAGOTO SOURA HAJI.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1338)
Friday, December 7th, 2018
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Beware of severe temperature changes!
Being overconfident and thinking
"I'm OK, I'm an exception!"
is a non-starter!
Wear an extra layer of clothing
and always take good care of your health!
Friday, December 7th, 2018
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
It must be ties of karma from the distant past that have destined you to become my disciple at a time like this. Shakyamuni and Many Treasures certainly realised this truth. The sutra's statement, "Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers," cannot be false in any way.
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life
- WND, Vol. 1, page 217)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, Dec. 7th, 2018
Saturday, December 8th, 2018
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Joseph Rotbalt (1908-2005), former president of the Pugwash Conferences, who dedicated his life to the cause of eradicating nuclear weapons, expressed profound trust for our activities and network. With a smile, he once said to me that, when each individual creates waves of change where they are and joins together with others to transform society, 'the people will be victorious in the end.'*
37th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Sep. 2nd, 2018 issue of the Seikyo Shinbun, translation released Oct. 2018
* Joseph Rotbalt and Daisaku Ikeda, A Quest for Global Peace: Rotbalt and Ikeda on War, Ethics and the Nuclear Threat (London: I.B. Tauris and Co. Ltd., 2007), p.114.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
HAGESHII KANDANSA NI CHUUI!
"JIBUN WA DAIJOUBU" TONO
KASHIN WA ZETTAI NI KINMOTSU DA.
ICHIMAI OOKU HAORU NADO
TAICHOU KANRI O BANZEN NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KAKO NO SHUKUEN OI KITATTE KONDO NICHIREN GA DESHI TO NARI TAMOU KA・SHAKA TAHOU KOSO GOZONJI SOUROURAME, "ZAIZAI SHOBUTSU DOJOU YOSHIKUSHOU" YOMO SORAGOTO SOURA HAJI.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1338)
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Check out the following address if you are looking for an important gosho quote
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