Also some GREAT news…
2019 Peace Proposal Calls for Urgent Action Toward Disarmament and Increased Role for Youth…is now available. Other languages will hopefully be forthcoming.
ENGLISH
https://www.daisakuikeda.org/sub/events/2019/jan/26-peace-proposal.html
SPANISH
https://www.daisakuikeda.org/es/2019-enero-26-propuesta-de-paz..html
SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
https://www.daisakuikeda..org/chs/2019jan26-peace-proposal..html
TRADITIONAL CHINESE
https://www.daisakuikeda.org/cht/2019jan26-peace-proposal.html
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin teaches,
"Could not this illness be
the Buddha's design?"*
Facing hardship is a great opportunity
to boundlessly open up our life state.
Let's, therefore, challenge ourselves
to the very end with unyielding determination!
*Gosho: "It is not certain that, because one is ill, one will die. And could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakīrti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way. " - WND-I, page 937
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Rather than offering up ten thousand prayers for remedy, it would be better simply to outlaw this one evil."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
- WND, Vol. 1, page 15)
Selection Source:
SGI President Ikeda's 2019 Peace Proposal,
Seikyo Shinbun, Jan. 26th, 2019
Sunday, January 27th, 2019
—— DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, the Daishonin states: 'The treasure towers are none other than all living beings, and all living beings are none other than the complete entities of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo" (OTT, 230).
"The grand, magnificent treasure tower that emerges from the earth in the Lotus Sutra actually exemplifies the life of every living being, of each individual person. Every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, personal origin or profession, is an infinitely dignified treasure tower, a 'complete entity' of the Mystic Law.
"That's why every person deserves respect, and why no one should be left in the darkness of lonely despair."
The Eternal Citadel of Soka, Youth are the Future, Nov. 5th, 2018 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released Jan. 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KONO YAMAI WA
HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAI K"
KUNAN GA ARUKARA KOSO
OKIKU KYOGAI GA HIRAKERU!
TSUYOKI ICHINEN DE IDOMINUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SHIKAZU KANO BANKI O SHUSEN YORIWA KONO IKKYO O KINZEN NIWA"
(Gosho Zenshu page 24)
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