A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The flames of the noble vow blaze
against the furious winds
in the hearts of our beloved
fellow members of Kyushu!*
Let's climb the hill of kosen-rufu
and raise the trailblazing banner
at the summit,
and sing the 'Song of Joy'
sonorously throughout the world!
* Kyushu is one of the southern islands of Japan.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
(OTT page 17)
Selection source: Shijo Zadankai
Seikyo Shinbun: March 18, 2019
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
"…Genuine beauty moves us. The soul of art lives and inspires us, infusing our lives with fresh strength and vigour.
"Culture and education cultivate and enrich the human spirit, and are the foundation for building peace.
"I can still hear the deep resident voice of Mr Rene Huyghe (1906-97) - chief curator of the drawings and paintings at the Louvre in Paris, saying that materialism is the cause of war and insisting that we must make our way through the desert of materialism to regenerate a vibrant 'inner richness.' He called our friendship a 'spiritual united front' dedicated to reviving the human spirit.
"Let us energetically continue our own spiritual struggle, our efforts in the sphere of culture and education, to counter the savage materialism that lays waste to civilisation. This is the path to peace and the future of true humanism."
The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 3: Kosen-rufu and World peace, Chapter 28: Peace, Culture and Education: The Flowering of a New Humanism, 28.16 Making Art Available to All , from the November 2017 Daibyaku Renge, translation released February 2019
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
REPPU NI MOERU CHIKAI NO HONOO WA
AISURU KYUSHU NO TOMO NO NAKANI!
KOFU NO SAKA O KAKE AGARE!
SAIKOHO NI SENKU NO HATA O TATE
KANKI NO UTA O SEKAI MADE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOKEKYO O DOKUJUSHI NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO TONAE TATEMATSURU TOKI . DAIMOKU NO HIKARI MUGEN NI ITARITE SOKUSHIN JOBUTSU SESHIMU, EKO NO BUN KORE YORI KOTO OKORU NARI."
("ONGI KUDEN", Gosho Zenshu page 712)
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