A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
How we can use
our limited time effectively,
is an on going challenge.
Buddhism is about creating value.
By making our deep chanting
the backbone of each day,
let's challenge ourselves and advance!
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered.
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 20th, 2019
* Yesterday's Daily Encouragement should have read "resonant" not "resident", our apologies for the typo! ...
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Music speaks to the heart, striking universal inner chords to create a harmony of empathy and friendship. It can rouse our courage, inspire a prayer for peace and awaken our sense of pride and dignity. Such are the beneficial powers of music."
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, 28.17 Bringing the World Together through Culture, first printed Dec. 24th, 2003, reprinted in the November 2017 Daibyaku Renge, translation released February 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KAGIRI ARU JIKAN O
IKANI YUKONI TSUKAUKA.
KACHI SOZO NO BUPPO DA.
FUKAKI INORI O KONPON NI
CHOSEN TO ZENSHIN NO HIBI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
How we can use
our limited time effectively,
is an on going challenge.
Buddhism is about creating value.
By making our deep chanting
the backbone of each day,
let's challenge ourselves and advance!
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And yet, though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered.
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. 1, page 345)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, March 20th, 2019
* Yesterday's Daily Encouragement should have read "resonant" not "resident", our apologies for the typo! ...
Thursday, March 21st, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Music speaks to the heart, striking universal inner chords to create a harmony of empathy and friendship. It can rouse our courage, inspire a prayer for peace and awaken our sense of pride and dignity. Such are the beneficial powers of music."
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, 28.17 Bringing the World Together through Culture, first printed Dec. 24th, 2003, reprinted in the November 2017 Daibyaku Renge, translation released February 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KAGIRI ARU JIKAN O
IKANI YUKONI TSUKAUKA.
KACHI SOZO NO BUPPO DA.
FUKAKI INORI O KONPON NI
CHOSEN TO ZENSHIN NO HIBI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONOWA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTOWA ARITOMO HIWA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTOWA ARU BEKARAZU
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
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