A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To visit places where members
are encountering great difficulty!
To offer encouragement
To offer encouragement
to someone in the thick of suffering!
This is the spirit of Soka.
With indestructible unity,
let's challenge scaling
This is the spirit of Soka.
With indestructible unity,
let's challenge scaling
the summit to glory!
Tuesday, June 11th, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Bring forth the great power of faith, and be spoken of by all the people of Kamakura, both high and low, or by all the people of Japan, as "Shijo Kingo, Shijo Kingo of the Lotus school!"
("Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment", WND-l page 319)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance
Seikyo Shinbun: June 11th, 2019
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Here, I would like to confirm that Buddhism is distinguished by the fact that it is a teaching focused on human beings. A Buddha is an awakened human being—a person, just like the rest of us. The person who is first to awaken to the Law (the Buddha) teaches that Law, seeking to elevate the lives of all human beings. In that respect, the true relationship between the Buddha and ordinary people is not like that between a god and human beings, but a relationship between teacher and student, between mentor and disciple.
"People of later ages lost sight of this core message of Buddhism. One way they did so was to limit the attainment of Buddhahood to a certain time and to people of a certain capacity. Another was to turn the Buddha into a deified image, something entirely separate from human beings. The mentor-disciple relationship was completely forgotten.
"The Lotus Sutra corrects this distortion. It teaches the ultimate truth of Buddhism, that all people possess the supreme state of Buddhahood within them and describes the Buddha's basic efforts to enable all living beings to attain a life state equal to his own. The words 'to make all persons equal to me, without any distinction between us' (LSOC2, 70) constitute a key sutra passage that revives the humanistic essence of Buddhism."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [40] For Our Wonderful New Members—Part 1 [of 5,] The Wish to help All People to Become Buddhas, from the August 2018 issue of the Daibyaku Renge, translation released May 2019.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ICHIBAN TAIHENNA TOKORO E!
ICHIBAN TAIHENNA HITO NI YUKIO!
KORE GA SOKA NO KOKOROIKI DA.
KONGO FUE NO DANKETSU DE
EIKO NO MINE E IDOMI NUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"GOJO NO DAISHINRIKI O IDASHITE HOKKESHU NO SHIJO KINGO · SHIJO KINGO TO KAMAKURA JU NO JOGE BANMIN NAISHI NIHONKOKU NO ISSAI SHUJO NO KUCHI NI UTAWARE TAMAE"
("SHIJO KINGO DONO GOHENJI", Gosho Zenshu page 1118)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ICHIBAN TAIHENNA TOKORO E!
ICHIBAN TAIHENNA HITO NI YUKIO!
KORE GA SOKA NO KOKOROIKI DA.
KONGO FUE NO DANKETSU DE
EIKO NO MINE E IDOMI NUKO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"GOJO NO DAISHINRIKI O IDASHITE HOKKESHU NO SHIJO KINGO · SHIJO KINGO TO KAMAKURA JU NO JOGE BANMIN NAISHI NIHONKOKU NO ISSAI SHUJO NO KUCHI NI UTAWARE TAMAE"
("SHIJO KINGO DONO GOHENJI", Gosho Zenshu page 1118)
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