A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
All of the efforts we make today
and all the struggles
we are challenging right now
enable us to shine tomorrow.
"Come on, let's give it a shot!"
By brimming with such refreshing determination,
let's together record a history of
our human revolution!
Sunday, June 23rd, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And now the place where Nichiren and his followers chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, 'whether . . . in mountain valleys or the wide wilderness' (chapter twenty-one, Supernatural Powers), these places are all the Land of Eternally Tranquil Light. This is what is meant by 'the place of practice.'"
(Twenty-eight: Encouragements of the Bodhisattva Universal Worthy chapter -
OTT, page 192)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Shinbun, June 23rd, 2019
Monday, June 24th, 2019
can banish all obscurity and gloom,
so this person as they advance through the world
can wipe out the darkness of living beings.' (LSOC 21, 318)
"…The above-mentioned passage from the 'Supernatural Power chapter, which Mr. Makiguchi personally embodied, contains the phrase 'As he advances through the world' (LSOC 21, 318). Soka Gakkai activities exemplify this actual engagement in the real world. If we were to withdraw from society, we might spare ourselves from slander and abuse and troublesome hardships. But, based on our vow as Bodhisattvas of the Earth from time without beginning, we have voluntarily appeared in challenging places to dispel the darkness of the people's sufferings, the darkness of the age and the darkness of society.
"Members of the Soka family throughout Japan and around the globe, donning the 'robe of gentleness and patience' (cf. LSOC 10, 207), are courageously and sincerely 'advancing through the world" carrying out their Buddhist practice. I am certain that their brave efforts would be praised wholeheartedly by Nichiren Daishonin and bring tremendous joy to President Makiguchi."
Our Brilliant Human Revolution - New Series, The Dawn ofa New Era, February 4th, 2019 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released May 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
MIRAI NO JIBUN O KAGAYAKASERU.
"SA YARO!" TO
SUGASUGASHII KETSUI NI MOE
NINGEN KAKUMEI NO REKISHI O TOMONI!
(Gosho Zenshu page 781)
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