A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
July 1st-7th, 2019
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
It's unyielding determination
July 1st-7th, 2019
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
It's unyielding determination
that breaks through the walls
of obstacles we face.
of obstacles we face.
and enables us to be victorious,
Confident words based on chanting
moves others' hearts.
Let's make the month of youth
moves others' hearts.
Let's make the month of youth
a great victory
by manifesting our youthful spirit!
(*)Young Men's Division established July 11th, 1951
and Young Women's Division July 19th, 1951
Monday, July 1st, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When one has had the rare good fortune to be born a human being, and the further good fortune to encounter the teachings of Buddhism, how can one waste this opportunity? If one is going to take faith at all, then among all the various teachings of the Mahayana and the Hinayana, provisional and true doctrines, one should believe in the one vehicle, the true purpose for which the Buddhas come into the world and the direct path to attaining enlightenment for all living beings."
(Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra
by manifesting our youthful spirit!
(*)Young Men's Division established July 11th, 1951
and Young Women's Division July 19th, 1951
Monday, July 1st, 2019
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"When one has had the rare good fortune to be born a human being, and the further good fortune to encounter the teachings of Buddhism, how can one waste this opportunity? If one is going to take faith at all, then among all the various teachings of the Mahayana and the Hinayana, provisional and true doctrines, one should believe in the one vehicle, the true purpose for which the Buddhas come into the world and the direct path to attaining enlightenment for all living beings."
(Questions and Answers about Embracing the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 60)
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Selection Source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Shinbun, July 1st, 2019
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the latter Day of the Law, indicates that the effort to realise kosen-rufu and establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land is a 'great battle' between practitioners of the Lotus Sutra and the devil king.Hhe writes: 'The devil king of the sixth heaven…in the midst of the sea of the sufferings of birth and death, is at war with the votary of the Lotus Sutra to stop him from taking possession of and to wrest away from him this impure land where both ordinary people and sages dwell' (WND-2, 465; 'The Great Battle').
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin, the Buddha of the latter Day of the Law, indicates that the effort to realise kosen-rufu and establish the correct teaching for the peace of the land is a 'great battle' between practitioners of the Lotus Sutra and the devil king.Hhe writes: 'The devil king of the sixth heaven…in the midst of the sea of the sufferings of birth and death, is at war with the votary of the Lotus Sutra to stop him from taking possession of and to wrest away from him this impure land where both ordinary people and sages dwell' (WND-2, 465; 'The Great Battle').
" The Daishonin further states that in all the years since he embarked on his struggle to defend humanity from forces of the devil king and free them from the cycle of unhappiness and suffering, he has not once thought of retreat (cf.WND-2, 465)."
April Editorial, Never Retreating Is the Heart of Soka, from the monthly magazine Daibyaku Renge, translation released June 2019
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
DANJITE KATSU TONO ICHINEN GA
KABE O YABURY.
INORI O KOMETA KOE GA
KOKORO O UGOKASU.
SEINEN NO TSUKI O SEINEN NO INOCHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"UKEGATAKI JINSHIN O UKE AIGATAKI BUPPO NI AITE IKADEKA MUNASHIKUTE SOROBEKIZO ONAJIKU SHIN O TORUNARABA MATA DAISHO GONJITSU NO ARU NAKANI SHOBUTU SHUSSE NO HON I SHUJO JOBUTSU NO JIKIDO NO ICHIJO OKOSO SHINZU BEKERE
(Gosho Zenshu page 464)
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
DANJITE KATSU TONO ICHINEN GA
KABE O YABURY.
INORI O KOMETA KOE GA
KOKORO O UGOKASU.
SEINEN NO TSUKI O SEINEN NO INOCHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"UKEGATAKI JINSHIN O UKE AIGATAKI BUPPO NI AITE IKADEKA MUNASHIKUTE SOROBEKIZO ONAJIKU SHIN O TORUNARABA MATA DAISHO GONJITSU NO ARU NAKANI SHOBUTU SHUSSE NO HON I SHUJO JOBUTSU NO JIKIDO NO ICHIJO OKOSO SHINZU BEKERE
(Gosho Zenshu page 464)
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