A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, July 7th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin expresses
in his refutation of erroneous teachings,
"Attacking first one and then another..."*
What transforms an era
is the overwhelming bold vitality
to take action.
Let's summon up our courage
and speak out!
*Gosho: "Attacking first one and then another, I have refuted opponents from the eight and ten schools, ... So the battle goes on even today. 'The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of shakubuku, the refutation of the provisional doctrines..'" - WND-I, page 392
Sunday, July 7th, 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, July 7th, 2019
Monday, July 8th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During the Osaka Campaign (in 1956), in which we achieved a victory that everyone thought was impossible, the members in Kansai and I engraved in our hearts these words of the Daishonin: 'I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten Demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood or to obtain water from parched ground' (WND –1, 444).
"Making this spirit of the Daishonin our own, let's continue to chant for the protection of our members and do everything we can to support and assist them in times of disaster and adversity. Through the great power of faith and practice, let's summon fourth the boundless power of the Buddha and the Law and resolutely achieve goals that may seem impossible."
41st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Message May 3rd, 2019, Creating Boundless Good fortune in Our Lives, May 4th 2019 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released June 2019.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KASHIKO E OSHIKAKE
KOKO E OSHIYOSE"
JIDAI O UGOKASU NOWA
ATTOTEKINA KODORYOKU DA.
KAKAN NI UTTE DEYO!
--- 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)
Sunday, July 7th, 2019
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin expresses
in his refutation of erroneous teachings,
"Attacking first one and then another..."*
What transforms an era
is the overwhelming bold vitality
to take action.
Let's summon up our courage
and speak out!
*Gosho: "Attacking first one and then another, I have refuted opponents from the eight and ten schools, ... So the battle goes on even today. 'The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of shakubuku, the refutation of the provisional doctrines..'" - WND-I, page 392
Sunday, July 7th, 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, July 7th, 2019
Monday, July 8th, 2019
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During the Osaka Campaign (in 1956), in which we achieved a victory that everyone thought was impossible, the members in Kansai and I engraved in our hearts these words of the Daishonin: 'I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten Demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood or to obtain water from parched ground' (WND –1, 444).
"Making this spirit of the Daishonin our own, let's continue to chant for the protection of our members and do everything we can to support and assist them in times of disaster and adversity. Through the great power of faith and practice, let's summon fourth the boundless power of the Buddha and the Law and resolutely achieve goals that may seem impossible."
41st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Message May 3rd, 2019, Creating Boundless Good fortune in Our Lives, May 4th 2019 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released June 2019.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KASHIKO E OSHIKAKE
KOKO E OSHIYOSE"
JIDAI O UGOKASU NOWA
ATTOTEKINA KODORYOKU DA.
KAKAN NI UTTE DEYO!
--- 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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