Tomorrow is a Japanese national press holiday to give all those involved in producing and delivering a newspaper a short break. Therefore "Words of the Week" is out today and there will be no "To My Friends" tomorrow BUT don't worry we'll still be going with the rest!
October 11th-18th, 2020
-- Words of the Week --
The Daishonin encourages us,
"I want people with seeking minds
to meet and read this letter
together (for encouragement)."*
Our discussion meetings are
Our discussion meetings are
what empowers us to win in life.
Through chanting
Through chanting
from deep within
now more than ever,
let's have the type of gatherings
let's have the type of gatherings
that warm our hearts and are joyful.
*Gosho: WND-1, page 306
Sunday, October 11th, 2020
--- 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,"
*Gosho: WND-1, page 306
Sunday, October 11th, 2020
--- 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 Newspaper, Oct. 11th, 2020
Monday, October 12th 2020
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Monday, October 12th 2020
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In reference to the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'These great bodhisattvas [who emerged from the earth] are particularly suited to bring benefit to people in the Latter Day of the Law, like fish who are at home in the water or birds that move freely through the sky' (WND-2, 551).
The Bodhisattvas of the Earth voluntarily appear in the corrupt age of the Latter Day of the Law, based on their vow. They are committed to overcoming any obstacle, no matter the circumstances, opening the way for kosen-rufu, and leading all people to happiness and the world to peace.
Demonstrating their true strengths as the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, the mentors and disciples of Soka have taken on daunting challenges and steadfastly created value."
The Bodhisattvas of the Earth voluntarily appear in the corrupt age of the Latter Day of the Law, based on their vow. They are committed to overcoming any obstacle, no matter the circumstances, opening the way for kosen-rufu, and leading all people to happiness and the world to peace.
Demonstrating their true strengths as the Bodhisattvas of the Earth, the mentors and disciples of Soka have taken on daunting challenges and steadfastly created value."
Constructing the New Era, SGI Newsletter 10606, published in Seikyo Newspaper Oct. 5th, 2020, translation released, Oct. 8th, 2020
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KOKOROZASHI ARAN HITOBITO WA
YORIOTE GORANJI"
ZADANKAI WA JINSEI SHORI NO CHIKARA.
IMA ICHIJU NO INORI TO MAGOKORO DE
KOKORO ATATAMARU KANKI NO TSUDOI NI!
--- KYO NO KOTOBA ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
-- -- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KOKOROZASHI ARAN HITOBITO WA
YORIOTE GORANJI"
ZADANKAI WA JINSEI SHORI NO CHIKARA.
IMA ICHIJU NO INORI TO MAGOKORO DE
KOKORO ATATAMARU KANKI NO TSUDOI NI!
--- KYO NO KOTOBA ---
"DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURUTOMO OZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARITOMO SHIO NO MICHIHINU KOTO WA ARITOMO HI WA NISHI YORI IZURUTOMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARUBEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351)
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