Thank you for all your support in 2020. No matter what the circumstances! We wish you a VERY Happy New Year, FULL of HOPE and with LOTS of VICTORIES! We promise to do our best to make this service even better in 2021 and to make sure that you get the very latest guidances from President Ikeda ASAP!…
Seikyo Newspaper will not be published on Dec. 31st, Jan 2nd & 3rd, this is on order to give all the staff involved in making and delivering the paper a well earned rest! Therefore there will be no "To My Friends." Do not worry though we will be carrying on with Daily Gosho and Daily Encouragement…
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
But in the view of Nichiren and his followers, the realisation and understanding of the concept of attainment of Buddhahood in one's present form is what is meant by "the Thus Come One's secret and his transcendental powers." For outside of the attainment of Buddhahood, there is no "secret" and no "transcendental powers." The eternally endowed three bodies mentioned here are gained through a single word. And that single word is "faith" or "to believe." Therefore the sutra says, "We will believe and accept the Buddha's words" (chapter sixteen). You should stop and consider the meaning of these two words "believe" and "accept."
(The Life Span of the Thus Come One chapter
- OTT, page 125)
Selection Source: Lotus Lounge,
Selection Source: Lotus Lounge,
Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 29th, 2020
Friday, January 1st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Aiming towards our centennial, and in the spirit of 'Here I will make a great vow' (WND-1, 280), let's sow the seeds of the Mystic Law and cause our lives to brim with 'the greatest of all joys' (OTT, 212). With supreme hope and unparalleled victories, together let's illuminate the 21st century and usher in a brighter future!
"May boundless flowers of happiness
adorn the lives of
our precious members
who continue to sow the seeds of kosen-rufu, whether or not their efforts are recognised."
Friday, January 1st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Aiming towards our centennial, and in the spirit of 'Here I will make a great vow' (WND-1, 280), let's sow the seeds of the Mystic Law and cause our lives to brim with 'the greatest of all joys' (OTT, 212). With supreme hope and unparalleled victories, together let's illuminate the 21st century and usher in a brighter future!
"May boundless flowers of happiness
adorn the lives of
our precious members
who continue to sow the seeds of kosen-rufu, whether or not their efforts are recognised."
From the December 2020 editorial of Daibyaku Renge, translation released December 2020
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"IMA NICHIREN TONO TAGUI NO KOKORO WA SOKUSHIN JOBUTSU TO KAIKAKU SURU O NYORAI HIMITSU JINTSU SHIRIKI TOWA IUNARI JOBUTSU SURUYORI HOKANO JINTSU TO HIMITSU TOWA KORE NAKINARI KONO MUSANO SANJIN OBA ICHIJI O MOTTE ETARI IWAYURU SHIN NO ICHIJI NARI YOTTE KYO NI IWAKU GATOTO SHINJU BUGGO TO SHINJU NO NIJI NI KOKORO O TODOMU BEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 753)
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