A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
By opening the
"Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,"
we are opening up our own life state.
Especially when facing deadlock,
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"GOSHO" O HIRAKU KOTOWA
"KYOGAI" O HIRAKU KOTO DA.
YUKIZUMATTA TOKI KOSO
GOSEIKUN O SHINKEN NI HAISO!
KYOGAKU WA KIBO NO IZUMI NARI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TSUKI WA HIKARI AKIRAKA NARAZU ZAISE WA TADA HACHINEN NARI HI WA KOMYO TSUKI NI MASARERI GO TOHYAKUSAI NO NAGAKI YAMI O TERASU BEKI ZUISO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 589)
-- we are opening up our own life state.
Especially when facing deadlock,
let's seriously and wholeheartedly
study the Daishonin's writings!
Buddhist study
Buddhist study
is the wellspring of hope!
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The light of the moon is not very bright, for the Buddha taught [the Lotus Sutra in India] for only eight years of his life. But the light of the sun is brilliant, outshining the moon, an auspicious sign of how the Buddhism of Japan is destined to illuminate the long darkness of [the Latter Day of the Law, which begins with] the fifth five-hundred-year period."
(On Reprimanding Hachiman
Saturday, January 23rd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The light of the moon is not very bright, for the Buddha taught [the Lotus Sutra in India] for only eight years of his life. But the light of the sun is brilliant, outshining the moon, an auspicious sign of how the Buddhism of Japan is destined to illuminate the long darkness of [the Latter Day of the Law, which begins with] the fifth five-hundred-year period."
(On Reprimanding Hachiman
- WND, Vol. 2, page 936)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
President Ikeda's guidance,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 23rd, 2021
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter how magnificent a castle of people is, it will not survive without new generations to continue its development. To ensure that our movement for kosen-rufu endures into the distant future, we need to foster a steady stream of successors."
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"No matter how magnificent a castle of people is, it will not survive without new generations to continue its development. To ensure that our movement for kosen-rufu endures into the distant future, we need to foster a steady stream of successors."
From The Treasures of the Four Seasons, [14] Young Leaves: Strive each Day with Fresh Determination, from 1st May, 2019 issue of the Boys and Girls Hope News, translation released December 2020.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"GOSHO" O HIRAKU KOTOWA
"KYOGAI" O HIRAKU KOTO DA.
YUKIZUMATTA TOKI KOSO
GOSEIKUN O SHINKEN NI HAISO!
KYOGAKU WA KIBO NO IZUMI NARI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"TSUKI WA HIKARI AKIRAKA NARAZU ZAISE WA TADA HACHINEN NARI HI WA KOMYO TSUKI NI MASARERI GO TOHYAKUSAI NO NAGAKI YAMI O TERASU BEKI ZUISO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 589)
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