[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 29th March-4th April 2021 Words of the Week, 29th March Daily Gosho + 30th March Daily Encouragement

A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

March 29th-April 4th, 2021
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Come, let's be active 

under the fresh spring sun!
With a refreshing "greeting," 

a bright "smile" 

and sincere "behaviour,"
may friendship 

and trust bloom!

Monday, March 29th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This passage refers to the great joy that one experiences when one understands for the first time that one's mind from the very beginning has been a Buddha. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest of all joys."

(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples chapter 

- OTT, page 211)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin," 

Seikyo Newspaper, March 29th, 2021

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'The Buddha nature that all [living beings of the Ten Worlds] possess is called by the name Myoho-renge-kyo.. Therefore, if you recite these words of the daimoku once, then the Buddha nature of all living beings will be summoned and gather around you.'

— From "Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man" (WND–1, 131).

"All people possess the supreme life state of Buddhahood. Nichiren Daishonin revealed the teaching of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo as a means for unlocking and bringing forth this precious inner potential.

As Soka Gakkai members, we reach out to others in dialogue as part of our efforts to fulfil our vow as Bodhisattvas of the Earth, believing in each person's Buddha nature and seeking to make it shine. Herein lies the path to peace, rising above all differences and transforming division into unity.

"Through the power of our voices—chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and sharing Nichiren Buddhism—let's strive to strengthen the life state of Buddhahood all across our planet based on the principle of the 'mutual possession of the Ten Worlds.'"

Engraving The Daishonin's Writings in Our Hearts, [92] All People Possess the Life State of Buddhahood, from 1st December, 2020 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2021.  

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
SA, HARU NO TAIYO TO TOMONI!
SAWAYAKANA "AISATSU"
AKARUI "EGAO"
SEIJITSUNA "FURUMAI" DE
YUJO TO SHINRAI NO HANA NO WA O!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HAJIMETE WAGA KOKORO HONRAI NO HOTOKE NARITO SHIRU O SUNAWACHI DAIKANKI TO NAZUKU IWAYURU NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA KANKI NO NAKA NO DAIKANKI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 788)

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