A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, April 9th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin writes,
"I entrust you
with the
propagation of Buddhism
in your province."
Wherever we are right now,
whether it's
the local community
or workplace,
let's work on spreading
friendship and trust!
Proudly be the person
who takes on the responsibility
of creating happiness!
*"The Properties of Rice" WND-1, page 1117
Friday, April 9th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens.
(Happiness in This World - WND-1, page 681)
Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin
Seikyo Newspaper
- Friday, April 9th, 2021
Saturday, April 10th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Dr. Lawrence E. Carter, dean of Morehouse College's Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, once shared these lines of a poem with Soka junior and senior high school students in Japan:"'If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't;
If you would like to win, but think you can't,
It's almost a cinch, you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will;
It's all in the state of mind."*
-- Building a Bright Future Based on Our Vow, [15] The Ikegami Brothers — Part 2 [of 2], Together Creating inspiring Stories for Future Generations, from the July 1st, 2019 issue of the Mirai [Future] Journal, translation released February 2021
* Walter D. Wintle, "The Man Who Thinks He Can," in poems that live forever, selected by Hazel Felleman (New York: Doubleday, 1965), p. 310.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"SONO KUNI NO BUPPOU WA KIHEN NI
MAKASE TATEMATSURI SOUROU ZO"
IMA IRU CHI'IKI YA SHOKUBA DE
YUUJOU TO SHINRAI O HIROGEYOU!
"KOUFUKU SEKININ-SHA" NO HOKORI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KU O BA KU TO SATORI RAKU O BA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMO NI OMOI AWASETE NAM-MYOHO-RENGE-KYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE
(Gosho Zenshu page 1143)
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