A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, May 1st 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The "Golden Week" holidays*
are a great chance
to deepen our friendships.
By utilizing the phone
By utilizing the phone
or the mail,
we can refresh old friendships!
The tie of hope
The tie of hope
and encouragement
is what everyone is
looking forward to.
*Between the end of April and the beginning of May, there are a number of bak-to-back Japanese national holidays. In combination with well placed weekends, this period becomes one of the longest national holiday "weeks" in Japan.
Saturday, May 1st 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Your visit from the first to the fourth day of the third month was a great comfort to me. The illness that had made me so thin seemed to go away and I felt fit enough to go tiger hunting. And thanks to your gift of wakame, I think I could even ride a lion."
(On Three Seating Mats
*Between the end of April and the beginning of May, there are a number of bak-to-back Japanese national holidays. In combination with well placed weekends, this period becomes one of the longest national holiday "weeks" in Japan.
Saturday, May 1st 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Your visit from the first to the fourth day of the third month was a great comfort to me. The illness that had made me so thin seemed to go away and I felt fit enough to go tiger hunting. And thanks to your gift of wakame, I think I could even ride a lion."
(On Three Seating Mats
- WND, Vol. 2, page 991)
Selection Source: Ikeda Sensei's guidance,
Selection Source: Ikeda Sensei's guidance,
Seikyo Newspaper, May 1st 2021
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During our discussion meetings in Japan in April—which also marks the anniversary of the Daishonin's declaration of his teaching—members studied a passage from "On Reprimanding Hachiman." President Makiguchi underlined this passage in his copy of the Daishonin's writings.
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"During our discussion meetings in Japan in April—which also marks the anniversary of the Daishonin's declaration of his teaching—members studied a passage from "On Reprimanding Hachiman." President Makiguchi underlined this passage in his copy of the Daishonin's writings.
"The Daishonin, looking back over his efforts [of 28 years] since proclaiming his teaching on April 28th, 1253, writes:
"I, Nichiren, have done nothing else but have laboured solely to put the five or seven characters of Myoho-renge-kyo* into the mouths of all the living beings of the country of Japan. In doing so, I have shown the kind of compassion that a mother does when she labours to put milk into the mouth of her infant child. (WND –2, 931)
"By compassionately sharing the Mystic Law and advancing kosen-rufu, we of the Soka Gakkai are carrying on in modern times this infinitely compassionate and persevering struggle of Nichiren Daishonin."
SGI Newsletter No. 10777, Headquarters Leaders' Meeting April 18th, 2021, translation released April 22nd, 2021
*Myoho-renge-kyo is written with five Chinese characters, while Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is written with seven (nam, or namu, being comprised of two characters). The Daishonin often uses Myoho-renge-kyo synonymously with Nam-myoho-renge-kyo in his writings.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"Golden week" WA HUKO FUKAMERU KOKI.
DENWA YA TEGAMI TO O KATSUYO SHI
KYUYU O ATATAME AO!
KIBO TO HAGEMASHI NO KIZUNA O
MINA GA MACHI NOZONDE IRU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"SANGATSU TSUITACHI YORI YOKKA NI ITARU MADENO ON ASOBI NI KOKORO NAGUSAMITE YASEYAMAI MO NAORI TORA TORU BAKARI OBOE SORO UE KONO ONWAKAME TABITE SHISHI NI NORINUBEKU OBOE SORO "
(Gosho Zenshu page 1587)
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