A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, May 7th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A strategy whereby
we avoid accumulating exhaustion
is the cornerstone of
a victorious life.
Let's get into a healthy rhythm
for our daily lives,
by eating a balanced diet,
doing moderate exercise
and getting sufficient sleep!
Friday, May 7th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
I am praying that, no matter how troubled the times may become, the Lotus Sutra and the ten demon daughters will protect all of you, praying as earnestly as though to produce fire from damp wood, or to obtain water from parched ground.
(On Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins - WND-1, page 444)
Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin
Seikyo Shimbun - Friday, May 7th, 2021
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"This year will mark the 750th anniversary of the Daishonin's triumph over the Tatsunokuchi Persecution* in Sagami Province [present-day Kanagawa Prefecture], the moment when he "cast off the transient and revealed the true" (on September 12th, 1271). At that time, the Daishonin was 50 years old--the age of many of today's men's division members.
"At the execution site at Tatsunokuchi, when his disciple Shijo Kingo cried, "These are your last moments!" The Daishonin declared with conviction and composure, "What greater joy could there be? [You should smile and rejoice!]" (WND–1, 767).
"Amid great hardship, we can attain an unsurpassed state of life. That is a fundamental truth of Nichiren Buddhism."
Our Brilliant Human Revolution - Ushering In a New Day of Hope, from the January 19th, 2021 edition of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released April 2021.
*Tatsunokuchi Persecution: the failed attempt, instigated by powerful government figures, to behead of the Daishonin under the cover of darkness on the beach at Tatsunokuchi, on the outskirts of Kamakura, on September 12th, 1271.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
TSUKARE O TAMENAI KUFUU GA
SHOURI NO JINSEI NO ISHIZUE DA.
BALANCE NO TORETA SHOKUJI
TEKIDO NA UNDOU, SUIMIN NADO DE
SEIKATSU RHYTHM O TOTONOEYOU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
IKANARU YO NO MIDARE NI MO ONO'ONO O BA HOKEKYOU, JUURASETSU, TASUKE TAMAE TO SHIMERERU KI YORI HI O IDASHI KAWAKERU TSUCHI YORI MIZU O MOTSUKEN GA GOTOKU GOUJOU NI MOUSU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1132)
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