A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, July 31st, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When we open up and read
the Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
our hearts overflow
our hearts overflow
with hope and courage.
Unlimited wisdom gushes up
Unlimited wisdom gushes up
from within.
When particularly facing hardships,
let's charge forwards
When particularly facing hardships,
let's charge forwards
exerting ourselves in the
two ways of practice and study!*
*"Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase."
*"Exert yourself in the two ways of practice and study. Without practice and study, there can be no Buddhism. You must not only persevere yourself; you must also teach others. Both practice and study arise from faith. Teach others to the best of your ability, even if it is only a single sentence or phrase."
- WND-1, page 386
Saturday, July 31st, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent practice.'"
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Emerging from the Earth chapter
Saturday, July 31st, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If in a single moment of life we exhaust the pains and trials of millions of kalpas, then instant after instant there will arise in us the three Buddha bodies with which we are eternally endowed. Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is just such a 'diligent practice.'"
(The Essential Passage in Each of the Twenty-eight Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, Emerging from the Earth chapter
- OTT, page 214)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, July 31st, 2021
Sunday, August 1st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin treasured the places to which he had a connection, and he cared about the people there and warmly embraced them.
Sunday, August 1st, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin treasured the places to which he had a connection, and he cared about the people there and warmly embraced them.
"In a letter to a disciple in his home province of Awa (present-day southern Chiba prefecture), the Daishonin fondly recalls those he knows there, writing: 'I never think lightly of the people from my native province, nor do I cease to care about what happens to them, even if they have caused me sorrow or treated me cruelly" (WND–1, 661).
"Inheriting this vast, all encompassing spirit of the Daishonin and cherishing a deep love for their communities, the mentors and disciples of Soka have made the place where they are the starting point of their sincere, persevering efforts to realise the Daishonin's ideal of 'establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land.'
"By steadfastly chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and engaging in dialogue with a deep wish for others' happiness and a peaceful world for all, we are creating safe havens of hope, renewal and good fortune."
May Editorial, Making the Joyous Song of Bodhisattvas of the Earth Resound!, May 2021 Daibyakurenge - Soka Gakkai monthly study magazine, translation released July 2021.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
GOSHO O HIMOTOKEBA
KIBO TO YUKI GA MINAGIRU.
MUGEN NO CHIE GA WAKIDERU.
KONNAN NI CHOKUMEN SHITA TOKI KOSO
"GYOGAKU NO NIDO" DE SUSUO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"ICHINEN NI OKUGO NO SHINRO O TSUKUSEBA HONRAI MUSA NO SANJIN NENNENNI OKORU NARI IWAYURU NANMYOHORENGEKYO WA SHOJINGYO NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 790)
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