A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Each Future Division member,*
without any exception,
is "a person who can inherit
is "a person who can inherit
the soul of the Lotus Sutra."*
There is an important mission
There is an important mission
that only we ourselves
can accomplish!
Based on our Buddhist practice,
let's make education our
Based on our Buddhist practice,
let's make education our
top priority!
*"I have been ceaselessly praying for your sake to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, and the god of the sun, for I am convinced that you are a person who can inherit the soul of the Lotus Sutra."
*"I have been ceaselessly praying for your sake to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, and the god of the sun, for I am convinced that you are a person who can inherit the soul of the Lotus Sutra."
(The Hero of the World, WND-1, page 839)
* Future Division member - young people from primary through to, and including, high school.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Because one has heard the Lotus Sutra, which leads to Buddhahood, with this as the seed, one will invariably become a Buddha. … Therefore, one should by all means persist in preaching the Lotus Sutra and causing them to hear it. Those who put their faith in it will surely attain Buddhahood, while those who slander it will establish a 'poison-drum relationship'* with it and will likewise attain Buddhahood."
*poison-drum relationship - https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/P/66
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Because one has heard the Lotus Sutra, which leads to Buddhahood, with this as the seed, one will invariably become a Buddha. … Therefore, one should by all means persist in preaching the Lotus Sutra and causing them to hear it. Those who put their faith in it will surely attain Buddhahood, while those who slander it will establish a 'poison-drum relationship'* with it and will likewise attain Buddhahood."
*poison-drum relationship - https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/dic/Content/P/66
(How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra
- WND, Vol. 1, page 882)
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Seikyo Newspaper, Aug. 22nd, 2021
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a corrupt age rife with hatred and jealousy, the Daishonin said he had met with far more people than most [in the course of spreading his teaching] (cf. WND–2, 778). He was fully aware of the difficulties his disciples faced in society. Hence, he encouraged them to be pleasant and amicable in their interactions to help others form a connection with the correct teaching of Buddhism, however challenging the effort might be. This is the essence of a truly profound, openhearted human philosophy."
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a corrupt age rife with hatred and jealousy, the Daishonin said he had met with far more people than most [in the course of spreading his teaching] (cf. WND–2, 778). He was fully aware of the difficulties his disciples faced in society. Hence, he encouraged them to be pleasant and amicable in their interactions to help others form a connection with the correct teaching of Buddhism, however challenging the effort might be. This is the essence of a truly profound, openhearted human philosophy."
Our Brilliant Human Revolution, The Eternal Shared Struggle of Mentor and Disciple, from the April 29th, 2021 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, 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 --
MIRAIBU WA HITORI MO MORENAKU
"HOKEKYO NO INOCHI O TSUGU HITO".
KIMI NI SHIKA HATASENAI
IDAINA SHIMEI GA ARU!
SHINJIN KONPON NI BENGAKU DAIICHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOTOKE NI NARU HOKEKYO O MIMI NI FURENUREBA KORE O TANE TO SHITE KANARAZU HOTOKE NI NARUNARI ... TOTEMO KAKUTEMO HOKEKYO O SHIITE TOKI KIKASUBESHI SHINZEN HITO WA HOTOKE NI NARUBESHI BOZEN MONO WA DOKKU NO EN TO NATTE HOTOKE NI NARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 552)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MIRAIBU WA HITORI MO MORENAKU
"HOKEKYO NO INOCHI O TSUGU HITO".
KIMI NI SHIKA HATASENAI
IDAINA SHIMEI GA ARU!
SHINJIN KONPON NI BENGAKU DAIICHI DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HOTOKE NI NARU HOKEKYO O MIMI NI FURENUREBA KORE O TANE TO SHITE KANARAZU HOTOKE NI NARUNARI ... TOTEMO KAKUTEMO HOKEKYO O SHIITE TOKI KIKASUBESHI SHINZEN HITO WA HOTOKE NI NARUBESHI BOZEN MONO WA DOKKU NO EN TO NATTE HOTOKE NI NARUBEKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 552)
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