[sgi-tomyfriends-wagatomo] 6th-12th Sep. 2021 Words of the Week, 6th Sep. Daily Gosho + 7th Sep. Daily Encouragement

A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

September 6th-12th, 2021
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin encourages us to
"treat our friends with courtesy, 

never showing them indifference."*
Especially in a 

chaotic age like now,
let's open up the way, 

through our sincere behaviour,
the path to creating a better world!

With conviction,
let's be victorious through 

practicing "humanistic diplomacy!"

*"Third, treating one's friends with courtesy means that, although one may encounter them ten or twenty times in the course of a single day, one greets them courteously as though they had travelled a thousand or two thousand miles to see one, never showing them indifference." 

- WND, Vol.2, page 636

Monday, September 6th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
" These Ten Worlds are born from the mind of the individual and constitute the eighty-four thousand teachings. Here a single individual has been used as an example, but the same thing applies equally to all living beings."

(The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences regarding the Classification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld 

- WND, Vol. 2, page 844)
Selection Source: 

Ikeda Sensei's guidance, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Sep. 6th, 2021

Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It was the Ikegami family who hosted the Daishonin on that final visit to Masashino. The two Ikegami brothers had weathered the ordeal of the elder being disinherited twice by their father, who had been negatively influenced by self-serving priests hostile towards the Daishonin. The brothers went on to show brilliant actual proof of victory, thereby repaying in part the profound debt they owed their mentor.

"During their hardships, the Daishonin had written to them: 'Now more than ever, you must neither show nor feel any fear.... You must grit your teeth and never slacken in your faith" (cf.WND–1, 498). The Ikegami brothers were roused to action and successfully overcame their troubles. The Daishonin praised their victory achieved through unity: 'Could there ever be a more wonderful story than your own [that will be recounted by future generations]?' (cf.WND–1, 499).

"The faith of the women of the Ikegami family was especially strong. The Daishonin commended them as well, predicting that they would 'become a model for women attaining Buddhahood in the evil latter age' (WND-1, 502)."

Our Brilliant Human Revolution, Imparting Hope and Inspiration through Dialogue, from the June 10th, 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/

-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"REIGI ISASAKA
OROKANI OMOU BEKARAZU"
RANSEI NAREBA KOSO
SEIJITSU NO FURUMAI DE HIRAKE!
SHINNEN NO NINGEN GAIKO DE KATE!

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"KONO JIPPOKAI WA HITORI NO KOKORO YORI IDE HACHIMAN YONSEN NO HOMON TO NARUNARI HITORI O TEHON TO SHITE ISSAI SHUJO BYODO NARIKOTO KORE KAKUNO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu page 564)

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