A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, September 26th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Heart-to-heart interactions
between people
brings about a sense of
assurance and joy.
Let's be sure to
cherish and relight
relations with old friends
and relatives back home.
Let's continue to cheerfully expand
Let's continue to cheerfully expand
our solidarity of hope widely!
Sunday, September 26th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Always remember that believers in the Lotus Sutra should absolutely be the last to abuse one another. All those who keep faith in the Lotus Sutra are most certainly Buddhas, and one who slanders a Buddha commits a grave offense."
(The Fourteen Slanders
- WND, Vol. 1, page 756)
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Seikyo Newspaper, Sep. 26th, 2021
Monday, September 27th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) wrote: 'This earth's the source of all my joys, and this sun shines upon my sorrows.'*
Monday, September 27th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The German writer and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) wrote: 'This earth's the source of all my joys, and this sun shines upon my sorrows.'*
"With the earth as our stage, we perform the dance of our mission. With the Sun as our companion, we impart the light of hope to all. This is how we live as Soka Gakkai members.
"The important thing is to make use of the power deep within us and keep moving forwards with wisdom and strength.
"Right now, the entire world is facing a great crisis due to the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. But even the black plague, the epidemic that ravaged Europe in the 14th century, once overcome, lead to the Renaissance, a great cultural revival and rebirth. Such is the history of humanity—responding to each crisis with courage and wisdom and rising to new heights.
"I firmly believe that no matter how deep the darkness, the Buddhism of the Sun will illuminate humankind with its brilliant light."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [67] Our Shared Struggle as Bodhisattvas of the Earth Is a Source of Hope for Transforming This Troubled Age, November 2020 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released July 2021
* Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust I & II, edited and translated by Stuart Atkins, Goethe's Collected Works, vol .2 (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984), p.43.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KOKORO TO KOKORO NO FUREAI KARA
ANSHIN TO YOROKOBI GA UMARERU.
KOKYO NO TOMO YA SHINSEKI TO TONO
KYUKO MO TAISETSU NI ATATAMEYO.
KIBO NO RENTAI O HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
WASURETEMO HOKEKYO TAMOTSU MONO OBA TAGAINI SOSHIRU BEKARAZARUKA SONO YUE WA HOKEKYO O TAMOTSU MONO WA KANARAZU MINA HOTOKE NARI HOTOKE O SOSHIRITEWA TSUMI O URUNARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1382)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KOKORO TO KOKORO NO FUREAI KARA
ANSHIN TO YOROKOBI GA UMARERU.
KOKYO NO TOMO YA SHINSEKI TO TONO
KYUKO MO TAISETSU NI ATATAMEYO.
KIBO NO RENTAI O HOGARAKA NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
WASURETEMO HOKEKYO TAMOTSU MONO OBA TAGAINI SOSHIRU BEKARAZARUKA SONO YUE WA HOKEKYO O TAMOTSU MONO WA KANARAZU MINA HOTOKE NARI HOTOKE O SOSHIRITEWA TSUMI O URUNARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1382)
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