A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, October 1st, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Please be vigilant about
the effects from a typhoon
(or similar bad storms!)
Take care of strong winds,
high waves and other hazards,
even outside the areas
with the heaviest rain.
Safety is our absolute top priority!
Friday, October 1st, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
Kyō'ō's misfortune will change into fortune. Muster your faith, and pray to this Gohonzon. Then what is there that cannot be achieved?
(Reply to Kyō'ō - WND-1, page 412)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin
Seikyo Newspaper - Oct. 1st, 2021
Saturday, October 2nd, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"This is the wonderful nature of the 'true disciples that the Buddha had kept hidden in the depths of the Earth' (cf.WND –1, 467). The Bodhisattvas of the Earth share a strong bond with the Buddha from the remote past. They are bodhisattvas linked by a profound karmic connection and mission, who chose to be born in the Latter Day of the Law. The Daishonin describes them as 'great bodhisattvas... who had been disciples of the Thus Come One Shakyamuni since [he first attained Buddhahood] numberless major world system dust particle kalpas ago. Not even for a moment had they ever forgotten the Buddha" (WND–1, 415).
"In the Lotus sutra, the inhabitants of the Saha world are viewed as having inferior capacity to understand the law and described as 'given to corruption and evil, beset by overbearing arrogance, shallow in blessings, irascible, muddlled, fawning and devious, and their hearts are not sincere" (LSOC 13,230)
"However, it is in this intensely challenging world that the Bodhisattvas of the Earth appear with the vow to spread the Mystic Law."
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 - The Saha World Is Where We Fulfil Our Mission, November 2020 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translation released July 2021
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
TAIFUU NO EIKYOU NI KEIKAI O!
OOAME GA FURU CHI'IKI IGAI DEMO
KYOUFUU YA TAKANAMI NADO E NO
CHUUI GA HITSUYOU DA.
ANZEN O SAIYUUSEN DE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
WAZAWAI MO TENJITE SAIWAI TO NARU BESHI, AIKAMAETE GOSHINJIN O IDASHI KONO GOHONZON NI KINEN SESHIME TAMAE, NANIGOTO GA JOUJU SEZARU BEKI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1124)
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