Thursday, October 7th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's challenge ourselves
to the fullest, to the end,
to achieve our goals for today
with no regrets!
Aiming towards the highest peaks
in both our own lives
and kosen-rufu,
let's take on new challenges
let's take on new challenges
and create new developments.
Summoning up
Summoning up
all the ferocity of a lion*
let's push ever forwards!
*"Nichiren says here that he put everything he had into inscribing the Gohonzon, with a fierce wish to enable all people to attain enlightenment. When we chant in front of the Gohonzon, it is important that we, too, summon this 'lion's ferocity' (Lotus Sutra, chap. 15) and face all our challenges, small or large, with everything we have."
(ref. https://www.sgi-usa.org/2021/02/26/winning-today-here-and-now/)
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha's precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood."
(Letter from Sado
-- *"Nichiren says here that he put everything he had into inscribing the Gohonzon, with a fierce wish to enable all people to attain enlightenment. When we chant in front of the Gohonzon, it is important that we, too, summon this 'lion's ferocity' (Lotus Sutra, chap. 15) and face all our challenges, small or large, with everything we have."
(ref. https://www.sgi-usa.org/2021/02/26/winning-today-here-and-now/)
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha's precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood."
(Letter from Sado
- WND, Vol. 1, page 301)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 7th, 2021
Friday, October 8th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Soka Gakkai has forged a vast grassroots network encompassing 192 countries and territories and developed into a global religious movement. This is of course due to the greatness of Nichiren Buddhism and the powerful benefit of the Gohonzon. But it is also because we treasure each person. Instead of thinking of humanity in the abstract, we actively reach out to and encourage real individuals who are suffering or struggling. Some of them go on to join us in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and taking action for the happiness of someone else in their lives.Our worldwide network of Bodhisattvas of the Earth was built through such earnest, consistent one-to-one encouragement."
Friday, October 8th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Soka Gakkai has forged a vast grassroots network encompassing 192 countries and territories and developed into a global religious movement. This is of course due to the greatness of Nichiren Buddhism and the powerful benefit of the Gohonzon. But it is also because we treasure each person. Instead of thinking of humanity in the abstract, we actively reach out to and encourage real individuals who are suffering or struggling. Some of them go on to join us in chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and taking action for the happiness of someone else in their lives.Our worldwide network of Bodhisattvas of the Earth was built through such earnest, consistent one-to-one encouragement."
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 - Creating a World That Values Each Person, 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
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KYO TO IU ICHINICHI O
KUINAKU TATAKAI NUKO!
KOFU TO JINSEI NO SAIKOHO E
ARATANA CHOSEN TO KAITAKU O.
SHISHI FUNJIN NO CHIKARA DE MAE E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HITO MO MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI SEKEN NO ASAKI KOTO NIWA SHINMYO O USHINAEDOMO DAIJI NO BUPPO NANDO NIWA SUTSURU KOTO KATASHI YUENI
HOTOKE NI NARU HITO MO NAKARU BESHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 956)
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KYO TO IU ICHINICHI O
KUINAKU TATAKAI NUKO!
KOFU TO JINSEI NO SAIKOHO E
ARATANA CHOSEN TO KAITAKU O.
SHISHI FUNJIN NO CHIKARA DE MAE E!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HITO MO MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI SEKEN NO ASAKI KOTO NIWA SHINMYO O USHINAEDOMO DAIJI NO BUPPO NANDO NIWA SUTSURU KOTO KATASHI YUENI
HOTOKE NI NARU HITO MO NAKARU BESHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 956)
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