A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states
(in his letter to Horen),
"The situation is like the joints
"The situation is like the joints
in a piece of bamboo:
if one joint is ruptured,
then all the joints will split."*
If just one person can
If just one person can
break through their limitations,
it will inspire tens of thousands
it will inspire tens of thousands
to do so, too!
This is the equation for kosen-rufu.
*WND-1, page 512
Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This sutra is superior to all other sutras. It is like the lion king, the monarch of all the creatures that run on the ground, and like the eagle, the king of all the creatures that fly in the sky. Sutras such as the Devotion to Amida Buddha Sutra are like pheasants or rabbits. Seized by the eagle, their tears flow; pursued by the lion, fear grips their bowels."
(The Sutra of True Requital
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"TAKE NO FUSHI O HITOTSU WARINUREBA
YO NO FUSHI MATA WARURU GA GOTOSHI"
GENKAI TOPPA NO HITORI GA IREBA
SONO HADO WA SENPA BANPA TO!
KORE GA KOFU NO HOTEISHIKI DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KONO KYOMON WA ISSAIKYO NI SUGURETARI CHI HASHIRU MONO NO O TARI SHISHIO NO GOTOSHI SORA TOBU MONO NO O TARI WASHI NO GOTOSHI NAMUAMIDABUTSUKYO TO WA KIJI NO GOTOSHI USAGI NO GOTOSHI WASHI NI TSUKAMARETEWA NAMIDA O NAGASHI SHISHI NI SEMERARETEWA HARAWATA O TASU
(Gosho Zenshu page 1310)
-- This is the equation for kosen-rufu.
*WND-1, page 512
Sunday, October 3rd, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This sutra is superior to all other sutras. It is like the lion king, the monarch of all the creatures that run on the ground, and like the eagle, the king of all the creatures that fly in the sky. Sutras such as the Devotion to Amida Buddha Sutra are like pheasants or rabbits. Seized by the eagle, their tears flow; pursued by the lion, fear grips their bowels."
(The Sutra of True Requital
- WND, Vol. 1, page 929)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
October Zadankai Gosho,
Seikyo Newspaper, Oct. 3rd, 2021
Monday, October 4th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As the Daishonin notes: "If one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way" (WND–2, 1060). When we do something for others, we also benefit ourselves; we brighten both our own and others' future. Benefiting others leads to benefiting ourselves. When we, as practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, pray and take action for the happiness of others, we expand our own state of life and carry out our human revolution together with them.
Monday, October 4th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As the Daishonin notes: "If one lights a fire for others, one will brighten one's own way" (WND–2, 1060). When we do something for others, we also benefit ourselves; we brighten both our own and others' future. Benefiting others leads to benefiting ourselves. When we, as practitioners of Nichiren Buddhism, pray and take action for the happiness of others, we expand our own state of life and carry out our human revolution together with them.
"Engaging in bodhisattva practice, therefore, is a source of unsurpassed joy. It creates a chain reaction of rejoicing. As the Daishonin states: '"joy" means that oneself and others together experience joy…. Both oneself and others together will take joy in their possession of wisdom and compassion" (OTT, 146). This is the essential practice of the Lotus Sutra and of Mahayana Buddhism."
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 - Conquering Egotism, 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 --
"TAKE NO FUSHI O HITOTSU WARINUREBA
YO NO FUSHI MATA WARURU GA GOTOSHI"
GENKAI TOPPA NO HITORI GA IREBA
SONO HADO WA SENPA BANPA TO!
KORE GA KOFU NO HOTEISHIKI DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KONO KYOMON WA ISSAIKYO NI SUGURETARI CHI HASHIRU MONO NO O TARI SHISHIO NO GOTOSHI SORA TOBU MONO NO O TARI WASHI NO GOTOSHI NAMUAMIDABUTSUKYO TO WA KIJI NO GOTOSHI USAGI NO GOTOSHI WASHI NI TSUKAMARETEWA NAMIDA O NAGASHI SHISHI NI SEMERARETEWA HARAWATA O TASU
(Gosho Zenshu page 1310)
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