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A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, December 26th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
With a severe cold front coming in,
be on the alert for white-out conditions
due to blizzards and roads freezing over!
For those of you who deliver
For those of you who deliver
the Seikyo Newspaper and
other SGI publications
and everyone else who is out there,
we are chanting earnest daimoku
for your absolute safety
and everyone else who is out there,
we are chanting earnest daimoku
for your absolute safety
and no traffic accidents.
Sunday, December 26th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form, as the reflection of the moon appears in clear water, as a mirror collects dewdrops, as a magnet attracts iron, as amber attracts particles of dust, or as a clear mirror reflects the colour of an object."
(On Prayer
Sunday, December 26th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore, we know that the prayers offered by a practitioner of the Lotus Sutra will be answered just as an echo answers a sound, as a shadow follows a form, as the reflection of the moon appears in clear water, as a mirror collects dewdrops, as a magnet attracts iron, as amber attracts particles of dust, or as a clear mirror reflects the colour of an object."
(On Prayer
- WND, Vol. 1, page 338)
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Selection Source: One Gosho,
Seikyo Newspaper, Dec. 26th, 2021
Monday, December 27th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Hawaii's former governor George Ariyoshi—the first Japanese-American to be elected a state governor—and his wife, Jean, took great pride in the aloha spirit. Discussing his role as the leader of a state known for its cultural and ethnic diversity, he spoke of his father's conviction that we all depend on and have a mutual obligation to one another—as expressed in the Japanese phrase otagai ni—asserting that was his own philosophy as governor.* We can't treat people like robots, he said, explaining that when we show respect for others' efforts, we naturally encourage them to do their best.**
Monday, December 27th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Hawaii's former governor George Ariyoshi—the first Japanese-American to be elected a state governor—and his wife, Jean, took great pride in the aloha spirit. Discussing his role as the leader of a state known for its cultural and ethnic diversity, he spoke of his father's conviction that we all depend on and have a mutual obligation to one another—as expressed in the Japanese phrase otagai ni—asserting that was his own philosophy as governor.* We can't treat people like robots, he said, explaining that when we show respect for others' efforts, we naturally encourage them to do their best.**
"With vigour and insight, Governor Ariyoshi highlighted the qualities of gratitude, respect, sincerity and encouragement that will be indispensable for leadership from now on."
Unforgettable Journeys, Hawaii—Spreading the Aloha Spirit throughout the World, October 1st issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translated December 2021.
* Cf. George R. Ariyoshi, With Obligation to All(Honolulu: Ariyoshi Foundation, 1997). p.22..
** Ibid., pp.92-33.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
KYORETSUNA KANPA SEKKIN NI TOMONAU
BOFUSETSU TOKETSU NI KEIKAI O!
HAITATSU NI TAZUSAWARU KATA NADO MINA GA
KOTSU JIKO TO NI AWANU YO
SHINKEN NI DAIMOKU O OKURIMASU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HOKEKYO NO GYOJA NO INORU INORI WA HIBIKI NO OTO NI OZURUGA GOTOSHI KAGE NO KARADA NI SOERU GA GOTOSHI SUMERU MIZU NI TSUKI NO UTSURU GA GOTOSHI HOSHO NO MIZU O MANEKU GA GOTOSHI JISHAKU NO TETSU O SU GA GOTOSHI KOHAKU NO CHIRI O TORU GA GOTOSHI AKIRAKANARU KAGAMI NO MONO NO IRO O UKABURU GA GOTOSHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1347)
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