January 31st-February 6th, 2022
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishoin teaches us,
"... you have come to owe
a debt of gratitude to all living beings.
And since this is so,
And since this is so,
you should help all of them
to attain Buddhahood."*
Honestly believing in
Honestly believing in
the Buddha nature of all people
whom we are connected with,
let's sincerely chant daimoku
let's sincerely chant daimoku
for their happiness
and talk with them about
the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism!
The February campaign* has begun
for all of us to challenge ourselves
with a courageous, youthful spirit!
*"If you stop to consider, you will realise that, at one time or another in the past, all men have been your father and all women, your mother. Thus, in the course of all the many lifetimes and existences you have lived through, you have come to owe a debt of gratitude to all living beings. And since this is so, you should help all of them to attain Buddhahood."
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"MINA ON ARU SHUJO NAREBA
MINA HOTOKE NI NARE TO OMOU BEKI"
EN SURU TOMO NO BUSSHO O SHINJI
KOFUKU O INORI KATARO!
SEINEN YUMAI NO NIGATSU TOSO DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HOKEKYO WA SHISHIO NO GOTOSHI ISSAI KEMONO NO ITADAKI TO SU HOKEKYO NO SHISHIO O TAMOTSU NYONIN WA ISSAI NO JIGOKU GAKI CHIKUSHO TO NO HYAKUJU NI OSORURU KOTO NASHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1316, New Gosho Zenshu page 1745)
-- *"If you stop to consider, you will realise that, at one time or another in the past, all men have been your father and all women, your mother. Thus, in the course of all the many lifetimes and existences you have lived through, you have come to owe a debt of gratitude to all living beings. And since this is so, you should help all of them to attain Buddhahood."
- "The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude
(WND, Vol.2, page 637)
**"In the beginning of 1952 on Toda's instruction, Ikeda became chapter advisor to the Soka Gakkai's Kamata Chapter in Tokyo and led an effort that resulted in 201 new households joining during the month of February. This represented a breakthrough, far surpassing the monthly membership increases achieved by any chapter until then, and became known as the historic February Campaign." (ref.
https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-basics-of-nichiren-buddhism-for-the-new-era-of-worldwide-kosen-rufu/chapter-9.html)
Monday, January 31st, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The Lotus Sutra is like the lion king, who rules over all other animals. A woman who embraces the lion king of the Lotus Sutra never fears any of the beasts of hell or of the realms of hungry spirits and animals."
(The Drum at the Gate of Thunder
**"In the beginning of 1952 on Toda's instruction, Ikeda became chapter advisor to the Soka Gakkai's Kamata Chapter in Tokyo and led an effort that resulted in 201 new households joining during the month of February. This represented a breakthrough, far surpassing the monthly membership increases achieved by any chapter until then, and became known as the historic February Campaign." (ref.
https://www.sokaglobal.org/resources/study-materials/buddhist-study/the-basics-of-nichiren-buddhism-for-the-new-era-of-worldwide-kosen-rufu/chapter-9.html)
Monday, January 31st, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The Lotus Sutra is like the lion king, who rules over all other animals. A woman who embraces the lion king of the Lotus Sutra never fears any of the beasts of hell or of the realms of hungry spirits and animals."
(The Drum at the Gate of Thunder
- WND, Vol. 1, page 949)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 31st, 2022
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Earnest daimoku always reaches the Gohonzon. Let's chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the vigour of a magnificent steed galloping over the open plains, praying until we feel satisfied and refreshed."
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ——
"Earnest daimoku always reaches the Gohonzon. Let's chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the vigour of a magnificent steed galloping over the open plains, praying until we feel satisfied and refreshed."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, Even a Single Daimoku Brings Immeasurable Benefit, from the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released December 2021.
- To be continued tomorrow! And for a while…
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"MINA ON ARU SHUJO NAREBA
MINA HOTOKE NI NARE TO OMOU BEKI"
EN SURU TOMO NO BUSSHO O SHINJI
KOFUKU O INORI KATARO!
SEINEN YUMAI NO NIGATSU TOSO DA.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
HOKEKYO WA SHISHIO NO GOTOSHI ISSAI KEMONO NO ITADAKI TO SU HOKEKYO NO SHISHIO O TAMOTSU NYONIN WA ISSAI NO JIGOKU GAKI CHIKUSHO TO NO HYAKUJU NI OSORURU KOTO NASHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1316, New Gosho Zenshu page 1745)
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