January 24th-30th, 2022
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
Let's take every possible opportunity
to converse with young people!
By carefully listening to all
By carefully listening to all
that they have to say
and sincerely sharing our hopes
and sincerely sharing our hopes
with them,
let's sow, today also,
let's sow, today also,
"the seed of Buddhahood
in their future lives"*
in the "field" of their fresh young lives!
in the "field" of their fresh young lives!
*"... I have expounded for them the teaching that I am propagating now, which will become the seed of Buddhahood in their future lives as well."
- "Reply to the Lay Priest Misawa"
(WND, Vol.2, page 534)
Monday, January 24th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure
* changing poison into medicine: The principle that a life dominated by the three paths of earthly desires,, and suffering can be transformed into a life replete with the three virtues of the dharma body, wisdom and emancipation by virtue of the power of the mystic law. In other words, any adverse situation can be changed into a positive one through the power of Buddhist practice.
** Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (The Collected Writings of Josei Toda), vol. 7 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shinbunsha, 1987), p. 599.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"SEINEN" TO KATARO!
SEIJITSU NI MIMI O KATAMUKE
KIBO O WAKACHI AU.
"MIRAI MADE NO BUSSHU" O
KYO MO WAKAKI INOCHI NO DAICHI NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI. JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU. HYAKUNIJU MADE MOTTE NAO KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173, New Gosho Zenshu page 1596)
-- Monday, January 24th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is rare to be born a human being. The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain—as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honour than to live to 120 and die in disgrace."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure
- WND, Vol. 1, page 851)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 24th, 2022
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The second pillar is prayers to change poison into medicine.*
"My mentor, Josei Toda, often said that the essence of the Mystic Law is its power to change poison into medicine.** He poured his heart into encouraging those who were suffering, assuring them that through the benefit of faith in Gohonzon, through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, they could definitely change all of their problems and worries into happiness.*** Inspired by his encouragement, countless individuals stood up in faith and built lives of renewal and hope. Mr Toda was a mentor of profound compassion.
"The Mystic Law enables us to transform all poison into medicine. There may be times when we ask ourselves why bad things happen to us, but when we practice Buddhism, everything that happens has profound significance. We can move everything in a more positive direction, confident that our prayers will be fulfilled."
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The second pillar is prayers to change poison into medicine.*
"My mentor, Josei Toda, often said that the essence of the Mystic Law is its power to change poison into medicine.** He poured his heart into encouraging those who were suffering, assuring them that through the benefit of faith in Gohonzon, through chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, they could definitely change all of their problems and worries into happiness.*** Inspired by his encouragement, countless individuals stood up in faith and built lives of renewal and hope. Mr Toda was a mentor of profound compassion.
"The Mystic Law enables us to transform all poison into medicine. There may be times when we ask ourselves why bad things happen to us, but when we practice Buddhism, everything that happens has profound significance. We can move everything in a more positive direction, confident that our prayers will be fulfilled."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, The Power to Change Poison into Medicine, from the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released December 2021.
- To be continued tomorrow! And for a while…
** Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (The Collected Writings of Josei Toda), vol. 7 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shinbunsha, 1987), p. 599.
*** Cf. Translated from Japanese. Josei Toda, Toda Josei Zenshu (The Collected Writings of Josei Toda), vol. 2 (Tokyo: Seikyo Shinbunsha, 1982), p. 56.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"SEINEN" TO KATARO!
SEIJITSU NI MIMI O KATAMUKE
KIBO O WAKACHI AU.
"MIRAI MADE NO BUSSHU" O
KYO MO WAKAKI INOCHI NO DAICHI NI!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
JINSHIN WA UKEGATASHI TSUME NO UE NO TSUCHI. JINSHIN WA TAMOCHI GATASHI KUSA NO UE NO TSUYU. HYAKUNIJU MADE MOTTE NAO KUTASHITE SHISEN YORIWA IKITE ICHINICHI NARITOMO NA O AGEN KOTO KOSO TAISETSU NARE
(Gosho Zenshu page 1173, New Gosho Zenshu page 1596)
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