A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, January 28th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Abundant life force
is the wellspring
of happiness and victory.
No matter what walls of hardship
we may come up against,
we can definitely
break through them!
With such great conviction,
let's chant and take action!
Friday, January 28th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
This life is like a dream. One cannot be sure that one will live until tomorrow. However wretched a beggar you might become, never disgrace the Lotus Sutra.
(A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief - WND-1, page 824)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin
Seikyo Newspaper
- Friday, January 28th, 2022
Saturday, January 29th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"When we turn our problems into prayers, there are significant changes. By turning them into prayers filled with determination and conviction, we can expand our state of life. Our hardships then become the groundwork for carrying out our human revolution, and our karma even changes into our mission for kosen-rufu. In this way, all our struggles become the fuel for fresh growth and development. This is the meaning of changing poison into medicine. It is what the Daishonin describes when he writes: 'the sufferings of hell will vanish instantly' (WND-1, 199).
"The important thing is to take to heart the Daishonin's words 'you cannot strike fire from flint if you stop halfway' (WND –1, 319) and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep conviction to the very end."
"The important thing is to take to heart the Daishonin's words 'you cannot strike fire from flint if you stop halfway' (WND –1, 319) and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with deep conviction to the very end."
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, Our Good Fortune in Encountering the Mystic Law, 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
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MANMANTARU SEIMEI-RYOKU KOSO
KOUFUKU SHOURI NO GENSEN DA.
DONNA KONNAN NO KABE MO
ZETTAI NI TOPPA DEKIRU!
DAI-KAKUSHIN NO INORI TO KOUKOU O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
ISSHOU WA YUME NO UE, ASU O GOSEZU. IKANARU KOUJIKI NIWA NARU TOMO, HOKEKYOU NI KIZU O TSUKE TAMOU BEKARAZU.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1163, New Gosho Zenshu page 1583)
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