A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, January 30th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter how much
we're suffering right now,
there's never going to be a night
there's never going to be a night
that we won't see the dawn!
Our faith
Our faith
is the Buddhism of the Sun.
For the
For the
"people of daimoku
and perseverance",
a delightful, joyful tomorrow
will definitely come.
Sunday, January 30th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is no doubt because of karmic forces that they became my parents, and I, their child."
(Letter to Jakunichi-bΕ
- WND, Vol. 1, page 993)
Selection Source:
Selection Source:
Soka Gakkai member's experience,
Seikyo Newspaper, Jan. 30th, 2022
Monday, January 31st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"We can also accumulate benefit and good fortune from chanting daimoku, even without grasping its profound meaning, as the Daishonin tells us with the simile: 'When a baby drinks [its mother's] milk, it has no understanding of its taste, and yet its body is naturally nourished' (WND–1, 788)."
Monday, January 31st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"We can also accumulate benefit and good fortune from chanting daimoku, even without grasping its profound meaning, as the Daishonin tells us with the simile: 'When a baby drinks [its mother's] milk, it has no understanding of its taste, and yet its body is naturally nourished' (WND–1, 788)."
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/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
IMA GA DONNANI KURUSHIKU TOMO
AKENAI YORU WA ZETTAI NAI!
WARERA GA TAMOTSU WA TAIYO NO BUPPO.
"DAIMOKU NO HITO" "NINTAI NO HITO" NI
KANKI NO ASHITA WA OTOZURERU.
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
FUBO TO NARI SONO KO TO NARUMO KANARAZU SHUKUJU NARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 902, New Gosho Zenshu page 1269)
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