A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, January 29th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is in this era of crisis
and uncertainty
that everyone is seeking
that everyone is seeking
to create heart-to-heart connections.
Let's strengthen even more than before
that knot of friendship
where we can share both our sufferings
where we can share both our sufferings
and joys with each other!
Saturday, January 29th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A passage in the Six Pฤramitฤs Sutra says to become the master of your mind rather than let your mind master you. Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only of the Lotus Sutra."
(Letter to the Brothers
Saturday, January 29th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A passage in the Six Pฤramitฤs Sutra says to become the master of your mind rather than let your mind master you. Whatever trouble occurs, regard it as no more than a dream, and think only of the Lotus Sutra."
(Letter to the Brothers
- WND, Vol. 1, page 502)
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Selection Source: "Kyo no Hosshin,"
Seikyo Newspaper, January 29th, 2022
Sunday, January 30th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""Even a single daimoku brings immeasurable benefit.
"Nichiren Daishonin promises that we can attain Buddhahood by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo even just a single time: 'If you recite these words of the daimoku [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] once, then the Buddha nature of all living beings will be summoned and gather around you. At that time the three bodies of the Dharma nature within you the Dharma body, the reward body and the manifested body* – will be drawn forth and become manifest. This is called attaining Buddhahood" (WND–1, 131).
"When we are not feeling well, it's fine to just chant daimoku three times instead of pushing ourselves to do a full gongyo. We can also chant daimoku for friends and loved ones who aren't practising Nichiren Buddhism, or for members who are too ill to chant themselves. That is because having the desire to chant daimoku and also the spirit to chant for others are themselves sources of benefit."
Sunday, January 30th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
""Even a single daimoku brings immeasurable benefit.
"Nichiren Daishonin promises that we can attain Buddhahood by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo even just a single time: 'If you recite these words of the daimoku [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo] once, then the Buddha nature of all living beings will be summoned and gather around you. At that time the three bodies of the Dharma nature within you the Dharma body, the reward body and the manifested body* – will be drawn forth and become manifest. This is called attaining Buddhahood" (WND–1, 131).
"When we are not feeling well, it's fine to just chant daimoku three times instead of pushing ourselves to do a full gongyo. We can also chant daimoku for friends and loved ones who aren't practising Nichiren Buddhism, or for members who are too ill to chant themselves. That is because having the desire to chant daimoku and also the spirit to chant for others are themselves sources of benefit."
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…
* Three bodies: three kinds of body a Buddha may possess. They are the Dharma body, the reward body and the manifested body. The Dharma body is the fundamental truth, or Law, to which a Buddha is enlightened. The reward body is the wisdom to perceive the Law and is called so because a Buddha's wisdom is considered the reward derived from ceaseless effort and discipline. And the manifested body is the compassionate actions the Buddha carries out to lead people to happiness.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
FUAN TO KIKI NO JIDAI YUENI
KOKORO TO KOKORO NO TSUNAGARI O
DAREMO GA TSUYOKU MOTOMETE IRU.
TOMONI NAYAMI TOMONI YOROKOBU
YUJO NO KIZUNA O ICHIDAN TO!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
KOKORO NO SHI TOWA NARUTOMO KOKORO O SHI TO SEZARE TOWA ROKUHARAMITSUKYO NO MON NARI TATOI IKANARU WAZURAWASHIKI KOTO ARITOMO YUME NI NASHITE TADA HOKEKYO NO KOTO NOMI SABAKURASE TAMO BESHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 1088, New Gosho Zenshu page 1481)
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