A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, February 6th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When we have "appreciation"
there is limitless progress.
Let's not forget to smile and express
Let's not forget to smile and express
our heartfelt thoughts with words like
"Thank you for everything you do!"
Sunday, February 6th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It goes without saying, therefore, that persons who study the teachings of Buddhism must also [observe the ideal of filial piety and] understand and repay their obligations. The disciples of the Buddha must without fail understand the four debts of gratitude and know how to repay them. "
(The Opening of the Eyes
- WND, Vol. 1, page 228)
Selection Source: Buddhist teachings,
Selection Source: Buddhist teachings,
Seikyo Newspaper, February 6th, 2022
Monday, February 7th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'If lay believers and their teacher pray with different minds, their prayers will be as futile as trying to kindle a fire on water. Even if they pray with one mind, their prayers will go unanswered if they have long made the error of attacking greater teachings with lesser ones. Eventually, both lay believers and their teacher will be ruined. (WND–1, 795; "The Eight Winds")'
Monday, February 7th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'If lay believers and their teacher pray with different minds, their prayers will be as futile as trying to kindle a fire on water. Even if they pray with one mind, their prayers will go unanswered if they have long made the error of attacking greater teachings with lesser ones. Eventually, both lay believers and their teacher will be ruined. (WND–1, 795; "The Eight Winds")'
"The above passage from 'The Eight Winds' says that no matter how earnest, if the prayers of teachers and believers—mentor and disciples—are not based on the Lotus Sutra, the teaching of universal enlightenment, then they will fall into decline.
"How wonderful that we of the Soka Gakkai, whose prayers are based on the Lotus Sutra, enjoy lives that lead to victory for both mentor and disciple!"
The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [70] Everything Begins with Prayer Infused with the Shared Vow of Mentor and Disciple, Eternally Following the Great Path of the Oneness of Mentor and Disciple, from the February 2021 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released December 2021.
- To be continued tomorrow! And for a while…
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-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"KANSHA" GA ARU TOKORO NI
MUGEN NO KOJO GA ARU.
"ITSUMO ARIGATO!" TO
KOTOBA NI SHITE TSUTAEYO.
EGAO DE OMOI O KOMETE!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
IKANI IWANYA BUPPO O GAKUSEN HITO CHION HO ON NAKARU BESHIYA BUTSUDESHI WA KANARAZU SHION O SHITTE CHION HO ON O ITASU BESHI
(Gosho Zenshu page 192, New Gosho Zenshu page 58)
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