A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Sunday, February 20th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states:
"Share as one a friend's joys
and sorrows."*
Through sharing both suffering
Through sharing both suffering
and joy with our friends,
we create a bond of true joy.
Let's engage in conversation
we create a bond of true joy.
Let's engage in conversation
with as many people as we can
and help them to form
and help them to form
a connection with Buddhism!
*"When the pine flourishes, the cypress is overjoyed; when grasses wither, orchids weep. Even insentient plants and trees share as one a friend's joys and sorrows."
*"When the pine flourishes, the cypress is overjoyed; when grasses wither, orchids weep. Even insentient plants and trees share as one a friend's joys and sorrows."
- "Reply to the Honorable Kōnichi"
(WND, Vol.2, page 964)
Sunday, February 20th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is originally inherent in all living beings. This truth is Myoho-renge-kyo. Chanting Myoho-renge-kyo will therefore enable you to grasp the mystic truth innate in all life."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
Sunday, February 20th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you wish to free yourself from the sufferings of birth and death you have endured since time without beginning and to attain without fail unsurpassed enlightenment in this lifetime, you must perceive the mystic truth that is originally inherent in all living beings. This truth is Myoho-renge-kyo. Chanting Myoho-renge-kyo will therefore enable you to grasp the mystic truth innate in all life."
(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime
- WND, Vol. 1, page 3)
Selection Source: February gosho lecture,
Selection Source: February gosho lecture,
Seikyo Newspaper, February 20th, 2022
Monday, February 21st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It's important to develop the empathy to actively engage others in dialogue, to share their sorrows and joys, and to be considerate of their lifestyles.
"The foundation of such empathy is a philosophy that teaches respect for the lives of others and dignifies our own lives.
"The 13th century mystic and poet Rumi (1207-73), whose tomb is located in Turkey, wrote: 'If any [person] speaks well of another, that good appraisal reverts again to himself, and in reality it is himself that he is praising and applauding.'*
"If we spent more time in our daily lives praising and expressing our gratitude for the quiet and sincere efforts of others, how greatly we would brighten and enrich their lives and our own!"
*A.J. Arberry, Discouses of Rumi (London: John Murray,1961), p. 209.
Unforgettable Journeys, Istanbul—Building a Capital of Boundless Joy in Our Hearts, November 2nd, 2021 issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2022.
Monday, February 21st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It's important to develop the empathy to actively engage others in dialogue, to share their sorrows and joys, and to be considerate of their lifestyles.
"The foundation of such empathy is a philosophy that teaches respect for the lives of others and dignifies our own lives.
"The 13th century mystic and poet Rumi (1207-73), whose tomb is located in Turkey, wrote: 'If any [person] speaks well of another, that good appraisal reverts again to himself, and in reality it is himself that he is praising and applauding.'*
"If we spent more time in our daily lives praising and expressing our gratitude for the quiet and sincere efforts of others, how greatly we would brighten and enrich their lives and our own!"
*A.J. Arberry, Discouses of Rumi (London: John Murray,1961), p. 209.
Unforgettable Journeys, Istanbul—Building a Capital of Boundless Joy in Our Hearts, November 2nd, 2021 issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2022.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"TOMO NO YOROKOBI TOMO NO NAGEKI
HITOTSU NARI" GOSEIKUN.
KURAKU O TOMONI SURU TSUNAGARI NI
SHIN NO KANKI GA ARU.
BUTSUEN O HIROGERU KATARAI O!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SORE MUSHI NO SHOJI O TODOMETE KONOTABI KETSUJO SHITE MUJO BODAI O SHOSEN TO OMOWABA SUBEKARAKU SHUJO HONNU NO MYORI O KANZU BESHI SHUJO HONNU NO MYORI TOWA MYOHORENGEKYO KORE NARI YUENI MYOHORENGEKYO TO TONAE TATEMATSUREBA SHUJO HONNU NO MYORI O KANZURU NITE ARUNARI
(Gosho Zenshu page 383, New Gosho Zenshu page 316)
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