A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shinbun based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's challenge ourselves
over and over
until we achieve our goals.
This is the key to victory.
Towards fulfilling our vow,
let's tenaciously push forwards.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
Though one might point at the earth and miss it, though one might bind up the sky, though the tides might cease to ebb and flow and the sun rise in the west, it could never come about that the prayers of the practitioner of the Lotus Sutra would go unanswered.
(On Prayer - WND-1, page 345)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin
Seikyo Shimbun
- Friday, June 17th, 2022
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There is a story about Shakyamuni and a Brahman named Udaya.* In India at the time, the Brahmans occupied the highest rank in society. One morning, Shakyamuni walked to the home of Udaya, a nonbeliever. He was on his alms round—carrying a bowl to receive food offerings. Through this practice, he enabled others to form a connection with the Law.
"Likewise, our activities for kosen-rufu today as Soka Gakkai members also enable many people in society to form a connection with Buddhism. I have travelled throughout Japan and the world to expand this sphere of Buddhist connections in countless countries and among people from all walks of life.
"Shakyamuni went to the Udaya's house again the next morning, and again the following day. On the third day, Udaya called Shakyamuni a pesky nuisance for visiting day after day.
"Shakyamuni responded to this rude remark by calmly explaining the importance of repetition, saying to the effect: 'If a farmer continues to repeat the action of sowing seeds and cultivating his fields, then he will have a harvest. If rain falls from the heavens again and again, the earth will be nourished. And, if a calf repeatedly suckles its mother's milk, it will continue to grow.' This accords with reason.
"To do well in sports and in the arts, it is essential to repeatedly practice the basics. Through such repetition, one's abilities are polished and honed.
"In Buddhist practice, those who repeatedly make good causes will attain a magnificent life state filled with good fortune and benefit. Please be confident that you are accumulating immeasurable benefit and good fortune that will endure in lifetime after lifetime."
9th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, from a speech at the 88th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, May 17th, 1995 shown as a video at the leaders' meeting on April 16th, 2022. From April 26th, 2022 Seikyo Newspaper, translation released June 2022.
* Cf. The Connected Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Samyutta Nikaya, translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2000), pp. 268-69.
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MOKUHYOU O TASSEI SURU MADE
NANDO MO NANDO MO CHOUSEN SURU.
KORE GA SHOURI NO YOUTEI DA.
WAGA SEIGAN O HATASHI YUKU
NEBARIZUYOKI ZENSHIN O!
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--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
DAICHI WA SASABA HAZURURU TOMO, OOZORA O TSUNAGU MONO WA ARI TOMO, SHIO NO MICHI'INU KOTO WA ARI TOMO, HI WA NISHI YORI IZURU TOMO, HOKEKYOU NO GYOUJA NO INORI NO KANAWANU KOTO WA ARU BEKARAZU.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1351, New Gosho Zenshu page 592)
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