A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
One-on-one conversation
is the direct path
towards kosen-rufu!
We can build joyful solidarity
when we firmly believe in
our friends' Buddha nature
and by
thoroughly encouraging them!
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
Be resolved to summon forth the great power of faith, and chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with the prayer that your faith will be steadfast and correct at the moment of death. Never seek any other way to inherit the ultimate Law of life and death, and manifest it in your life. Only then will you realize that earthly desires are enlightenment, and that the sufferings of birth and death are nirvana. Even embracing the Lotus Sutra would be useless without the heritage of faith.
(The Heritage of the Ultimate Lawof Life
- WND-1, page 218)
Selection Source: Asu o Terasu
Seikyo Newspaper -
Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The lay nun Myoshin was one of the Daishonin's women disciples. Thought to be the wife of the lay priest Takahashi Rokuro Hyoe, she lived in Suraga province (present-day central Shizuoka Prefecture). She was also the aunt of Nikko Shonin, the Daishonin's direct disciple and successor.
"While the lay nun Myoshin was taking care of her husband, who was very sick, the Daishonin sent her a letter of heartfelt encouragement. Founding Soka Gakkai President Tsunesaburo Makiguchi underlined as important the following passage of this letter in his personal copy of the Daishonin's writings:
"'Could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way. (WND–1, 937)
"Everyone falls ill. It is not a sign of defeat. In fact, Nichiren Buddhism enables us to use the experience of illness to become stronger, deeper and wiser people."
Building a Bright Future based on Our Vow, [23] The Lay Nun Myoshin—Winning through Daimoku at the Crucial Moment, Future Journal, February 1st, 2020 issue, translation released July 2022.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ICHI-TAI-ICHI NO KATARAI KOSO
KŌSEN-RUFU NO JIKIDŌ DA!
TOMO NO BUSSHŌ O SHINJINUKI
TETTEI SHITE HAGEMASU NAKA DE
SACHI NO RENTAI WA KIZUKARERU!
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
AIKAMAETE AIKAMAETE, GŌJŌ NO DAI-SHINRIKI O ITASHITE, NAM-MYŌHŌ-RENGE-KYŌ RINJŪ SHŌNEN TO KINEN SHITAMAE. SHŌJI ICHIDAIJI NO KETSUMYAKU, KORE YORI HOKA NI MATTAKU MOTOMURU KOTO NAKARE. BONNŌ SOKU BODAI, SHŌJI SOKU NEHAN TO WA, KORE NARI. SHINJIN NO KETSUMYAKU NAKUNBA, HOKEKYŌ O TAMOTSU TOMO MUYAKU NARI.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1338, New Gosho Zenshu page 1777)
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