A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.
Friday, August 26th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states,
"Even more valuable than reason
and documentary proof
is the proof of actual fact."
Steadily challenging our faith
and accumulating experiences
are in and of themselves
proof of victory in Buddhism.
*From "Three Tripitaka Masters Pray for Rain"
WND-1, page 598
Friday, August 26th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land
- WND-1, page 17)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin
Seikyo Newspaper
- Friday, August 26th, 2022
Saturday, August 27th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"'No treasure tower exists other than Myoho-renge-kyo. The daimoku of the Lotus Sutra is the treasure tower, and the treasure tower is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.'
"From 'On the Treasure Tower' (WND–1, 299).
"Our founding president, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, was born in Niigata Prefecture [on June 6th, 1871], exactly 600 years after Nichiren Daishonin was exiled to Sado Island, which today is part of the same prefecture. He selflessly dedicated his life to spreading the Mystic Law, just as the Daishonin taught. This was a passage he regarded as very important, underlining it in red in his copy of the Daishonin's writings.
"Making our founder's courageous spirit our own, let us continue to engage in respectful one-to-one dialogue as he did! So that we can create growing forests of treasure towers—our own and others' lives shining with supreme dignity—and build treasure realms of peace and security in our societies, based on the humanistic principles of Nichiren Buddhism."
Towards a Hope-Filled Future with the Daishonin's Writings, Nichiren Buddhism Is a Philosophy of Supreme Respect for All People, from the June 1st, 2022 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper translation released July 2022.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
"DŌRI, SHŌMON YORIMO
GENSHŌ NIWA SUGIZU"
JIMICHI NI SHINJIN DE CHŌSEN SHI
TSUMIKASANETA TAIKEN KOSO
BUPPŌ SHŌRI NO AKASHI DA.
(Gosho Zenshu page 1468,
New Gosho Zenshu page 1941)
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SŌYŌ, KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI, HEKIRA, SHŌTŌ NI KAKATTE SENJIN O NOBU.
(Gosho Zenshu page 26,
New Gosho Zenshu page 36)
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