Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our one-on-one connections
with fellow members
is what makes the Soka Gakkai
strong.
Through sincere heartfelt dialogue,
let's form strong bonds
with our friends
and create harmonious unity
filled with happiness!
Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A single individual has been used as an example, but the same thing applies equally to all living beings."
(The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three Existences regarding the Classification of the Teachings and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld, "
WND-2, page 844)
Selection Sources:
Light Source of Wisdom,
Seikyo Newspaper: Dec. 6th, 2022
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Even if faced with the same circumstances, our minds, our momentary thoughts and reactions will differ from one another, and those differences are directly reflected in our life state. As the Daishonin put it: 'The three thousand worlds [or realms], every single one of them, exists [in one's life]' (OTT, 22). This is the stern reality of life.
"In a later passage in 'On Attaining Buddhahood in this Lifetime," the Daishonin writes: 'When deluded, one is called an ordinary being, but when enlightened, one is called a Buddha' (WND–1, 4). Though a Buddha and an ordinary person may differ in terms of their respective enlightenment or delusion, there is no essential difference between them as human beings. Ultimately, the only difference is in their inner state of mind.
"The same is true of the lands in which people dwell. The difference between so-called pure and impure lands, the Daishonin says, 'lies solely in the good or evil of our minds' (WND–1, 4)."
The Buddhism of the Sun--Illuminating the World, [80] Our Powerful Resolve Reverberates throughout the Universe, A Transformative Teaching for Creating Happiness, December 2021 Daibyakurenge, translation released October, 2022.
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
ICHITAI ICHI NO TSUNAGARI GA
GAKKAI NO TSUYOSA DA.
KOKORO KAYOU KATARI DE
TOMO TO KATAI KIZUNA O MUSUBO!
NAKAYOKI SACHI NO SUKURAMU O!
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
"HITORI O TEHON TO SHITE ISSAI SHUJO BYODO NARU"
("SANZE SHOBUTSU SOKAMMON KYOSO HAIRYU,"
Shin Gosho Zenshu page 714,
Gosho Zenshu page 564)
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