* Yesterday's "Daily Encouragement"'s last line should have read "cause" and not "course." Our apologies!🙇🏼
A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our traditional "February Campaign"
is now in its later half.
With words
With words
from deep within our hearts,
let's have sincere conversations
let's have sincere conversations
with more and more of our friends.
Let's advance the development
Let's advance the development
of kosen-rufu
with enthusiasm
and in the very best of high spirits!
Saturday, February 18th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Entering into the relation of teacher and lay supporter is the result of a bond that bridges the three existences. Never seek the three benefits of sowing, maturing, and harvesting from anyone else. These golden words cannot possibly be wrong: 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' and 'If one stays close to the teachers of the Law, one will speedily gain the way of enlightenment. By following and learning from these teachers one will see Buddhas as numerous as Ganges sands.'"
(On the Five Seasonal Festivals
-- Saturday, February 18th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Entering into the relation of teacher and lay supporter is the result of a bond that bridges the three existences. Never seek the three benefits of sowing, maturing, and harvesting from anyone else. These golden words cannot possibly be wrong: 'Those persons who had heard the Law dwelled here and there in various Buddha lands, constantly reborn in company with their teachers,' and 'If one stays close to the teachers of the Law, one will speedily gain the way of enlightenment. By following and learning from these teachers one will see Buddhas as numerous as Ganges sands.'"
(On the Five Seasonal Festivals
- WND, Vol. 2, page 375)
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DENTO NO "NIGATSU TOSO" MO
IYOIYO KOHANSEN.
SEIJITSU TO MAGOKORO NO KATARAI O
OKU NO TOMO NI HIROGEYO.
KOFU KAITAKU O IKI TAKAKU!
Selection Source:
Learning from Ikeda Sensei's Lectures,
Seikyo Newspaper, February 18th, 2023
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"How can we expand our state of life? By expanding our human relations. I hope that as leaders, each of you, therefore, will form strong connections with others. Genuine leaders have a solid connection with their members and with people around them.
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"How can we expand our state of life? By expanding our human relations. I hope that as leaders, each of you, therefore, will form strong connections with others. Genuine leaders have a solid connection with their members and with people around them.
"Human connections and personal interaction are vital. It's important that we connect and interact with many others, both inside and outside the organisation. Doing so expands and enriches our lives."
11th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders' Meeting, Exerts from Ikeda Sensei's speech at the 13th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, July 9th, 1997, translated from the November 22nd, 2022 issue of Seikyo Newspaper, translation released February 2023.
-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
DENTO NO "NIGATSU TOSO" MO
IYOIYO KOHANSEN.
SEIJITSU TO MAGOKORO NO KATARAI O
OKU NO TOMO NI HIROGEYO.
KOFU KAITAKU O IKI TAKAKU!
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SHIDAN TO NARU KOTO WA SANZE NO CHIGIRI SHU JUKU DATSU NO SANYAKU BETSUNI HITO O MOTOMENYA ITARU TOKORO NO SHOBUTSU NO DO NI TSUNENI SHI TO TOMONI SHOZU MOSHI HOSSHI NI SHINGON SEBA SUMIYAKANI BODAI NO MICHI O E KONO SHI NI ZUIJUN SHITE GAKUSEBA GOJA NO HOTOKE O MI TATEMATSURU KOTO O EN NO KINGEN TAGAU BEKIYA
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SHIDAN TO NARU KOTO WA SANZE NO CHIGIRI SHU JUKU DATSU NO SANYAKU BETSUNI HITO O MOTOMENYA ITARU TOKORO NO SHOBUTSU NO DO NI TSUNENI SHI TO TOMONI SHOZU MOSHI HOSSHI NI SHINGON SEBA SUMIYAKANI BODAI NO MICHI O E KONO SHI NI ZUIJUN SHITE GAKUSEBA GOJA NO HOTOKE O MI TATEMATSURU KOTO O EN NO KINGEN TAGAU BEKIYA
(New Gosho Zenshu page 1456,
Gosho Zenshu page 1070)
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