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A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.
March 6th-12th, 2023
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
There is no doubt that around
us Bodhisattvas of the Earth
are people whom we share
deep karmic bonds with.
Let's call those people forth
by chanting daimoku
and conversing with others!
Let's help one another
to accumulate
"the treasures of the heart"
and stride together along the path
to attaining Buddhahood!
*"The Bodhisattvas of the Earth share a strong bond with the Buddha from the remote past. They are bodhisattvas linked by a profound karmic connection and mission, who choose to be born in the Latter Day of the Law."
(ref. Ikeda Sensei's Lecture Series,
Daibyakurenge, November 2020)
Monday, March 6th, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If a commanding general is fainthearted, his soldiers will become cowards. If a bow is weak, the bowstring will be slack. If the wind is gentle, the waves will never rise high. This all accords with the principles of nature."
(The Unity of Husband and Wife
- WND, Vol. 1, page 464)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin,
Seikyo Newspaper, March 6th, 2023
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In our movement for kosen-rufu, today, when the leaders advance, everyone advances. When the leaders grow, everyone grows, but if the leaders are all words, and no action, there will be no victory.
"When a leader resolves, 'I will challenge my human revolution! I will develop myself!' and then, personally initiates action, the driving force for continual victory is born. That is the only formula for being ever victorious."
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.
-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
JIYU NO WARERA NIWA
KANARAZU SHUKUEN NO KENZOKU ARI.
INORI KATARI YOBI IDASO!
MINA DE "KOKORO NO TAKARA" O TSUMI
HOTOKE NI NARIYUKU DAIKOSHIN O.
The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/
--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
DAISHOGUN YUWAKEREBA SHITAGAU MONO MO KAI NASHI YUMI YUWAKEREBA TSURU
YURUSHI KAZE YURUNAREBA NAMI CHIISAKI WA JINEN NO DORI NARI
(New Gosho Zenshu page 1543,
Gosho Zenshu page 1135)
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