Sat. 1st July 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + Sun. 2nd July Daily Encouragement

A translation of "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on President Ikeda's recent guidance, and more.

Saturday, July 1st, 2023
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The daily practice of gongyo 

and chanting daimoku is
the driving force for 

great transformation.
"The daimoku is a big voice."*
Let's chant 

with the powerful conviction

that rocks the entire universe!

*Gosho: "These are the words that we living beings utter each morning and evening. As to the fact that this is called a 'loud' or a big voice, the provisional teachings are a small voice, while, in comparison, the Lotus Sutra is a big voice. In turn, the twenty-eight chapters of the Lotus Sutra are a small voice, while the daimoku is a big voice." 

(OTT, page 90)

Saturday, July 1st, 2023
-- DAILY GOSHO --
"Belief represents the value or price we attach to a jewel or treasure, and understanding represents the jewel itself. It is through the one word 'belief' that we are able to purchase the wisdom of the Buddhas of the three existences. That wisdom is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(Belief and Understanding chapter

 - OTT, page 54)
Selection Source: 

Learning from 

Ikeda Sensei's lectures, 

Seikyo Newspaper, July 1st, 2023

Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'If the Law that one embraces is supreme, then the person who embraces it must accordingly be foremost among all others' (WND-1, 61).

"What are the beliefs and philosophy that guide our actions? Unless we anchor ourselves in sound guiding principles, the turbulent currents of life and society can quickly sweep us away. People who embrace a fundamental philosophy that accords with the underlying law of the universe will be 'foremost among all others,' as the Daishonin says, and can ultimately adorn their lives with unsurpassed victory."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [88] Faith is the Compass for Victory in Life—Courageously and Cheerfully Sailing the Course to Happiness, August 22nd, 2022 Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study magazine. Translation released June 2023

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --
MAINICHI NO GONGYO SHODAI KOSO
IDAINA HENKAKU NO GENDORYOKU DA.
"DAIMOKU WA DAIONJO NARI"
ZEN UCHU O YURI UGOKASU
TSUYOKI KAKUSHIN NO INORI O!

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's
http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
SHIN WA ATAI NO GOTOKU GE WA TAKARA NO GOTOSHI SANZE NO SHOBUTSU NO CHIE O KAU WA SHIN NO ICHIJI NARI CHIE TOWA NANMYOHORENGEKYO NARI

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1012, 

Gosho Zenshu page 725)

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