21-27, 2023 Words of the Week, Aug. 21 Daily Gosho + Aug. 22 Daily Encouragement

* Apologies for the two spelling mistakes in Daily Encouragement yesterday - "atter" should have read "after," "suttering" should have read "suffering." 

A translation of "Words of the Week" published in the Seikyo Newspaper based on Ikeda Sensei's recent guidance, and more.

August 21st-27th, 2023
-- WORDS OF THE WEEK --
The Daishonin encourages us to:
"Strengthen our faith 

day by day 

and month after month."*
Together with our 

Seikyo Newspaper 

and other organisational 

newspapers and magazines,
it's time to make a new start 

towards our human revolution.
With a fresh vibrant spirit,
let's sow the seeds of Buddhism 

in people's hearts
and achieve triumphant victories 

both for ourselves and our district!

*"On Persecutions Befalling the Sage" 

(WND, Vol.1, page 997)
**Aug. 24th 

"Seikyo Newspaper's Founding Day." 

On the same day in 1950, Toda Sensei and Ikeda Sensei discussed the concept of starting a newspaper for the first time.

Monday, August 21st, 2023
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into hell. If teacher and disciple are of different minds, they will never accomplish anything."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain 

- WND, Vol. 1, page 909)
Selection Source: Kyo no Hosshin, 

Seikyo Newspaper, Aug. 21st, 2023

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Embracing faith in the Mystic Law and treasuring the people in our lives, we take action founded on our prayer for world peace. Our resolve to do so encompasses the entire world and the universe according to the principle that 'One's body and mind at a single moment pervade the entire realm of phenomena'* (WND-1, 366)."

The Buddhism of the Sun—Illuminating the World, [89] A People-Centred Religion—Transmitting the Philosophy of Respect for Life to the Future, Action Based on a Prayer for World Peace, from the Daibyakurenge, Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, September 2022, translation released June 2023

* From Miao-lo's Annotations on "Great Concentration and Insight."

-- KONSHU NO KOTOBA --
"TSUKIZUKI HIBI NI TSUYORI TAMAE"
WARERA NO SEIKYO TO TOMONI
NINGEN KAKUMEI NO SHIN "start" DA.
IKI IKI TO BUTSUEN O HIROGE
SA JISHIN TO CHIKU NO GAIKA E!

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

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---
YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU BEKARAZU

(New Gosho Zenshu page 1211, 

Gosho Zenshu page 900)

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