15th Sep. 2023 To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 16th Sep. Daily Encouragement

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

Friday, September 15th, 2023

-- TO MY FRIENDS --

The Daishonin writes to have:

"courtesy towards one's friends."*

Behaving sincerely

is the key to deepening friendships.

Let's expand our circle of trust

and build a solidarity of good!

*from "The Four Virtues and the Four Debts of Gratitude" - WND-2, page 636

Friday, September 15th, 2023

--- DAILY GOSHO ---

Could not this illness of your husband's be the Buddha's design, because the Vimalakīrti and Nirvana sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain the way.

(The Good Medicine for All Ills 

- WND-1, page 937)

Selection Source: Kyō no Hosshin

Seikyo Newspaper 

- Friday, September 15th, 2023

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----

"'The mystic principle of the true aspect of reality is one, but if it encounters evil influences, it will manifest delusion, while if it encounters good influences, it will manifest enlightenment. Enlightenment means enlightenment to the essential nature of phenomena, and delusion, ignorance of it.'

- "The Entity of the Mystic Law" 

(WND-1, 417-18).

"Our lives change through external influences. Good influences, the Daishonin says, can bring out the highest positive potential within us. This is the essence of the Soka Gakkai, a network of 'good friends' united by faith in the Mystic Law.

"We carry out dialogue in the spirit of Bodhisattva Never Dis-paraging, believing in and seeking to awaken the Buddha nature within each person. Through these efforts, we together transform the delusion of ignorance into enlightenment to life's essential nature.

"Expanding our network of good friends is the steadiest and surest way to advance the ideal of 'establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land' and create a current of peace in the world."

Towards a Hope-Filled Future with the Daishonin's Writings, Expanding Our Network of "Good Friends" to Create a Current of Peace, from 17th May, 2023 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, translation released August 2023.    

-- WAGA TOMO NI OKURU --

"TOMO NI ŌTE REI ARE"

SEIJITSUNA FURUMAI KOSO

YŪJŌ O FUKAMERU YŌTEI DA.

SHINRAI NO WA O ŌKIKU HIROGE

ZEN NO RENTAI O KIZUKŌ!

New Gosho Zenshu page 1850, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1527

The Japanese kanji is available by clicking on Seikyo Shinbun's

‪http://www.seikyoonline.com/news/wagatomo/‬

--- KYO NO GOSHO ---

KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ON-HAKARAI KA. SONO YUE WA, JŌMYŌKYŌ, NEHANGYŌ NIWA, YAMAI ARU HITO HOTOKE NI NARU BEKI YOSHI TOKARETE SŌRŌ. YAMAI NI YORITE DŌSHIN WA OKORI SŌRŌ NARI.

New Gosho Zenshu page 1963, 

Gosho Zenshu page 1480

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