A translation of President Ikeda’s To My Friends published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more. Wednesday, Nov 12th, 2014 -- TO MY FRIENDS -- Lets make it our responsibility to see our friends and fellow members to happiness! When we begin by chanting powerful Daimoku unlimited wisdom and courage wells up from the core of our being. Let’s never forget this prime point! Wednesday, Nov. 12th, 2014 --- DAILY GOSHO --- “A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand feet.” (On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol 1, page 17) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, Nov 12th, 2014 Thursday, Nov. 13th, 2014 ---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ---- Buddhism is not about turning one’s back on life or escaping reality, or acting as if one has already attained enlightenment and risen above considerations of happiness and unhappiness. In particular, thinking oneself alone to be special has nothing to do with Buddhism. Rather, genuine practitioners of Buddhism are those who, as humble seekers of happiness, earnestly pursue their Buddhist practice together with and in the same way as everyone else. They take action with courage and joy, more determined than anyone to never pass up an opportunity to accumulate good fortune. Such people never arrogantly think, ‘This is good enough, but continue to exert themselves out of a desire to gain still more fortune and benefit and to develop a state of eternal happiness. The spirit of Buddhism pulses in this resolve to keep improving and challenging oneself without end.” SGI Newsletter No. 9112, The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, Part 1: Happiness, Chap. 5: Happiness for Both Ourselves and Others, from the October 2014 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translation released 27th Oct., 2014
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