每日箴言
池田大作出版著作
6月 27日
佛法就在我们的周围，于现在、这里、现实生活、人生、社会当中。若脱离现实，给人感到佛法遥不可及，那是骗人的。
Daily Encouragement
Daisaku Ikeda's
June 27
Buddhism lies close at hand, in the here and now. It is found in daily life, is innate in human existence and in society. To present Buddhism as belonging to some far-off realm, removed from life and reality is deceptive.
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Saturday, June 26th, 2021
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Battles are won with momentum.
The Daishonin affirms,
"Attacking (refuting) first one
and then another…"*
Through the sincerity and perseverance
in our conversations with others,
let's be the pioneers of
new developments for kosen rufu!
*"I have mounted the carriage drawn by the great white ox and battered down the gates of the provisional teachings. Attacking first one and then another, I have refuted opponents from the eight and ten schools, such as the Nembutsu, True Word, Zen, and Precepts."
(WND-1, page 392)
Saturday, June 26th, 2021
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Therefore practitioners of the Lotus Sutra should think of the place where they are as the pure land. Why worry about trying to go somewhere else?"
(On the Protection of the Nation
- WND, Vol. 2, page 143)
Selection Source:
Ikeda Sensei's guidance,
Seikyo Newspaper, June 26th, 2021
Sunday, June 27th, 2021
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor declared: 'The Soka Gakkai will keep getting bigger, but as long as we never forget the spirit to treasure each person, it will stay solid and united.'
"The great river of establishing the correct teaching for the peace of the land is created through our persevering efforts to forge connections with one person after another with that spirit firmly in our hearts."
Our Brilliant Human Revolution, Striving to Create a World of Peace and Tranquility for All Humankind, February 21st, 2021 issue of the Seikyo Newspaper, translation released May, 2021.
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给女性的赠言
6月27日
挑战的精神永无止境，西方有句谚语说："幸运只向挑战者微笑。"一切都由行动开始，一旦开始行动，就会产生智慧。
池田大作
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6月27日 沒有勝過誠實的東西。不管一時的結果怎樣，從長遠來看，誠實的人會留下信譽。 摘自池田大作先生的《今日指導》第六冊
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《新．人间革命》第30卷 〈胜利欢呼〉（76）节录分享😃
伸一在讲话中说：「我唯一的愿望就是大家健康，生活安定，度过美好的人生。还有，要牢记信心是为此而有，信心即生活。」
信心、学会活动的目的是甚么？——是为了广宣流布、立正安国，但根本目的是为了自己的幸福。唱题的同时，也为实现广宣流布、立正安国而实践，自身生命就会跃动，感到欢喜，能达成人间革命和宿命转换。在自己的家、自己的班、地区和自己的社区使幸福之花绽放的道路就是每天的学会活动。
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希望的明日
6月27日
勤行要如同向着壮丽的「宝塔」，骑着天马、名马、骏马驰骋般，生命的气势如虹。又如喷射机或火箭飞向晴空般，向着「法性的晴空」、「幸福的晴空」，运转着勤行、唱题的引擎，活力充沛地在正确轨道上飞翔。（ 1991年6月25日 ）
一一摘自台湾《SGI 会长池田大作指导珠玉集》
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Buddhist Compassion
"The essence of Buddhism is compassion. We, too, need to have compassion but, being ordinary mortals, the reality is that it is quite difficult for us. Courage substitutes for compassion. I am speaking of the courage to save others from suffering. To practice Buddhism with courage translates into compassion"
Most of us can admit to being selfcentered at times—thinking first of ourselves and only then of others. Self-concern, of course, is an important part of living—we need to feed, clothe and obtain shelter for ourselves, and be attentive to our long-term welfare. But when self-interest becomes the dominant force in our lives, it can cause us to act insensitively and even harmfully toward others. Buddhism in particular highlights the intrinsic connection between our personal well-being and that of others.
Many of us have experienced a sense of fulfillment from going out of our way to help another person. Doing so lets us step beyond what may be our usual self-centeredness, and this, it turns out, allows positive feelings and qualities to arise within us. This is why compassionate acts form an essential part of Buddhist practice.
In Chinese and Japanese Buddhist texts, including The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, the word for compassion comprises two Chinese characters, pronounced jihi in Japanese. The first character, ji, corresponds to the Sanskrit word maitri, meaning "to give happiness." The second, hi, corresponds to the Sanskrit karuna, meaning "to remove suffering." Taken together they describe the function of relieving living beings of suffering and giving them happiness.
In Nichiren Buddhism, we practice both for our own happiness and for the happiness of others, and in the process develop faith in our own and all people's potential to attain enlightenment. Our actions to help others realize this potential is true Buddhist compassion.
Our Buddhist practice allows us to go beyond simply observing others' suffering and feeling sorry for them. Compassion is not merely offering sympathy and a helping hand. From the perspective of Nichiren Buddhism, true compassion has the power to root out the cause of misery in people's lives and direct them to the cause for happiness. Such compassion by its very nature requires courage and strength. Almost anyone can feel kindness toward a person who shows them kindness. However, in letters he wrote, Nichiren urges his disciples to compassionately embrace all people as their own children and to cultivate a state of life that enables them to do so.
But how can we muster compassion, especially when we just aren't feeling it? For us, the prayers and actions we take in the course of our Buddhist practice, in our activities as SGI members, cause genuine compassion to awaken within us.
Second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda once said: "The essence of Buddhism is compassion. We, too, need to have compassion but, being ordinary mortals, the reality is that it is quite difficult for us. Courage substitutes for compassion. I am speaking of the courage to save others from suffering. To practice Buddhism with courage translates into compassion" ( Buddhism Day by Day, p. 57).
This is why introducing others to Buddhism can be seen as the primary practical means for awakening and giving expression to true compassion. Because it enables people to attain a state of indestructible happiness, it is an act that in itself embodies great compassion.
When we actively take part in SGI activities— encouraging others through sharing our own experiences of breaking through our problems through faith, visiting fellow members to chant and study together, and offering our heartfelt support—we are also taking courageous action based on Buddhist compassion. We find ourselves breaking through our lesser, self-centered selves and developing a vast, boundless life state and a broad, generous heart. We naturally find ourselves working earnestly for the happiness of others, to better society, and to protect and propagate the Mystic Law.
To favor certain people over others is a natural human tendency, and having compassion does not require that we like everyone equally. A Buddha, however, holds no preferences when it comes to saving others. Because compassion arises from our innate Buddha nature, it in itself is impartial. By chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to the Gohonzon, we can find the wisdom to recognize the positive qualities in others—even those we may dislike.
While it is easy to identify others' weak points, it is harder to see and appreciate their strong points. But if we focus on the strong points, we will naturally come to appreciate, feel closer to and respect others. Compassion includes the ability to recognize in others strengths and capacities that we ourselves may be lacking, as well as our wish to learn from those qualities. As a result, we may find ourselves thinking of others more often and feeling concerned about their well-being.
SGI President Ikeda states: "Compassion is the very soul of Buddhism. To pray for others, making their problems and anguish our own; to embrace those who are suffering, becoming their greatest ally; to continue giving them our support and encouragement until they become truly happy—the Daishonin's Buddhism lives and breathes in such humanistic actions" ( My Dear Friends in America, third edition, pp. 198–99).
We practice Buddhism for our own happiness and that of others. These two aims of faith cannot be separated. When our thoughts for others' fulfillment and well-being become part of our daily prayer, we transcend the innate impulse to be concerned only with ourselves and thereby illuminate our innate Buddhahood.
[Courtesy July 2012 Living Buddhism.]