Chanting Growers Group

[PassTheDoobie]

Once we have made up our minds,
(this is what we want to do,)
everything will start to change.
Let's have the courage to take that first step.
Let's courageously decide that we won't give in.
Let's make that breakthrough and overcome our limitations!

Daisaku Ikeda

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"'So the battle goes on even today' (WND-1, 392), writes the Daishonin, affirming that he will never cease his struggle. Let us also continue striving
without end and achieve absolute victory!"

SGI Newsletter No. 8402, 54th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting. Let’s Continue Our Joyous Ascent of the Mountain of Kosen-rufu!, from the Dec. 4th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 14th, 2011

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(On Attaining Buddhahood in This Lifetime - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 4)Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, January 7th, 2012

 

[TrichyTrichy]

Chanting for BorntobeWild who was rushed to the hospital today.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

 

[PassTheDoobie]

Chanting for BorntobeWild who was rushed to the hospital today.

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

We're with you Sister T! Let us know how BtbW progresses!

Bowing in humble obeisance,

Thomas

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"Continue to scale
the mountain of kosen-rufu,
reaching even higher,
confident that you possess
the infinite power of the Buddha.

"Three decades ago (in 1981), I composed the long poem, 'Youth, Scale the Mountain of Kosen-rufu of the 21st Century!' [1] It opens with a stanza citing the spirit of the famous British mountaineer George Mallory (1886–1924), who, incidentally, was a friend of historian Dr. Arnold J. Toynbee. The lines read: 'Why do I climb mountains? Because they are there!'

"Mallory, who believed that aspiration and endeavour were life-giving,[2] remarked that he found 'a close correspondence between the intensity of the struggle and the keenness of enjoyment.'[3] The mountaineer’s insight resonates with the profound Buddhist teaching that earthly desires lead to enlightenment.

"It is by bravely taking on challenging mountains of life’s trials and tribulations that we can bring forth our inner strength."

SGI Newsletter No. 8402, 54th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting. Let’s Continue Our Joyous Ascent of the Mountain of Kosen-rufu!, from the Dec. 4th, 2011, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 14th, 2011

[1] Initially composed and presented in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, in December 1981, the poem was revised by President Ikeda in 1999. See SGI
Newsletter No. 3876.
[2] David Robertson, George Mallory (London: Faber and Faber, 1999), p. 220.
[3] Ibid,. p. 142.

 

[PassTheDoobie]

A "Youth" is someone who continually
strives to improve themselves.
Better today than yesterday,
more tomorrow than today,
let's enthusiastically challenge ourselves
each and every day.

Daisaku Ikeda

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"The great lantern that illuminates the long night of the sufferings of birth and death, the sharp sword that severs the fundamental darkness inherent in life, is none other than the Lotus Sutra."

(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1038) Selection source: Myoji no Gen, Seikyo Shimbun, January 7th, 2012

 

[TrichyTrichy]

Just got word he is much better. A band that was holding his ribs together popped. OUCH!



Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam MYoho Renge Kyo!

 

[Bonzo]

(((((((((((( nam myoho renge kyo ))))))))))
(((((((((((( nam myoho renge kyo ))))))))))
(((((((((((( nam myoho renge kyo ))))))))))

 

[PassTheDoobie]

We practice the Mystic Law
that promises that no prayer will go unanswered.
Our voices, chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo,
definitely can move even the universe.
No matter what we might encounter,
let's always make every effort to advance, onwards and upwards!

Daisaku Ikeda

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"In the light of the above points, this shows, my followers, that you had better cut short your sleep by night and curtail your leisure by day, and ponder this! You must not spend your lives in vain and regret it for ten thousand years to come."

(The Problem to Be Pondered Night and Day - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 622) Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, January 9th, 2012

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"In all struggles for kosen-rufu, you will find the strength to vanquish obstacles and attain complete victory when your chanting is harmonious and unified."

SGI Newsletter No. 8421, Young Phoenixes, Soar into the Future! President Ikeda’s efforts to foster the future division members, along with division graduates’ personal accounts and recollections of meetings and interactions with President Ikeda in their youth. (5) President Ikeda’s Lecture on “The True Aspect of All Phenomena”— Part 2 [of 2], from the March 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Jan. 6th, 2012 .

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"The great lantern that illuminates the long night of the sufferings of birth and death, the sharp sword that severs the fundamental darkness inherent in life, is none other than the Lotus Sutra."

(A Comparison of the Lotus and Other Sutras - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1038) Selection source: Myoji no gen, Jan 9th, 2012

 

[PassTheDoobie]

"You will grow younger,
and your good fortune will accumulate."*
We are eternally youthful!
With even greater youthful exuberance,
let us walk along the great path of good fortune and benefit!

Daisaku Ikeda

* "The Unity of Husband and Wife" - WND-I, page 464

 

[Payaso]

In the beginning T said "Calling all Bodhisattvas of the Earth!"

I responded then, and again now with the same sentiment as always -

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

Kosen Rufu IS World Peace!

 

[Babbabud]

Welcome home old friend

Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo
Nam myoho renge kyo

 

[Desiderata]

"W e l l come H o m e P a r t n e r !!!".....(John Wayne style)

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

 

[TrichyTrichy]

Back!!!!!!!!!

Nam Myoho Renge Kyo!

 

[Bonzo]

howdy Payaso!

nam myoho renge kyo