Gosho study

Rainbow Group Study Material on 23/05/2010
By Ong Shih Shih

1) The journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days, if you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital?
比如由镰仓至京，计程十二日，若行十一日，至最后一日而止步不前，何得而咏都城之月乎？

2) Single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and urge others to do the same; that will remain as the only memory of your present life in this human world.
须是一心唱诵南无妙法莲华经，我既唱之，亦劝他人，唯此可作今生人之怀思。

3) When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all affairs.
天晴则地明，识法华经者可得世法欤。

4) “Knowledge without faith” describes those who are knowledgeable about Buddhist doctrines but have no faith. These people will never attain Buddhahood. Those of “faith without knowledge” may lack knowledge but have faith can attain Buddhahood.
有解无信，是解法门而无信心者，决不成佛。有信无解，是无解而信心者，可得成佛。

学习御书的重要：
-教导我们如何生存，如何奋战。
-我们必需“将御书铭于心胸”

教学并不是观念的教学，也不是记忆的教学，更不是要成为学者的教学。
是为了与所有现实人生奋战的动力，是为了在社会获得绝对胜利的教学，大哲学。

Ensuring Human Security 2

What Does Security Mean To Me?

"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious & uncertain until it is secured for all of us & incorporated into our common life."
By Jane Addams


Human security begins with our basic needs.
People need to be safe.
People need people.
We need to be respected, to have self-respect & to respect others. We need access to love,culture ,faith.
We need a sense of contribution & purpose. We need the chance to reach our highest potential.

Words Of Peace

Noting is more barbarous than war,
Nothing is more cruel
And yet , the war dragged on.

By,
Daisaku Ikeda

Love (2)

If you genuinely love someone,
then through your relationship
with him or her, you can develop into
a person whose love extends to all humanity.
That sort of relationship strengthens
and enriches your inner realm.

The ideal love is the one that enables
each of the lovers to influence & enhance
the other's personality.

By,
Josei Toda

Love (1)

True love arises
from two people's determination
to share their lives together,
and from the wisdom gained from
aspiring for the future.

It is important to love people,
to treasure everyone. To the extent that
we love others, we will be loved. To the extent
that we work for others' happiness, we will enjoy
protection & support. This is the law
of cause & effect. It is also the path
for developing our humanity.

From,
Daisaku Ikeda

Ensuring Human Security

From a culture of Violence to a culture of Peace:Transforming the Human Spirit


"Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding."
By Ralph Waldo Emerson

In an increasingly interdependent world, we share responsibility for the security of all human beings. Nuclear weapons-the most destructive of all our tools of war-are at the peak of a pyramid of violence. Conflict & mistrust between communities, crime ,domestic violence & abuse-even the biting comment-are all part of the larger culture of violence.
Our challenge is to rise above-to stop the rapid buildup of arms & forever ban the most fearsome weapons in history.

成为充满勇气的挑战王者

Rainbow Group Study Material
By Kong Ling Hooi

Study material:人本世纪之光随笔第二集
Contents:成为充满勇气的挑战王者


《法华经》阐述的“能忍”=忍耐

在这充满苦难·烦恼的娑婆世界，经常持着“绝对不向任何困难屈服”的顽强的师子王的生命的，就是佛。



佛法教导：“大恶起则大善来”（御书1363页）。信心能使最恶劣的情况变毒为药。遇到大难时，绝不可丧失能够让自己本身获得永远胜利与福运的奋斗精神。



佛典里写着：“去浅就深，丈夫之心也”。（御书330页）

“浅”=惰性·安逸·怯懦

持着“坚定信念” 和 “崇高人格”，勇敢打破这懦弱的心灵，就是“丈夫之心”。



佛法教导：“可为心师，勿师于心”。

切勿被自己的懦弱心灵和感情所愚弄，必须发挥自己本有的能力，为尊贵的使命奋斗！