Saturday, June 30, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Community Center Needs Your Help
Dear men's division members,
The community center needs your help. We need responsible volunteers for the reception group. We need men to take responsibility for a shift every six weeks. We need men for the weekends. We need men to relieve other reception staff during late activities. We need those men who can fill in during holidays or when someone is ill. We need men who will take the initiative, who will help with creative ideas and find solutions to the obstacles we face. We need experienced former reception staff and those who have never had the opportunity to do this activity ( We will be happy to have an orientation for those who would like or need one). We know that your responsibilities are great and your time limited, we also know that this activity of protecting the 'Castle of Kosen Rufu', protecting the members and protecting the future should not be considered lightly. I am sending this personal appeal to you, the guardians of this organization because we need your wisdom, your spirit and your help. Thank you sincerely for all of your effort in every arena to date. The work of Kosen Rufu is as long as our lives. We need you for a couple more hours.
For more information on how to get started:
call Michael Aiken 301 262-3730.
or e-mail me at: aikenphoto@tcs.wap.org
Thank You Again,
Mike
The community center needs your help. We need responsible volunteers for the reception group. We need men to take responsibility for a shift every six weeks. We need men for the weekends. We need men to relieve other reception staff during late activities. We need those men who can fill in during holidays or when someone is ill. We need men who will take the initiative, who will help with creative ideas and find solutions to the obstacles we face. We need experienced former reception staff and those who have never had the opportunity to do this activity ( We will be happy to have an orientation for those who would like or need one). We know that your responsibilities are great and your time limited, we also know that this activity of protecting the 'Castle of Kosen Rufu', protecting the members and protecting the future should not be considered lightly. I am sending this personal appeal to you, the guardians of this organization because we need your wisdom, your spirit and your help. Thank you sincerely for all of your effort in every arena to date. The work of Kosen Rufu is as long as our lives. We need you for a couple more hours.
For more information on how to get started:
call Michael Aiken 301 262-3730.
or e-mail me at: aikenphoto@tcs.wap.org
Thank You Again,
Mike
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Seven Points 0f Human Revolution
Tariq Hassan, in his comments at the nationwide district leaders simulcast on 6/24/07, mentioned seven points of human revolution postulated by President Ikeda in his guise as Shinichi Yamamoto. He suggested that these 7 points be the theme of this year's Men's Division General Meeting. He also suggested that the meeting be 4 divisional.
In New Human Revolution Sunlight chapter, Shinichi is visiting the USA in 1973. In his remarks at the ceremony commemorating Josei Toda's passing, held at the America headquarters building, he offered 7 points about human revolution:
Health - the important thing is our earnest Buddhist prayer to be healthy and to attune our lives to the fundamental rhythm of the universe at the deepest level.
Youthfulness - as long as we continue to practice vibrantly and strive to improve and develop ourselves, we will never lose our youthful spirit.
Good furtune - good fortune accumulated through our practice protects us and enables us to experience genuine fulfillment.
Wisdom - to perfect ourselves and develop into capable members of SGI and society, we need to cultivate our minds. Failure to do so will lead to our defeat.
Passion - whether we are happy depends, in large part, on our ability to feel passionate about things in our lives.
Conviction - without conviction we may lose our way in life.
Victory - we carry out our human revolution by achieving victory after victory in our daily lives.
Shinichi went on to say that being a true Buddhist practitioner also requires bringing forth one's compassion, which embraces all of these characteristics.
In New Human Revolution Sunlight chapter, Shinichi is visiting the USA in 1973. In his remarks at the ceremony commemorating Josei Toda's passing, held at the America headquarters building, he offered 7 points about human revolution:
Health - the important thing is our earnest Buddhist prayer to be healthy and to attune our lives to the fundamental rhythm of the universe at the deepest level.
Youthfulness - as long as we continue to practice vibrantly and strive to improve and develop ourselves, we will never lose our youthful spirit.
Good furtune - good fortune accumulated through our practice protects us and enables us to experience genuine fulfillment.
Wisdom - to perfect ourselves and develop into capable members of SGI and society, we need to cultivate our minds. Failure to do so will lead to our defeat.
Passion - whether we are happy depends, in large part, on our ability to feel passionate about things in our lives.
Conviction - without conviction we may lose our way in life.
Victory - we carry out our human revolution by achieving victory after victory in our daily lives.
Shinichi went on to say that being a true Buddhist practitioner also requires bringing forth one's compassion, which embraces all of these characteristics.