EACH MOTHER'S DAY ALL OF THE MOTHERS IN OUR PRACTICE RECIEVES A MOTHER'S DAY CARD...THIS IS THE POEM IN THIS
OF THE MOTHER WHO HAS NEVER
FLINCHED OR FLED'
A WARM LIGHT BEGINS TO FLOOD,
CHEERIING AND REVITALIZING.
CROWDS GATHER
IN THE MORNING MIST
HAILING, CALLING OUT THEIR PRAISE
FOR MOTHERS AND FOR PEACE.
SHINING EYES'
DIRECTED AT HUMAN HAPPINESS
AND AT PEACE,
FILLED WITH AGELESS WISDOM
BY DAISAKU IKEDA
DEAR TREASURED MOTHERS OF AMERICAN KOSEN-RUFU...'HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY'
SENSI HAS OFTEN SAID, "MOTHERS ARE THE SUN" YOUR RADIANT SMILE, YOUR WARM HEART AND YOUR SINCERE EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE THE SPIRIT OF NICHIREN BUDDHISM TO OTHERS WILL WITHOUT A DOUBT ENABLE YOU TO CHANGE SUFFERINGS INTO JOY, DISPAIR INTO HOPE, AND TO DEVELOPE UNLIMITED SELF-ESTEEM THAT SHINES LIKE THE MORNING SUN.
(THIS PARTOF THE CARD IS FROM DANNY NAGSHIMA THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN ND BUDDHIST 4 ZONESIN AMERICA...NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST...SINSEI MEANS TEACHER / MENTOR AND THE PRESIDENT OF OUR ORGANIOZATION IS DAISAKU IKEDA IS SENSEI, HE IS ALSO A POET AND PHOTOGRAPHER)
"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY "...
TO EVER MOTHER AND MOTHER FIGURE NO MATTER IF YOU ARE:: OLD, YOUNG, MALE OR FEMALE, AUNT, UNCLE, SISTER, BROTHER COUSIN GRAND MOM OF GRAND DAY.(S-M-I-L-E)