[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho July 17th + Daily Enc. July 18th

* Apologies for the delay! Sudden trip to Izu again for Tokyo
International's 2008 Course!

A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo
Shimbun and more.

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Summer, the season of advancement in the Soka Gakkai, is here.
Let's try to take on every challenge cheerfully.
Let's make every effort to live out our lives happily
and let's experience the wonderful joy of being victorious!
Now, with enthusiasm,
is the time for us to challenge ourselves to make great progress!

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king
and never succumb to threats from anyone."

(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997) Selection source:
"Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, July 17th, 2008

Friday, July 18th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the last year of his life, Tolstoy remarked: "The more challenging our
circumstances, the more material they provide for our spiritual
development." People who avoid difficulties and spend all their time in
idle pursuits are not noble or great, no matter how lofty a title or
position they might have."

SGI Newsletter No. 7583, 19th SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS
MEETING--PART 2 [OF 2] , The Future Depends upon the Disciples, on June
18th, 2008, from the June 23rd, 2008, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun.
Translated July 15th, 2008

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by
clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.jp/sg/sn/member_support_top.html

---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
SOKA NO NATSU GA TORAI!
TANOSHIKU TATAKAI
TANOSHIKU IKITE
TANOSHIKU SHORI O!
HARIKITTE ZENSHIN DA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONOONO SHISHIO NO KOKORO O TORIIDASHITE IKANI HITO
ODOSUTOMO OZURU KOTO NAKARE"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)

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