A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Fostering capable people is the soul of kosen-rufu.
It is the very basis for everlasting victory.
Let's make every possible effort so that the justice of
the Soka movement will be passed on to the future and
widespread throughout the world!
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Becoming a Buddha is nothing extraordinary. If you chant
Nam-myoho-renge-
naturally become endowed with the Buddha's thirty-two
features and eighty characteristics.
(Letter to Niike - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 1030) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, August 28th, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Roosevelt also affirmed: "Spiritual values count in the
long run more than material values." It was his assertion
that through the power of the kind of firm faith that
underlies spiritual values, people can triumph over
society's problems and challenges.
Our Soka movement, which aims to revitalize the importance
of spiritual values, is gaining international support and
admiration. As one indication of this, I have to date been
awarded 242 academic honors from universities and other
institutions of higher learning around the world. Such
institutions do not confer honorary doctorates and
honorary professorships lightly; these accolades are a
concrete manifestation of the awarding institution'
prestige and authority. The ceremonies in which these
honors are conferred are solemn and grand, and each such
award is very significant and meaningful.
These honors also represent praise for the noble SGI
members who are active in the respective countries and
regions in which these accolades have been bestowed.
Please be assured that all these tributes will endow your
descendants for generations to come with brilliant glory
and benefit.
SGI Newsletter No. 7606, SGI President Ikeda's Speech
at the Soka Gakkai Youth Division Representatives
Conference, held on August 1, 2008. Translated on August
21, 2008
* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends is available by
clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.sokanet.
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
JINZAI IKUSEI KOSO
KOSENRUFU NO TAMASHII!
BANDAI NO SHORI NO ISHIZUE!
SOKA NO SEIGI O
MIRAI E! SEKAI E!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HOTOKE NI NARI SORO KOTOWA BETSU NO YOWA SORAWAZU
NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO TAJI NAKU TONAE MOSHITE SORAEBA
TENNENTO SANJUNISO HACHIJUSHUKO O SONAURUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1443)
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