[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Dec. 11th + Daily Enc. Dec 12th

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

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The SGI is a united force of good,
and it is a world where people can feel safe and live peacefully.
To all of our youth,
I'm really counting on you to protect this great solidarity of the SGI!

Thursday, December 11th, 2008
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Thus you should understand that so long as a practitioner of the Lotus
Sutra remains unwavering in faith, free of all false alliances, entrusting
himself wholeheartedly to the Lotus Sutra and practising in accordance with
the Buddha's golden words, he will without fail be able to prevent disaster
and prolong his life in this present existence, to say nothing of in the
life to come. Splendid recompense will be his, and he will fulfil his great
vow to broadly proclaim and propagate the Lotus Sutra."

(Letter Sent with the Prayer Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.2, page 460) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun,
December 11th, 2008

Friday, December 12th, 2008
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Leaders need to be capable and to demonstrate their abilities. Crucial to
this end are the power of faith and the power of practice. For it is through
the power of faith and the power of practice that we can manifest the power
of the Buddha and the power of the Law, which constitute the ultimate force
for victory. True ability for a leader of kosen-rufu lies not in such
superficial things as being a good speaker or cutting an attractive figure.
What matters is having the spirit to fight for kosen-rufu, the spirit of not
begrudging one's life for the sake of the Law. Genuine Buddhist leaders
dedicate themselves with selfless altruism for the welfare of others.

"Our top leaders mustn't complacently think that someone else will take care
of things or do what needs to be done. If they apply themselves with even
greater seriousness and dedication, they will easily be able to bring forth
tens or even hundreds of times the ability they are now.

"We must never forget the spirit of not begrudging our lives and the spirit
of oneness of mentor and disciple."

SGI Newsletter No. 7670, EXECUTIVE LEADERS CONFERENCE--PART 1 [OF 2].
Challenging Our Human Revolution, from the Nov. 14th, 2008, issue of the
Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 9th, 2008.

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Daily Gosho 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 SEKAI WA
ZEN NO CHIKARA NO KETSUGO DA.
MINSHU NO ANZEN CHITAI DA.
SEINENTACHIYO
DANKO TO MAMORIYUKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SORENI TSUITEMO HOKEKYO NO GYOJA WA SHINJIN NI TAITEN NAKU MI NI SASHIN
NAKU ISSAI HOKEKYO NI SONOMI O MAKASETE KINGEN NO GOTOKU SHUGYO SEBA
TASHIKANI GOSHO WA MOSUNI OYOBAZU KONJO MO SOKUSAI ENMEI NI SHITE SHOMYO NO
DAIKAHO O E KOSENRUFU DAIGAN OMO JOJU SUBEKI NARI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1357)

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