[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Jan 14th + Daily Enc. Jan 15th

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

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let us never forget to dedicate ourselves to the sake of truth and justice!
Nichiren Daishonin says: "I feel immeasurable delight (even though I am now
an exile)"*.
True to these words, we, who are forever advancing with the spirit of 'Never
begrudging our bodies or lives',**
can be assured of a life enveloped in immeasurable happiness throughout
eternity.

(* The True Aspect of All Phenomena, WND-1, Page 386. "Because I view
things this way, I feel immeasurable delight even though I am now an
exile." )

(** On Prayer, WND-1, Page 343, "Therefore, they made a vow, saying, "We
care nothing for our bodies or lives but are anxious only for the
unsurpassed way," "Never begrudging our bodies or lives," or "We will preach
this sutra far and wide."")

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"It is said that, if a teacher has a good disciple, both will gain the fruit
of Buddhahood, but if a teacher fosters a bad disciple, both will fall into
hell."

(Flowering and Bearing Grain - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1,
page 909)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 14, 2009.

Thursday, January 15th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In a diary entry, Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) wrote: 'This
ordeal is necessary for me, it's beneficial for me.' He cherished the
conviction that 'one who knows how to endure hardship will never be
unhappy.' I also believe this to be so. It has been true of my own life,
and my mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, said the same
thing."

SGI Newsletter No. 7683, 24TH SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING--PART
1 [OF 2]
Spiritual Fulfilment Is the Key to Happiness, from the Dec. 19th, 2008,
issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Jan 7th, 2009

* 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---
SEIGI NO TAME NI!
FUSHAKU SHINMYO DE SUSUMU
WARERA NO JINSEI WA
[KIETSU HAKARINASHI] NO
EIEN NO KOFUKU NI TSUTSUMARERU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOKI DESHI O MOTSU TOKINBA SHITEI BUKKA NI ITARI ASHIKI DESHI O
TAKUWAINUREBA SHITEI JIGOKU NI OTSU TO IERI SHITEI SOI SEBA NANIGOTO MO NASU
BEKARAZU"."

(Gosho Zenshu, page 900)

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