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

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

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
In order for us to be victorious and successful
it's imperative that we be absolutely sincere in what we are doing
and that we muster up all the courage that we can!
It's also important that we develop the type of conviction
that is completely unshakable, under any circumstances.

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"From this single element of mind spring all the various
lands and environmental conditions."

(The Unanimous Declaration by the Buddhas of the Three
Existences regarding the Classification of the Teachings
and Which Are to Be Abandoned and Which Upheld - The
Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 843) Selection
source: SGI President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun,
January 17th, 2009

Sunday, January 18th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"...from the perspective of Nichiren Buddhism, the moment we decide to
transform our environment, our lives undergo a tremendous change. This is
because when we forge a deep and unwavering resolve to embark on this
undertaking, we immediately vanquish all of the three categories of
illusions.* As a result, our environment, or the land, also changes without
fail.

"The 'threefold transformation of the land' essentially represents the
challenge of doing our human revolution to smash through the tiny shell of
our lesser self..This means vigorously chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo and
courageously initiating efforts for kosen-rufu with the same spirit as our
teacher or mentor in faith. Victory lies in taking action right here and
now, not sometime in the future."

SGI Newsletter No. 7688, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE
MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP [NEW SERIES] {2} The "Threefold Transformation
of the Land" --Part 2 {of 2}, from the Dec. 12th, 2008, issue of the Seikyo
Shimbun, translated Jan 15th, 2009

* T'ien-t'ai also interpreted the threefold transformation as corresponding
to the eradication of each of the three categories of illusions,
respectively--illusions of thought and desire, illusions as innumerable as
particles of dust and sand, and illusions about the true nature of
existence. He viewed it as being symbolic of triumphing over these
illusions and manifesting the state of Buddhahood.

The important point, however, lies in the fact that Shakyamuni proceeded in
swift succession, without any interval, to transform first one sphere of
lands, and then a second, and then a third. Great change can only be
realized through constant and continual effort.

- Source SGI Newsletter as above

* 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 ---
KATSU TAMENI!
"SEIJITSU" O TSUKUSE
"YUKI" O DASE
NANIMONO NIMO YURUGANU
JIBUN O TSUKURU KOTODA.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KOKORO NO IPPO YORI KOKUDOSEKEN MO SHUTTAI SURU KOTONARI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 563)

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