[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Feb 8th + Daily Enc. Feb 9th

* Tomorrow is a Japanese press holiday so we will hold over "Words of the
Week" to cover the gap.

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

Sunday, February 8th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We have this faith and practice in order to help us battle with our old
habits
and apathetic nature and to help us challenge new things.
Let's break down those barriers that tend to hold us back
and limit our potential.
Then with a totally fresh new perspective and spirit,
let's create our very own personal record of outstanding
growth and victory.

Sunday, February 8th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There are six causes of illness: ...(3) inappropriate
practice of seated meditation..."

(On Curing Karmic Disease - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 631) Selection source: Living
Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, February 8th, 2009

Monday, February 9th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Kosen-rufu is a struggle. It is a fierce battle between the Buddha and
negative forces. It can never be won through half-hearted efforts. That is
why it is so important to stay true to our convictions, to summon all our
wisdom, and to do our utmost--so that we can win in that struggle."

SGI Newsletter No. 7704, THE LIGHT OF THE CENTURY OF HUMANITY, Striving for
a Year of Victory Together—Part 2 [of 2], from the Jan. 7th, 2009, issue of
the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Feb. 5th, 2009

* 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 ---
SHINJIN TOWA
DASEI TONO TATAKAI DA.
KYOGAI NO KARA O YABURE!
"Fresh" NA SEIMEI DE
DAISEICHO NO JIBUNSHI O.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ZAZEN TOTONOWAZARU YUENI YAMU"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1009)

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