[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Feb 20th + Daily Enc. Feb 21st

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

Friday, February 20th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The solidarity of the SGI will forever grow with joy
and happiness based on our perfect unity in faith.
Courageously and with great enthusiasm,
let's gather all the unique strengths and talents that we each possess
for the sake of realising the great ideal of achieving kosen-rufu!

* "The Daishonin uses the term 'many in boy but one in mind' to express
unity in which the individuality of each person is valued and given full
play."

"The ideal organisation is one in which many different people are united by
the same spirit. And with this spirit as their foundation, they engage in
activities as a diverse group."

"The Soka Gakkai is neither held together by economic interest nor
controlled by power. It is the embodiment of the essence of humanity united
by the great ideal of realising the widespread propagation of the
Daishonin's Buddhism, a teaching that brings the potential of the individual
to shine. It is the crystallisation of profound heart-to-heart bond of
trust."

"Nichiren Daishonin says, 'When both oneself and others have wisdom and
compassion, this is called joy.' (Gosho
Zenshu, pg 761)"
(Excerpted from The World of Nichiren Daishonin's
Writings, Vol. 1, p.134-156)

Friday, February 20th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"A blue fly, if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred
horse, can travel ten thousand miles, and the green ivy
that twines around the tall pine can grow to a thousand
feet."

(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the
Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 17)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun,
February 20th, 2009

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Making one's way through life actively avoiding hard work and tough
challenges will produce nothing of true lasting value. Young people, in
particular, need to throw themselves into their chosen task, roll up their
sleeves, grit their teeth, and bravely weather all hardships and
difficulties as they steadily work toward fulfilling their mission. That
indomitable, invincible spirit is the highest honour a youth can earn."

SGI Newsletter No. 7713, Be Invincible in Spirit, from the March 2009 issue
of Daibyakurenge, translated Feb.17th 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 ---
SOKA NO SEKAI WA
"DANKETSU NO KANKI" DE SUSUMU.
MINA NO KAGAYAKU CHIKARA O
KOFU NO DAIRISO NI
ISANDE KESSHU SEYO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOYO KIBI NI FUSHITE BANRI O WATARI HEKIRA SHOTO NI
KAKARITE SENJIN O NOBU"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 26)

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