[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho March 12th + Daily Enc. March 13th

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

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin states,
"(In this age as well,) it is not one's allies but one's
powerful enemies who assist one's progress."*
There is absolutely nothing that we, the mentor and
disciple who strive together for justice and truth,
need be afraid of.
Let's muster up our courage and continue to advance,
overcoming all obstacles and challenges that might
confront us!

*"The Actions of the Votary of the Lotus Sutra" - WND-I,
page 770

Thursday, March 12th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"And could not this illness of your husband's be the
Buddha's design, because the Vimalakirti and Nirvana
sutras both teach that sick people will surely attain
Buddhahood? Illness gives rise to the resolve to attain
the way."

(The Good Medicine for All Ills - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 937) Selection source: "Kyo no
Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 12th, 2009

Friday, March 13th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"There is a treasured maxim in Malaysia that expresses an inspiring wisdom:
"Hendak seribu daya, tak hendak seribu dalih. (When one truly seeks to
achieve something, thousandfold power will arise; when one fails to do so, a
thousand excuses will be found.)"

"In life, those who continue to seek and learn throughout their lives will
always emerge victorious. It is a sad thing to give in to defeat."

SGI Newsletter No. 7732, On Feb. 24th, 2009, Open University Malaysia (OUM)
bestowed an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts (Humanities) on SGI President
Ikeda - Acceptance Speech, Unlocking a Future of Hope for Global Society,
from the Feb 25th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated March 11th,
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 ---
"GOTEKI GA HITO OBA
YOKU NASHIKERU NARI"
SEIGI NO SHITEI NI
OSORERU MONO NASHI!
YUKAN NI KACHI SUSUME!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO YAMAI WA HOTOKE NO ONHAKARAI KA SONO YUEWA JOMYOKYO
NEHANKYO NIWA YAMAI ARUHITO HOTOKE NI NARUBEKIYOSHI
TOKARETE SORO YAMAI NI YORITE DOSHIN WA OKORI SORONARI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1480)

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