[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho March 16th + Words of the Week March 16th-22nd.

Translations of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" and "Words of the Week"
published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.

Monday, March 16th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The blazing torch of kosen-rufu is indeed a light of hope
for all humankind.
To my dear friends,
you are the very heirs of this profound mission of
achieving kosen-rufu!

Monday, March 16th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Foolish men are likely to forget the promises they have
made when the crucial moment comes."

(The Opening of the Eyes - The Writings of Nichiren
Daishonin, Vol.1, page 283) Selection source: SGI
President Ikeda's essay, Seikyo Shimbun, March 16th, 2009

March 16th-22nd, 2009
---- WORDS OF THE WEEK ----
To our fellow members who are in the midst of struggles
to overcome adversity right now,
let's put our whole heart into offering them all the encouragement we
possibly can.
"The voice carries out the work of the Buddha."*
Even a single warm, kind and compassionate word can
ignite the light of hope in another's heart.

*The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 4

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends and Words of the Week 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 ---
KOSEN RUFU NO
HONOO NO "baton" WA
JINRUI NO KIBO DA!
FUKAKI SHIMEI NO KIMIYO
DANKO TO UKETSUGE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"TSUTANAKI MONO NO NARAI WA YAKUSOKU SESHI KOTO O MAKOTO
NO TOKI WA WASURURU NARUBESHI"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 234)

--- KONSHU NO KOTOBA ---
GYAKKYO TO TATAKAU DOSHI NI
KOKORO KARA HAGEMASHI O!
"KOE BUTSUJI O NASU"
ATATAKANA HITOKOTO KOSO
KIBO NO HAKKATEN NI NARU.

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