[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho June 27th + Daily Enc. June 28th

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

Saturday, June 27th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
As the Daishonin writes,
"Human beings never fail to prosper when they make good causes."*
Let's talk about and spread the wonderful philosophy of Soka far and wide.
Through such efforts, we will certainly open up the glorious path of victory
overflowing with good fortune and benefit!

* Gosho - The Third Day of the New Year - WND-1, page 1013, "Just as flowers open up
and bear fruit, just as the moon appears and invariably grows full, just as a lamp
becomes brighter when oil is added, and just as plants and trees flourish with rain,
so will human beings never fail to prosper when they make good causes."

Saturday, June 27th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Suffer what is there to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering
and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what
happens."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, June 27th, 2009

Sunday, June 28th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The Daishonin writes: 'Iron, when heated in the flames and pounded, becomes a fine
sword. Worthies and sages are tested by abuse' (WND-1, 303). Iron is tempered by fire
to become steel, which can then be forged into a magnificent sword. The same is true
of people. It is actually to our advantage to undergo hardship and struggles in
life."

SGI Newsletter No. 7803, 30TH SOKA GAKKAI HEADQUARTERS LEADERS MEETING--PART 1 [OF
2],
Maintain a Youthful Spirit, from the June 21st, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun,
translated June 25th, 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---
[HITO WA ZENKON O NASEBA
KANARAZU SAKAU]
SOKA NO SEIGI O
KATARI HIROGEYO.
KUDOKU MANKAI NO SHORI MICHI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KU OBA KU TO SATORI RAKU OBA RAKU TO HIRAKI KURAKU TOMONI OMOIAWASETE
NANMYOHORENGEKYO TO UCHI TONAE ISASE TAMAE"

(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)

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