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A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Friday, July 24th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The greatest tool that will enable us to achieve victory
can be found in (the two Japanese characters for) the word "Courage"!
Boldly and resolutely advancing with the Soka Spirit,
let us each write an unprecedented history in our lives --
one that we have never experienced before!
Friday, July 24th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"(You must be firmly resolved. Do not begrudge your fief; do not think of your wife and children. And do not depend on others. You must simply make up your mind.) ... This will determine whether you win honour or disgrace your name."
Reply to Yasaburo - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 829) Selection source: "Myoji no gen", Seikyo Shimbun, July 24th, 2009
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Spending our lives
always together in spirit--
this is the heart of Soka.
"Today, unity, or 'many in body, one in mind,' has become the byword of our members around the globe who are exerting themselves tirelessly for kosen-rufu. Nichiren Daishonin writes in a passage that never fails to inspire and encourage.
"Although Nichiren and his followers are few, because they are...united in mind, they will definitely accomplish their great mission of widely propagating the Lotus Sutra. Though evils may be numerous, they cannot prevail over a single great truth [or good]. (WND-1, 618)"
SGI Newsletter No. 7823, Unity--The Secret to Continual Victory, from the August 2009 issue of Daibyakurenge, the Soka Gakkai monthly study journal, translated July 22nd, 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---
SHORI NO BUKI WA
[YUKI] NO NIJI DA!
SOKA "spirit" DE
DAITAN NI SUSUME
MIZOU NO JIBUN SHI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NA O AGERUKA NA O KUDASU KA NARI."
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1451)
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