A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
When we pursue our targets unremittingly,
we stay motivated and energized!
Let us persist in taking quick action
on the next task that needs to be done.
Let us live like true victors who can confidently say each day:
"Today again, I've won"!
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"At such a time, the three obstacles and four devils will invariably appear, and the wise will rejoice while the foolish will retreat."
(The Three Obstacles and Four Devils - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 637) Selection source: "Myoji no gen", Seikyo Shimbun, July 28th, 2009.
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In 216 B.C.E., the forces led by Hannibal, the great general of Carthage, defeated the powerful Roman army in the famous Battle of Cannae. When Hannibal's compatriot Gisco expressed astonishment at the huge Roman force they confronted, the general said to him cheerfully: 'There is one thing, Gisco, yet more astonishing, which you take no notice of.' And when Gisco asked what that was, Hannibal answered: 'In all those great numbers before us, there is not one man called Gisco.' His remark served to powerfully encourage his troops by diminishing the strength of the enemy in their eyes.
"Our Soka network is a gathering of lionhearted champions—comrades in faith who, in their ungrudging dedication to kosen-rufu, share bonds of unshakable trust. This is what makes our organization so strong."
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
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---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
JIZOKU WA CHIKARA NARI!
TSUGI NO TE O
TAYUMAZU UTE
[KYO MO KATTA] TO
SHOSHA NO AKASHI O!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KANARAZU SANSHO SHIMA TO MOSU SAWARI IDEKITAREBA KENJA WA YOROKOBI GUSHA WA SHIRIZOKU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1091)
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