* Apologies for resending this edition. I'm afraid there might have been some character junking (especially of apostrophes and quotation marks) in the the Daily Encouragement section when viewed in some browsers. Hopefully this time the problem is resolved!
A translation of President Ikeda's "To My Friends" published in the Seikyo Shimbun and more.
Saturday, August 8th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's take all precaution to prevent
getting a heat stroke or any other heat-related illness this summer*!
It is important to drink adequate fluids
and replenish vital body salts.
Let's take wise action and have a victorious and healthy summer!
*For those of you who are in the Southern Hemisphere, please stay warm!
Saturday, August 8th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Have profound faith. A coward cannot have any of his prayers answered."
(The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 1001)
Selection source: Kyo no Hosshin, Seikyo Shimbun, August 8th, 2009
Sunday, August 9th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
Shin'ichi said with all his heart: "An organization is a network of human relationships. We need to create bonds with individual members within our organization. If the relationships are only between leaders and members, our organization will be weak. When we really care about everyone we come into contact with as fellow siblings, our organization will be truly humane.
"The way to make our organization strong is to strive to forge
ties of trust linking ourselves to everyone else. Become the kind of person whom everyone appreciates for helping them overcome their problems, for encouraging them and giving them hope. That's what I've always done. I'm consistently striving my hardest to establish strong ties with every Soka Gakkai member. I encourage hundreds and thousands of members every day, in one form or another. These ties are what makes the Soka Gakkai strong.
"If this solidarity of individuals is lost, we'll end up working
at cross purposes and the Soka Gakkai will perish. Please never forget this crucial point."
(SGI Newsletter No. 7829, The New Human Revolution-- Vol. 22: Chap. 3, High Seas 59, translated July 31st, 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.
---WAGATOMO NI OKURU---
NECCHUSHO NI CHUI!
TEKIDO NA SUIBUN TO
ENBUN NO HOKYU O.
KASHIKOI KODO DE
KONO NATSU O KATE!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"FUKAKU SHINJIN O TORITAMAE AETE OKUBYO NITEWA KANAU BEKARAZU SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1193)
: SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-subscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk
from there on it is all automatic!
ALSO if you want to introduce a friend to the SGI but just don't know where to start, share with them the following address and they can read and watch some very well put together explanations about the SGI. Check it out yourself!
http://www.sgi.org/
To unsubscribe from this group, but PLEASE let us know if there is anything we can do to improve, send an email to:
SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo-unsubscribe@egroups.com
To modify your subscription from receiving daily to picking up as you wish go to http://www.egroups.com/mygroups
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
No comments:
Post a Comment