[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Sep. 26th + Daily Enc. Sep 27th

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

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
"The 'great vow' refers to the propagation of the Lotus Sutra."*
A life that is dedicated to achieving such a great and wonderful
purpose is absolutely indestructible.
Let's all advance proudly and boldly along the noble path of kosen-rufu.

*"Ongi-kuden" - Gosho Zenshu, page 736, The Record of the
Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 82

** A vow in Buddhism could be described as the power to sever the chains of karma, to free oneself from the fetters of the past, and to forge a self that can look with hope to a new future. In other words, the power of a vow enables us to develop ourselves through the Buddha's teachings, to take charge of our own future direction based on a solid sense of self, and to keep on making efforts towards that end. It could be said that making a vow is the fundamental principle of change.
(Lectures on The Opening of the Eyes by Daisaku Ikeda)

Saturday, September 26th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Muster your faith, and pray to this Gohonzon. Then what is there that cannot be achieved?"

(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 412) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin",
Seikyo Shimbun, September 26th, 2009

Sunday, September 27th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Making positive causes
in our noble undertaking day after day
assures us of accumulating
boundless good fortune
that will flow on forever to our successors.

"Nichiren Daishonin promises us that 'where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward' (WND-1, 907). All too often in the world, devious, dishonest schemes seem to prevail while sincere, honest efforts go unrewarded--a contradiction that has outraged the hearts of people of conscience in all times and places. However, the
Daishonin's Buddhism, which teaches that unseen virtue draws forth visible reward, guarantees that those who have worked the hardest behind the scenes will ultimately reap the greatest benefit and blessings. This is a strict and impartial principle. Unscrupulous individuals who inflict suffering on good, decent people cannot escape
the uncompromising workings of the law of cause and effect. In the end, they will be filled with misery and regret."

SGI Newsletter No. 7860, Boldly Paving the Way to Fresh Growth and Development, from the October 2009 issue of Daibyakurenge, translated Sep.24th, 2009

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends 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 ---
"DAIGAN TOWA
HOKKE GUTSU NARI"
DAIMOKUTEKI NI IKIRU
JINSEI WA FUMETSU DA.
YUZENTO KOFU NO MICHI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"AIKAMAETE GOSHINJIN O IDASHI KONO GOHONZON NI KINEN
SESHIME TAMAE NANIGOTOKA JOJU SEZARU BEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)

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