[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Oct 2nd + Daily Enc. Oct 3rd

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

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Nichiren Buddhism is the Buddhism of sowing.*
It is clear and certain that all of our dedicated efforts
of sowing the seeds of happiness for everyone,
throughout our local community,
will bring forth immeasurable benefit in our lives.

*"From the time of 1st president Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the Soka Gakkai has cherished deep conviction in the potential of the Buddhism of sowing, translating it into action and widely sharing it with others."

"Nichiren Buddhism is a teaching of the highest and ultimate humanism. I am ever more convinced that this humanism--rooted in a belief in people's fundamental capacity of change, which lies at the heart of the Buddhism of sowing--is exactly the kind of humanism the world now needs."

"The age has arrived when people throughout the world yearn for the humanistic Buddhism of Nichiren Daishonin. Indeed, the time has come for each of us to demonstrate the illuminating power of the three virtues of the Buddhism of sowing that can activate the Buddha nature of all humankind."
(Lectures on The Opening of the Eyes by Daisaku Ikeda)

Friday, October 2nd, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Human beings are equally vulnerable. They give their lives for shallow, worldly matters but rarely for the Buddha's precious teachings. Small wonder they do not attain Buddhahood."

(Letter from Sado - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 301) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, October 2nd, 2009

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Adopting the strategy of the Lotus Sutra as our leadership philosophy simply means making efforts in the midst of our daily realities to deeply awaken the minds of those around us and to bring forth the Buddha nature--the ultimate, infinite energy source for victory and happiness--in both our own lives and others.

"To do everything we can to give courage and strength to the suffering, the discriminated against, the oppressed, and the honest and hardworking, and help them attain the supreme state of Buddhahood--this is the spirit of the Lotus Sutra and Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism."

SGI Newsletter No. 7863, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP, [10] The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra--Part 2 [of 2], from the March 20th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Sep.29th, 2009

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & 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 ---
NICHIREN BUPPO WA
"GESHU BUPPO" DA.
KOFUKU NO TANE O
CHIIKI NI HIROGEYUKU
MINASAMA NO KUDOKU WA SANZEN!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HITO MO MATA KAKUNO GOTOSHI SEKEN NO ASAKI KOTO NIWA
SHINMYO O USHINAEDOMO DAIJI NO BUPPO NANDO NIWA SUTSURU
KOTO KATASHI YUENI HOTOKE NI NARU HITO MO NAKARU BESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 956)

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