[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Nov. 8th + Daily Enc. Nov. 9th

* We have a Japanese press holiday here tomorrow so we are going to hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap. Hope that's OK with one and all. Hope you have a great week.

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

Sunday, November 8th, 2009
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's start each day by doing a resonant morning gongyo and
chanting vibrant daimoku!
Our voices have great strength and influence.
By using our vibrant and resounding voices
let us today, and everyday, be victorious and successful!

Sunday, November 8th, 2009
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"This sutra is superior to all other sutras. It is like the lion king, the monarch of all the creatures that run on the ground, and like the eagle, the king of all the creatures that fly in the sky."

(The Sutra of True Requital - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 929)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's lecture series: The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and Mentor-and-Disciple Relationship, Seikyo Shimbun, November 8th, 2009

Monday, November 9th, 2009
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
'It is crucial that we advance kosen-rufu. We must not permit devilish functions to hinder or obstruct our movement. Mr. Toda said: 'If we remain steadfast in our Buddhist practice, we'll win the trust of people from all walks of life and attain a lofty state of being that enables us to confidently guide them in the right direction.'

"Leaders need to regard others' sufferings and joys as their own and do their utmost to sincerely support them. Chanting and doing gongyo together with them is important. Moreover, we should follow the example of our mentors in faith and take the initiative, resolutely opening the way to victory--this is the noble path of truly humanistic leaders.

"The Soka Gakkai is an organisation dedicated to overcoming the shared sufferings of all humankind, in exact accord with the Daishonin's spirit. Living out our lives together with the Soka Gakkai and doing all we can to support and protect it is to progress with 'the utmost compassion' (WND-1, 1117).

"Let's forge ahead triumphantly in high spirits, further strengthening and expanding our incomparably noble movement. Let's bring magnificent blossoms of the shared commitment and victory of mentor and disciple to bloom--blossoms of happiness and
joy."

SGI Newsletter No. 7882, THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN AND THE MENTOR-DISCIPLE RELATIONSHIP, [11] Buddhist Compassion--Relieving Suffering and Imparting Joy, from the April 2nd, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Oct. 30th, 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 ---
KYO ICHINICHI O
ROROTARU GONGYO SHODAI DE
"start" SHIYO!
KOE WA CHIKARA NARI.
RINTO HIBIKU KOE DE KATE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO KYOMON WA ISSAIKYO NI SUGURETARI CHI HASHIRU MONO NO
O TARI SHISHIO NO GOTOSHI SORA TOBU MONO NO O TARI WASHI
NO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1310)

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