[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Jan 1st + Daily Enc. Jan 2nd

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

Friday, January 1st, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The chance in a million has come for us to establish a
victory that will last for ten thousand years to come and more.
Now, together with our noble fellow members,
having youthful resolve and determination,
let's all make this year the greatest year of our lives!

Friday, January 1st, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"No matter how sincerely one believes in the Lotus Sutra, if one is guilty of failing to rebuke slander of the Law, one will surely fall into hell, just as a single crab leg will ruin a thousand pots of lacquer. This is the meaning of the passage in the sutra, 'Because the poison has penetrated deeply and their minds no longer function as before.'"

(The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 747)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 1st, 2010

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"As leaders, each of you is a pillar of kosen-rufu. A pillar must be solid and not tip over. Inner decay, or loss of earnest commitment to faith, starts unnoticed, but gradually it becomes apparent in a person's actions and demeanour. If leaders don't stand up with fresh determination and achieve great personal growth, then we won't be able to open the next phase of our movement.

"To become a person who is widely trusted and respected, to become a disciple whom our mentor would commend--this is the essential spirit of Buddhism. To be praised by our mentor, however, does not mean seeking praise on a fleeting, superficial level. Mentors in the realm of the Daishonin's Buddhism laud those who make the mentor-disciple relationship the foundation and central cornerstone of their lives. Mentors applaud those disciples who, though unseen, share their spirit and strive wholeheartedly for kosen-rufu. This is the path I have followed. That is why I have been able to survive the harshest storms of persecution and win. I have triumphed in all struggles together with Mr. Toda."

SGI Newsletter No. 7903, REGION LEADERS CONFERENCE--PART 3 [OF 3], Discussion Meetings Are the Driving Force of Our Movement, from the Oct. 7th, 2009, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 28th, 2009

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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
BANDAI NO SHORI O HIRAKU
SENZAI ICHIGU NO TOKI GA KITA!
IDAINARU DOSHI TO TOMONI
MINA GA SEINEN NO KETSUI DE
JINSEI SAIKO NO ICHINEN O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"(IKANI HOKEKYO O SHINJI TAMAUTOMO HOBO ARABA KANARAZU
JIGOKU NI OTSU BESHI) URUSHI SENBAI NI KANI NO ASHI
HITOTSU IRETARAN GA GOTOSHI DOKKE JINNYU SHIPPON SHINKO WA
KORE NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1056)

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