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

* Just to forewarn you Jan 9th's "To My Friends" will be slightly late due to family commitments this weekend. Our apologies for any problems this might cause.

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

Friday, January 8th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The Daishonin urges us,
"If we are cowardly, any of our prayers cannot be answered."*
Let's hoist the sails of courage,
and launch our boats into the ocean of dialogue!

*"If Nichiren's disciples are cowardly, their prayers cannot be answered."
- "Oko kikigaki", Gosho Zenshu, p. 840
"Nichiren's disciples cannot accomplish anything if they are cowardly."
- "The Teaching, Practice, and Proof", WND-I, p. 481
"A coward cannot have any of his prayers answered."
-"The Strategy of the Lotus Sutra", WND-I, p.1001

Friday, January 8th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"My wish is that all my disciples make a great vow."

(The Dragon Gate - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin,
Vol.1, page 1003) Selection source: Leaders' determination, Seikyo Shimbun, Jan. 8th, 2010, Okinawa edition

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"By striving to help or foster others, one becomes stronger and grows as a human being. As the Indian non-violence champion Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) noted: 'Life spent in service is the only fruitful life.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 7907, The New Human Revolution--Vol. 23: Chap. 1, The Future 16, translated Jan 7th, 2010

* 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 ---
"OKUBYO NITEWA
KANAU BEKARAZU"
YUKI NO HO O AGEYO!
TAIWA NO O-UNABARA NI
ISANDE TOBIDASE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NEGAWAKUWA WAGA DESHIRA DAIGAN O OKOSE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1561)

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