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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho April 6th + Daily Enc. April 7th

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

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To all of our young leaders who bear the great responsibility
of shouldering the future!
Never forget the importance of putting strong prayer first.
Never allow yourselves to break the promise
of realising complete victory!
Show the way by being Soka's champions of hope!

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Since childhood, I, Nichiren, have never prayed for the secular things of this life but have single-mindedly sought to become a Buddha. Of late, however, I have been ceaselessly praying for your sake to the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha, and the god of the sun, for I am convinced that you are a person who can inherit the soul of the Lotus Sutra."

(The Hero of the World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol. 1, page 839)
Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's guidance "Myoji no gen", Seikyo Shimbun, April 6th, 2010

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Kosen-rufu, or the widespread propagation of the Law, is the 'practice of Buddhas' arising out of the profound compassion that Buddhas have for all living beings, and it is also the 'practice of bodhisattvas' undertaken by bodhisattva disciples who make this compassionate spirit of Buddhas their own.

"The true power for spreading the Mystic Law is born when each of us, as a practitioner, directly connects our life to the correct teacher of the Law and the true mentors of kosen-rufu.

"...If we faithfully exert ourselves as the Buddha teaches, we can break through any obstacle we may encounter. Practising in accord with the Buddha's teachings means disciples challenging themselves in the same spirit as their teacher or mentor. When we unerringly walk the path of mentor and disciple, we can bring forth unlimited power. The mentor's lofty and expansive life-state can inspire and encourage us to win in our own struggles."

SGI Newsletter No. 7973, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [14] "On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings"--Part 2 [of 3], The Compassionate Practice of Shakubuku, translated April 5th, 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 ---
MIRAI O NINAU
WAKAKI SHIDOSHA YO!
TSUYOKI INORI O WASURERU NA.
SHORI NO YAKUSOKU O YABURUNA.
SOKA NO KIBO-O TARE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"NICHIREN WA WAKAKI YORI KONJO NO INORI NASHI TADA HOTOKE NI NARAN TO OMOU BAKARINARI SAREDOMO TONO NO ONKOTO OBA HIMANAKU HOKEKYO SHAKABUTSU NITTEN NI MOSU NARI SONO YUEWA HOKEKYO NO INOCHI O TSUGU HITO NAREBA TO OMOUNARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1169)


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