Friday, April 23rd, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's be sure to praise,
from the very bottom of our hearts,
all the dedicated efforts and selfless contributions
our fellow members make,
and give them all a really big round of applause.
By encouraging each other we advance together
and we are victorious together.
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Where there is unseen virtue, there will be visible reward."
(Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 907) Selection source: SGI President Ikeda's speech, Seikyo Shimbun, April 23rd, 2010
Saturday, April 24th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Though these are troubled times, please don't allow yourselves to be defeated. Be strong and wise and develop your abilities. "The Ikegami brothers, two of the Daishonin's followers, were from a family that was engaged in construction and engineering projects for the Kamakura military government. Due to slander by their colleagues, however, they were not contracted to participate in the reconstruction of the Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine. In other words, they had lost a job they had been counting on.
"The Daishonin wrote a letter to encourage the deeply disappointed brothers at that time, saying that this setback was surely 'the design of the heavens' (WND-2, 950). In short, it definitely had some profound meaning or significance for them. He also advised: 'Avoid any appearance of ill will or resentment [because of not obtaining the construction job].... Be sure to carry your saw and hammer in your hands or hook them at your waist, and always wear a smile' (WND-2, 950).
"Don't despair when things don't go as you had hoped. Don't become depressed and sorry for yourself. Be patient and persevere, putting down solid roots and creating the cause for more fortunate circumstances to present themselves in the future. Faith is about putting down roots of happiness in the soil of our present reality. Eventually sprouts will appear and flowers will begin to bloom in beautiful profusion signalling the arrival of a spring of victory and success.
SGI Newsletter No. 7978, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, Work and Faith--Part 2 [of 2], from the February 18th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated April 12th, 2010
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--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
DOSHI NO KENTO O
KOKORO KARA HOME TATAE
DAIHAKUSHU O OKURO!
"HAGEMASHI" NO CHIKARA DE
TOMONI ZENSHIN TOMONI SHORI!
-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"INTOKU AREBA YOHO ARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1178)
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