[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho April 30th + Daily Enc. May 1st

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

Friday, April 30th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's make the strong determination that
"I'm not going to be in any form of traffic accident!"
At the same time,
let's carefully double check all fire sources
and make sure that everything is properly locked when we go out.
Both carelessness and overconfidence are our greatest enemies.

*In Japan, we now in what is called "Golden Week" consisting of several holidays, one of the busiest travelling times of the year.

Friday, April 30th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Because I have expounded this teaching, I have been exiled and almost killed. As the saying goes, 'Good advice grates on the ear.' But still I am not discouraged."

(The Essentials for Attaining Buddhahood - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 748)
Selection source: "The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin and Youth", Seikyo Shimbun, April 30th, 2010

Saturday, April 30th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Gandhi noted, "Good travels at a snail's pace." It is therefore vital to maintain an approach that is both flexible and persistent. It is important to avoid being too hasty in making judgments about individual policy decisions taken in the pursuit of larger objectives, allowing expectation to turn easily to disappointment."

SGI Newsletter No. 7986, SGI President Ikeda's Peace proposal, Towards a New Era of Value Creation, translated April 28th, 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 ---
KOTSU JIKO O
ZETTAINI OKOSUNA!
HINO MOTO TOJIMARI NIMO
GENJU NI CHUI SEYO!
YUDAN TAITEKI DA!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO HOMON O NICHIREN MOSU YUENI CHUGEN MIMI NI SAKARAU DORI NARUGA YUENI RUZAI SERARE INOCHI NIMO OYOBISHI NARI SHIKAREDOMO IMADA KORIZU SORO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1056)

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