[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] To My Friends & Daily Gosho Sep. 22nd + Daily Enc. Sep. 23rd

* Apologies for the great delay.

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

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
For the sake of our friends and fellow members,
let us chant, take action and engage in dialogue.
It is through such efforts that we can all grow.
Let us devote ourselves wholeheartedly
for the sake of our most precious fellow members!

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"There is no true happiness for human beings other than chanting
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo."

(Happiness in This World - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 681)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, September 22nd, 2010

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"In the Lotus Sutra it states that those who propagate its teachings during the Latter Day of the Law must 'be patient' (LSOC10, 207) in the face of persecution. Clarifying this point, the Daishonin says: 'Now Nichiren and his followers, who chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, think of the Buddha and [his decree], and for that reason, they respond with patience' (cf, OTT, 86). As long as we are deeply committed to fulfilling the Buddha's decree of kosen-rufu that is the heart of the shared struggle of mentor and disciple, we can endure anything and can win over every obstacle.
SGI Newsletter No. 8085, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, July 3rd and the Spirit of Mentor and Disciple--Part 2 [of 2], from the July 2nd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Sep. 21st, 2010.

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho 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 ---
TOMO NO TAME NI
INORI UGOKI KATARU.
KOKO NI [SEICHO] GA ARU!
TOTOKI TAKARA NO DOSHI NI
TESSHITE TSUKUSHI NUKE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ISSAI SHUJO NAM MYOHO RENGE KYO TO TONAURU YORI HOKANO YURAKU NAKINARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1143)

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