[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 12th Dec. To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 13th Dec. Daily Enc.

* We have a Japanese National Press Holiday today so we will hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap. Hope that is OK. All the very best and hope you have a great week!

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

Sunday, December 12th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's praise, from the bottom of our hearts, those members
who are so earnestly looking after our Future Division members
(primary and secondary school students).
All of their dedicated efforts even behind the scenes,
supporting our young people
who are the "treasures for humankind",
are indeed very noble actions
for the sake of creating a greater brighter future for all.

Sunday, December 12th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Be diligent in developing your faith until the last moment of your life. Otherwise you will have regrets. For example, the journey from Kamakura to Kyoto takes twelve days. If you travel for eleven but stop with only one day remaining, how can you admire the moon over the capital? "

(Letter to Niike - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 1027)
Selection source: Q & A on Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, December 12th, 2010

Monday, December 13th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Heedlessly repeating the same procedures again and again is not the same thing as challenging the situation. The key to success lies in discovering the causes of failure and then finding a new approach that will lead to a favourable outcome."
SGI Newsletter No. 8120, The New Human Revolution--Vol. 24: Chap. 1, Ode to Mothers 14, translated Dec. 9th, 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 ---
"JINRUI NO TAKARA" O HAGUKURU
SHIMEIKAI, IKUSEI BUCHO NI
KOKORO KARANO SHOSAN O!
TOTOKI KAGE NO FUNTO WA
MIRAI O TSUKURU SEIGYO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"HAJIME YORI OWARI MADE IYOIYO SHINJIN O ITASUBESHI
SANAKUSHITE KOKAI YA ARANZURAN TATOEBA KAMAKURA YORI KYO
EWA JUNINICHI NO MICHI NARI SORE O JUICHINICHI AMARI AYUMI
O HAKOBITE IMA ICHINICHI NI NARITE AYUMI O SASHIOKITEWA
NANTO SHITE MIYAKO NO TSUKI OBA NAGAME SOROBEKI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1440)

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