[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 1st Dec. To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 2nd Dec. Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
December, the month that gears us all up
to achieving the final victories on our (goals and targets for the) year,has started.
Let's be in perfect rhythm everyday
based on our practice of Gongyo and chanting Daimoku!
I am praying for us all to have a completely accident-free finale
to this year.

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"If you propagate it, devils will arise without fail. If they did not, there would be no way of knowing that this is the correct teaching."
(Letter to the Brothers - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 501)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 1st, 2010

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nichiren Daishonin writes: 'What does Bodhisattva Never Disparaging's profound respect for people signify? The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being' (WND-1, 852).

"Our humanistic behaviour is the most important aspect of our Buddhist practice. It can have a deep, positive impact on the lives of others. The key is to always act with sincerity, to have unwavering commitment, and to be in complete earnest. And, above all, it is to have courage. Only through this can we genuinely move the hearts of others. By persevering in his practice with sincerity and conviction, Bodhisattva Never Disparaging was able to win ultimate victory."
SGI Newsletter No. 8111, YOUTH AND THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN, The People Are the Foundation, from the June 30th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Nov. 26th, 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 ---
HONNEN NO TOBI O KAZARU
12 GATSU GA "start"!
GONGYO, SHODAI O KONPON NI
"rhythm" TADASHI HIBI O!
ZETTAI MUJIKO O INORU.

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KONO HOMON O MOSUNIWA KANARAZU MA SHUTTAI SUBESHI MA KISOWAZUWA SHOHO TO SHIRU BEKARAZU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1087)

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