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Wednesday, December 22, 2010

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

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

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
To our friends in the Young Mrs division*
who boldly walk the path of their noble missions.
"No matter what situation I find myself in, I'll never ever give up,"
always remember that this is the spirit
that makes you one of our noble mothers of Soka!

* The "Young Mrs division" is part of the Women's division and comprises of young mothers or young married women, usually in their 20's and 30's.

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"I have believed it is most important to understand one's obligations to others, and made it my first duty to repay such debts of kindness. In this world, we owe four debts of gratitude. One who understands this is worthy to be called human, while one who does not is no more than an animal."
(Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 122)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 22nd, 2010

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Five centuries ago, the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) asked: 'What is there more beautiful than the heavens, which, after all, encompass everything that is beautiful?' But, I assert, there is something here on Earth as beautiful as the stars in the heavens--the brilliant light shining within the lives of human beings who struggle fearlessly for truth and justice. A network of individuals dedicated to their convictions is a priceless treasure of the universe, shining like the brightest star."
SGI Newsletter No. 8130, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, Gazing Up at the Eternal Sky--Part 2 [of 2], from the Aug. 22nd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 16th, 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 ---
TOTOKI SHIMEI NO MICHI O AYUMU,
"Young Mrs" NO TOMO YO!
[NANI GA ATTE MO
ZETTAI NI MAKENAI]
SORE GA SOKA NO HAHA NARI!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"CHION O MOTE SAI TOSHI HOON O MOTE SAKI TO SU YO NI SHION ARI KORE O SHIRU JINRIN TO NAZUKE SHIRAZARU O CHIKUSHO TO SU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 491)


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