[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 29th Dec. To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 30th Dec. Daily Enc.

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

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Our deepest and sincerest thanks to all of our noble deliverers
of the Seikyo newspaper
and all our other publications(throughout the world),
starting with the publications in-charge person of each area
to all the people who support our publications
by reading them as well as promoting them).
Let us, together, create many moments of victory next year!

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"How gratifying! You have associated with a friend in the orchid room and have become as straight as mugwort growing among hemp."
(On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 23)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, December 28th, 2010
* Dec.24th's gosho quote's page number was incorrect it should be The One Essential Phrase - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 922. Our apologies.

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Through the power of faith
in the Mystic Law,
triumphantly achieve happiness
for yourself
and your loved ones.

"The teachings and writings of Nichiren Daishonin constitute a crystallization of wisdom encompassing the philosophies and ideals of all ages and countries. In his treatise 'The Object of Devotion for Observing the Mind,' the Daishonin writes: 'When the skies are clear, the ground is illuminated. Similarly, when one knows the Lotus Sutra, one understands the meaning of all worldly affairs' (WND-1, 376).

"The purpose of the Daishonin's Buddhism is to enable us to win in life and in society. Especially when we're faced with hardships or challenges, that's the time to read the Gosho, the writings of Nichiren Daishonin. By doing so, our outlook will brighten. The light of hope will dispel the darkness. And the bright sun of courage will rise in our hearts.

"When we embrace the Daishonin's Buddhism of the sun, which illuminates the entire world, there is no knotty problem that we cannot surmount.
SGI Newsletter No. 8137, OUR BRILLIANT PATH TO VICTORY, Forging Ahead Based on the Two Ways of Practice and Study--Part 2 [of 2], from the Nov. 14th, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 28th, 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 HAITATSUIN NO KATAGATA
SHINBUNCHO O HAJIME
SASAETE KUDASATTA
SUBETE NO MINASAMA NI KANSHA!
MYONEN MO TOMODOMO NI SHORI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"YOROKOBASHIKI KANA NANJI RANSHITSU NO TOMO NI MAJIWARITE MAHO NO SHO TO NARU"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 31)

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