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Sunday, December 5, 2010

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 5th Dec. To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 6th Dec. Daily Enc.

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

Sunday, December 5th, 2010
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
It is vital that we set clear goals
and chant daimoku concretely towards such targets.
The determination that each one of us makes,
in a single moment, creates for boundless results.
For the sake of victory,
let's all be united in our hearts!

Sunday, December 5th, 2010
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Such persons will enjoy the happiness of the wisdom king Craving-Filled and the good fortune of the heavenly king Vaishravana. Wherever your daughter may frolic or play, no harm will come to her; she will move about without fear like the lion king."

(Reply to Kyo'o - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 412)
Selection source: "Kibo no Izumi", Seikyo Shimbun, December 5th, 2010

Monday, December 6th, 2010
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"It has been more than 20 years since I first had the privilege of meeting with Nelson Mandela, the lionlike champion of human rights. Recently, former President Mandela, who had just turned 92, sent me an inscribed copy of his latest book. ...I wish to share these words...as an expression of my deepest respect: 'To the youth of today I also have a wish to make: 'Be the script writers of your destiny and feature yourselves as the stars that show the way towards a brighter future--for our country, our continent and the world.' 'Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.'"

SGI Newsletter No. 8112, SGI President Ikeda's Acceptance Speech, The Empowerment of the People, a Source of Hope for the World. On the conferral of an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters on SGI President Ikeda by the University of Massachusetts Boston, held at the Soka Gakkai Mentors Hall in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on November 21st, 2010. This award marked the SGI leader and Soka Schools founder's milestone 300th academic honour. In Japan to bestow the award and sign an academic exchange agreement with Soka University was a delegation from the American university, including Chancellor J. Keith Motley, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Winston E. Langley and Associate Provost and Director of international and transnational Affairs Eunsook Hyun. From the November 22nd, 2010, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, translated Dec. 1st, 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 ---
MOKUHYO WA MEIKAKU NI.
INORI WA GUTAITEKI NI.
ICHINEN NO CHIKARA WA MUGEN DA!
SHORI NO TAME NI
KOKORO O AWASEYO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SAIWAI WA AIZEN NO GOTOKU FUKU WA BISHAMON NO GOTOKU NARUBESHI IKANARU TOKORO NITE ASOBI TAWAURUTOMO TSUTSU GA ARU BEKARAZU YUGYO SHITE OSORE NAKI KOTO SHISHIO NO GOTOKU NARUBESHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1124)


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