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

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

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
A "leader" in the true sense of the meaning is
someone who talks sincerely and straight from the heart.
Let's therefore all work on becoming maestros of leadership
who can lift up people's spirits, help them to experience joy
and make everyone feel relaxed and at ease!

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Each of you should summon up the courage of a lion king and never succumb to threats from anyone. The lion king fears no other beast, nor do its cubs."
(On Persecutions Befalling the Sage - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 997)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, January 12th, 2011

Thursday, January 13th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"...Kosen-rufu is realised through one person reaching out and sharing the correct teaching with another--as indicated by the passage 'two people, three people, ten people, a hundred people will join in chanting [Nam-myoho-renge-kyo]' (WND-1, 672). This is because kosen-rufu is a movement to awaken the lives of one person after another.

"In exact accord with the Daishonin's words, we of the Soka Gakkai have spread the correct teaching by talking with others and telling them about our Buddhist practice. The cornerstones of our movement are one-on-one dialogue and discussion meetings.

"It was Mr. Makiguchi who began this tradition of dialogue and discussion meetings. To a youth who suggested that holding large-scale lectures might be more effective than discussion meetings, Mr. Makiguchi said with keen insight: 'No, it wouldn't. Dialogue is the only way to communicate with another about life's problems. At a lecture, listeners inevitably feel uninvolved. Even Nichiren Daishonin's treatise 'On Establishing the Correct Teaching for the Peace of the Land' was written in the form of a dialogue, you know.'

"Mr. Toda often said: 'Kosen-rufu begins with one-on-one, face-to-face dialogue.' With this same conviction, I have made constant efforts to engage in one-on-one dialogue.

"The important thing is encouraging each person one on one with genuine warmth and humanity and inspiring them in faith. As long as this tradition stays alive, the Soka Gakkai's continued development is assured."
SGI Newsletter No. 8139, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [22] "The Blessings of the Lotus Sutra." Personal Initiative Is the Soka Gakkai's Founding Spirit,from the November 2010 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Jan. 8th, 2011

* The Japanese kanji for To My Friends & Daily Gosho is available by clicking on Seikyo Shimbun's web-site address at
http://www.seikyoonline.jp/news/index.html

--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
"leader" WA
MAGOKORO TO SEIJITSU DE
KATATTE IKU KOTO DA.
MINA O HOTTO SASERU
ANSHIN TO YOROKOBI NO MEISHIKI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"ONO-ONO SHISHIO NO KOKORO O TORI IDASHITE IKANI HITO ODOSU TOMO OZURU KOTO NAKARE SHISHIO WA HYAKUJI NI OJIZU SHISHI NO KO MATA KAKU NO GOTOSHI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1190)

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