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Saturday, January 1, 2011

[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 1st January To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 2nd January Daily Encouragement

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

Saturday, January 1st, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
The ever-youthful SGI's new journey full of hope,
towards the Soka Gakkai's Centennial, has begun!
Embracing in our hearts the sun of the Mystic Law,
let us all make courageous and dynamic
advancement for the sake of justice and the truth.

Saturday, January 1st, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Those who call themselves my disciples and practise the Lotus Sutra should all practice as I do."
(On Establishing the Four Bodhisattvas as the Object of Devotion - The Writings of
Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 978) Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo
Shimbun, January 1, 2011

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Nikko Shonin, Nichiren Daishonin's direct disciple and successor, wrote: 'Followers of this school should engrave the writings of the Daishonin in their lives' (GZ, 1618). We need to engrave the Daishonin's writings in our lives, take them to heart, and truly internalise them.

"A member once said to Mr. Toda that though she found lectures on the Daishonin's writings very moving, by the time she got home she had forgotten what was said. Mr. Toda replied with a reassuring smile: 'That's all right. No matter how many times you forget, if you keep attending and listening to such lectures something indelible will invariably remain in your life. That intangible accumulation will eventually become a great source of strength for you.'

"The important thing is to continue making efforts to study the writings of Nichiren Daishonin, even a little every day.... It is okay if you don't understand certain points or concepts right away. When you do finally come to grasp them, your joy will be all the greater."
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 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 ---
SA SORITSU 100 SHUNEN E
WARERA SEINEN GAKKAI NO
KIBO NO TABIDACHI DA!
MYOHO NO TAIYO O MUNE NI
YUKI TO SEIGI NO DAIKOSHIN!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SOJITE NICHIREN GA DESHI TO ITTE HOKEKYO O SHUGYO SEN HITOBITO WA NICHIREN GA GOTOKU NI SHI SORAE"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 989)


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