[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 13th Feb. To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 14th Feb Daily Enc.

* There is a National Press Holiday in Japan tomorrow so we will hold on to "Words of the Week" to cover the gap. Hope that is OK! ...Hope you have a great week!

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

Sunday, February 13th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Let's chant daimoku with great resonance!
Let's talk with others in a clear and easy to follow manner.
Let's try to offer warm and caring words of encouragement
to everyone we form a connection with.
It's through our voices that we are victorious and successful,
always remember...
"The voice carries out the work of the Buddha."*

*The Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings, page 4

Sunday, February 13th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"The sutra texts tell us that a single person in the course of a single day has eight million four thousand thoughts. And all of these various thoughts produce karma that will lead to rebirth in the three evil paths."
(On the Attainment of Buddhahood by Women - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.2, page 307)
Selection source:Living Buddhism, Seikyo Shimbun, February 13th, 2011

Monday, February 14th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"The poet Shelley wrote: 'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' No matter how the cold, bleak days of winter may continue, winter always turns to spring. This is the law of the universe and the law of life. Similarly, even in the most painful winters of adversity in our own lives, we must never abandon hope. As long as we hold on to hope, spring is sure to come."
SGI Newsletter No. 8159, THE POWER OF YOUTH: LEARNING FROM THE GUIDANCE OF SGI PRESIDENT IKEDA, from the February 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated Feb. 10th, 2011

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

--- WAGATOMO NI OKURU ---
ROROTARU INORI!
MEIKAINARU TAIWA!
ATATAKANA HAGEMASHI!
WARERA WA "KOE" DE KATSU.
"KOE BUTSUJI O NASU"

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"SAREBA KYOMON NIWA HITORI ICHINICHI NO NAKA NI HACHIOKU YONSEN NEN ARI NENNEN NO NAKA NI NASU TOKORO MINA KORE SANZU NO GONARI TO UNNUN"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 471)

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