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

* Here in Tokyo we are OK, as mentioned earlier today. Soka Gakkai kaikans are being used as evacuation centres for local people north of Tokyo and many members are helping with rescue and emergency activities in the areas most severely effected. Please ask your local SGI organisations for more information, also please follow The Japan Times/The Yomiuri Newspapers web-sites for the latest information or NHK TV (bilingual service is being operated for those living in Japan)on cable. Please be very careful about rumours or mis-information from non-official sources though. Here is today's guidance from Pres. Ikeda. ...

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

Saturday, March 12th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
We are earnestly chanting daimoku for the safety and security
of everyone who is suffering from this massive earthquake.*
At the same time, to all of those people who are helping with rescue
and relief activities,
please take great care
and take every possible measure to protect yourselves, too!

*The strongest earthquake ever recorded in Japan rocked the Tohoku region coast Friday afternoon... Ref.: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110311y1.html

Saturday, March 12th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 851)
Selection source: "Myoji no Gen", Seikyo Shimbun, March 12th, 2011

Sunday, March 13th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"...our chanting should be light, refreshing, and vibrant, like a noble steed galloping freely across the vast open plains.

"It's also important that we chant with an honest and open heart, just as we are. All of us face times of worry, anguish, or sadness in our lives. When we do, we can feel free to go straight to the Gohonzon with our suffering and chant about it wholeheartedly, just like a child seeking its mother's warm embrace.

"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, often said that there's no need for us to stand on ceremony when chanting about our problems; we just need to chant honestly to the Gohonzon, to truly look at what is in our hearts. The practice of chanting, he said, is the practice of manifesting the same life-state as the Daishonin within us, so we should chant with a spirit embodying his state of life.

"For example, if we've done something we regret, we can chant with a determination never to repeat the same mistake, making our daimoku the first step towards a new and better future. When we face a decisive challenge, we can chant strongly and courageously with the firm resolve to win. When battling the three obstacles and the four devils, we can chant with the heart of a lion king, filled with confidence that we'll vanquish those negative functions. When we're faced with the opportunity to transform our karma, we can infuse our daimoku with an unwavering resolve not to be defeated. When we're happy about something, we can chant with a deep spirit of appreciation and gratitude. What matters is that we continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo throughout all, 'regarding both suffering and joy as facts of life' (cf. WND-1, 681), as the Daishonin teaches."
SGI Newsletter No. 8177, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY [24] 'King Rinda.' Opening the Great Path to Absolute Victory through Chanting Vibrant Daimoku, from the Jan. 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated March 3rd, 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 ---
DAIJISHIN DE
HISAI SARETA KATAGATA NO
BUJI ANZEN O INORU!
KYUEN NI ATARU MINASAMA MO
BANZEN NO CHUI O!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"KURA NO TAKARA YORIMO MI NO TAKARA SUGURETARI MI NO TAKARA YORI KOKORO NO TAKARA DAIICHI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1173)

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