[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 22nd March To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 23rd March Daily Enc.

* Here in Tokyo today we are feeling more of the 'after-effects' of what has happened, several universities have announced that the new school year (Japan starts in April) will be postponed by one month to enable everyone to get used to the new circumstances we face, this includes young people that would be attending such institutions who would be coming from the most badly hit areas, some private schools might also follow suit. Up north in Tohoku, one positive breaking news in the last hour or so is that electricity has been restored to one of the more seriously effected nuclear reactors so cooling might be possible. Elsewhere in Tohoku they are discussing long term rebuilding using materials and construction methods, learning from what has just happened and more reliance on solar power energy.

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

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
No matter what kind of obstacles might assail us,
we will never ever give in, never retreat, not one single bit!
This is the spirit of the Gakkai!
With the indomitable spirit that we will never give up,
let us now take one huge step forwards!

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"What does Bodhisattva Never Disparaging's profound respect for people signify? The purpose of the appearance in this world of Shakyamuni Buddha, the lord of teachings, lies in his behaviour as a human being."
(The Three Kinds of Treasure - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 852)
Selection source: "Kyo no Hosshin", Seikyo Shimbun, March 22nd, 2011

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"Since Buddhism
is about winning,
triumph completely.
With courage and with prayer,
leave behind a brilliant history.

"The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) once wrote: 'Courage is the only thing that can rescue life and humankind.'

"Without courage, we cannot realise the full potential of our life. Without courage, we cannot help others."
SGI Newsletter No. 8184, Editorial from the April 2011 issue of Daibyakurenge, The Invincible Courage of Soka, translated March 18th, 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 ---
IKANARU KONNAN NI MO
KESHITE SHIRIZOKANAI!
KORE GA GAKKAI SEISHIN DA.
WARERA WA [MAKEJI DAMASHI] DE
TSUYOKI IPPO O FUMIDASO!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"FUKYO BOSATSU NO HITO O UYAMAISHI WA IKANARU KOTOZO KYOSHU SHAKUSON NO SHUSSE NO HONKAI WA HITO NO FURUMAI NITE SORAIKERUZO"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 1174)

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