[SGI-ToMyFriends-Wagatomo] 16th June To My Friends & Daily Gosho + 17th June Daily Enc.

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

Thursday, June 16th, 2011
-- TO MY FRIENDS --
Responding with lightning speed,
based on a sharp discernment of the situation,
is the very lifeline,
the very essence of what it means to be a "leader."
I hope that we will all become people of solid action
who can promptly and sincerely respond to the needs
of the hearts and minds of the people.

Thursday, June 16th, 2011
--- DAILY GOSHO ---
"Myo means to revive, that is, to return to life."
(The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra - The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, Vol.1, page 149)
Selection source: Gosho for June, Seikyo Online, June, 2011

Friday, June 17th, 2011
---- DAILY ENCOURAGEMENT ----
"My mentor, second Soka Gakkai president Josei Toda, once said:

"'The brothers Pure Storehouse and Pure Eye convinced their father to embrace faith in the correct teaching by demonstrating the power of the Mystic Law in their own lives. Likewise, there's no need for you to rush in and start lecturing your family members on the principles of Buddhism. Even if it takes time, first strive to become a fine person and put your parents' minds at ease. I want you to become people who really care for, respect, and appreciate their parents.'

"Mr. Toda's guideline of 'faith for a harmonious family' articulates one of our crucial goals as practitioners of the Daishonin's Buddhism. Mr. Toda also said that we mustn't allow our Buddhist practice to become a source of contention or conflict in our family. Sincerity is of prime importance. We must always be sincere and respectful in our dealings with others. We must take the lead by being positive, cheerful, and optimistic ourselves, and have the wisdom and compassion to warmly support and embrace those around us. Our continued efforts to cultivate such harmonious relations in our environment are the key to victory in faith, and they shine with the wisdom of Buddhism.

"When our individual human revolutions and family revolutions as practitioners of the Mystic Law in the Latter Day give fresh prominence to the Lotus Sutra's teaching that all of us are Buddhas and deserving of the highest respect, it will be possible to realise a fundamental change in the karma of our strife-ridden times. Eventually, this hope-filled philosophy, restoring a warm current of compassion to this evil latter age, will spread throughout society and the world."
SGI Newsletter No. 8247, LEARNING FROM THE WRITINGS OF NICHIREN DAISHONIN: THE TEACHINGS FOR VICTORY, [27] 'A Father Takes Faith,' Unity and Human Revolution Are the Keys to Victory in Our Efforts for Kosen-rufu, from the April 2011 issue of the Daibyakurenge, translated June 6th, 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 ---
SUBAYAI HANNO KOSO
"LEADER" NO SEIMEI SEN DA.
HITORI HITORI NO KOKORO NI
SEIJITSU NI JINSOKU NI KOTAERU
KODO NO HITO DE ARE!

-- KYO NO GOSHO --
"MYO TOWA SOSEI NO GI NARI SOSEI TO MOSUWA YOMIGAERU GI NARI"
(Gosho Zenshu, page 947)

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